Swiss Chard Wraps
I know that sometimes the biggest obstacle to eating healthy is coming up with the recipe ideas to do so. Here's a fast and healthy snack that will help you get your greens in, decrease your carbohydrate intake and fill you up!
Ingredients:| 1 leaf | Swiss Chard |
| 2 large slices | White rotisserie, deli cut Turkey |
| 1 tsp | Yellow Mustard |
1. Wash the Swiss chard leaf and dry well.
2. Spread mustard over the leaf.
3. Place turkey on the leaf and roll it up. Fasten with a toothpick.
You can make a few of these and pack them to take with you to work.
Swiss chard is full of vitamin K which is important in patients with liver diseases because vitamin K helps the liver make necessary coagulation factors that are important for normal blood clotting. Thus, increasing your intake of leafy greens is important to talk to your doctor about if you are on an anti-coagulant medication, like Warfarin. Vitamin K also reduces the risk of developing liver cancer, and is important in maintaining bone strength. Vitamin K is made in the gut by our beneficial bacteria. When you take an anti-biotic, all of the bacteria in your gut dies, so you temporarily have low levels of vitamin K. This is just another reason taking probiotics are beneficial.
Other interesting fact: Historically, mustard was used as a digestive aid that leads to extra vitality because of its active constituent glucosinolate.
