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Swiss Chard

Boiling this leafy green can help you get a good amount of potassium in just one sitting. One cup of boiled Swiss chard lends 20 percent of your daily needs of the mineral.

”Swiss Chard is rich in potassium and magnesium, and these are nutrients that can help maintain a healthy blood pressure,” explains Holley. “While some people find the taste of this green to be a little bitter, a squeeze of lemon juice can help brighten up the flavor.”

Even more impressive is Swiss chard’s vitamin K content. One cup of the boiled leafy green amounts to 635 percent of a woman’s daily adequate intake (AI) of the vitamin and about 477 percent of a man’s AI. Vitamin K is essential for promoting both bone and cognitive health, and may even play a role in fending off cardiovascular disease in certain populations of people.

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