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| Subject: Another reason to eat your greens: sugar Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:35 am | |
| Looking for another reason to eat your leafy greens? Try sugar.
Sure, it may not be the sweet stuff you're thinking of. But there is a sugar molecule hidden in the leaves of green vegetables such as spinach and kale that is lapped up by your good gut bacteria, which use it as a source of energy to fuel their growth. And for that, your body will thank you.
Researchers from Melbourne and the United Kingdom have established how the bacteria extract the sugar from leafy green vegetables and turn it into energy.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/another-reason-to-eat-your-greens-sugar-20160215-gmu620.html#ixzz40PO4Hx6o |
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