3) Spinach

After mushrooms and chickpeas, we should also consider spinach as one of the foods with the highest level of zinc. It actually has 1.4 mg of this nutrient in each cup. The majority of carbohydrates found in spinach come from fiber. They are not absorbed as sugar is, making spinach a fitting vegetable for a low-carbohydrate diet. You get no fat and cholesterol in spinach, which is an interesting fact because if you want to absorb the beta-carotene found in this vegetable, you need some fat. So, we recommend eating your spinach with olive oil and other healthy fats.



