Leafy vegetables also called leafy greens , salad greens , pot herbs ,  vegetables green  are plant leaves eaten as vegetables .Neraly one thousand species of plants with edible leaves are known so far . Most of them are often of short lived herbecious plants .  Leafy vegetables are the bank of nutrition that are needed for us .As they contain many typical plant nutrients ,they are important for our health . Leafy vegetables are typically low in calories  and fat and   high in protein , dietry fibre and , vitamin C , pro -  vitamin , vitamin  A , carotenoids , foliate , manganese and vitamin K .A person with  regular leafy vegetables in his diet  can became the healthiest person .

 Green leafy vegetables can be eaten in different ways as boiled , raw , Stir – fried , stewed , steamed. Green leafy vegetables  such as lettuce  or spinsch can as be eaten as raw for example in sandwiches or salad .   Green leafy vegetables are very important to maintain a smart and the healthy life but due to increasing demand of people towards meat items people are forgetting the importance of leafy vegetables . Due to the lack of proper knowledge on cooking and eating methods  a large amount of  nutrition from them is being wasted . So time has come to became aware about the proper use  and management of the leafy vegetables . Here are some ways to reduce the increasing scenario of leafy vegetables losses .

1.      Cook properly without destroying its nutrition .

2.      The shelf life of leafy vegetables  is very low .s o we must try to reduce post harvest losses by keeping them moist and plscing in shodow areas .

3.       We can also use the by products from leafy vegetables to make compost manure  which can be further use to grow them .

4.       We can also store them by boiling  and drying for long times and can be used  during scarcity  period  .

 I  Hope ypu all will apply these all methods in your daily life and live a happy and healthy life.