7 Easy Ways to Add More Greens into Your Day

7 Easy Ways to Add More Greens into Your Day

WRITTEN BY OUR OFFICIAL SCIENCE STEEPER: ALLISON TANNIS, MSC RHN.

Get a natural boost of energy when you add more greens into your day. Feel better with the nutrients leafy greens offer – they are among the healthiest foods in the world. Are you struggling to find easy ways to add more greens to your day? We get that. Here’s a resource to help you. 

Why You Should Eat More Greens

You should find more easy ways to eat greens considering how much they support your health: 

  • Digestion
  • Heart health
  • Brain Power
  • Bone density
  • Muscle strength
  • Vision
  • Energy

One cup of greens a day is powerful enough to lower your risk of cardiovascular disease say. researchers. 

Eating just one more serving of greens a day may help slow cognitive decline that happens with aging, say, scientists.

If you want to be stronger, eat more greens. According to the Journal of Nutrition, eat more greens to improve lower-limb muscle strength and physical function. 

Are you low on energy? A study of 63 healthy women taking a greens powder that included a green tea extract daily reported significant increases in energy.



What’s the Easiest Way to Eat More Greens?

From pre-washed lettuce to dried powders there are many easy ways to eat more greens. But, the easiest (and most antioxidant-rich) way to eat more greens is found in your freezer! 

Millennia Tea Superfood Cubes offer you quick, pure tea leaves – one of the most nutritious greens you can add to your blender, soup, curry, and more. Plus, the tender, slightly sweet, green tea leaves found in Millennia Tea’s frozen Superfood Cubes or Chopped Leaves bags are delicious – a perfect addition to your next meal.


7 Easy Ways to Add More Greens into Your Day

Benefits of Eating Tea Leaf Greens

Inside these green tea leaves, you store in your freezer, is an impressive amount of plant-based protein, fiber, antioxidants, calcium, potassium, and iron. It’s the best leafy green to eat! 

Discover more about why you should eat your tea here.



References:

Vegetable nitrate intake, blood pressure and incident cardiovascular disease: Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study. Eur J Epidemiol 2021 Apr; 36:813-825.

Dietary Nitrate Intake Is Positively Associated with Muscle Function in Men and Women Independent of Physical Activity Levels. J Nutr 2021 May; 151(5):1222-1230.

Nutrients and bioactives in green leafy vegetables and cognitive decline: Prospective study. Neurology 2018 Jan; 90(3): e214-e222.