Are you pre-diabetic, or otherwise concerned about developing type 2 diabetes? If so, you might help yourself in your fight against the disease if you eat kale every day, according to Tina Paymaster, a certified health and lifestyle coach and an "ambassador" for National Kale Day. "Kale is rich in sulfur, which is important for detoxification and is necessary for the production of glutathione, one of the most important antioxidants in your body," she explained in an interview with Live Science. "Sulfur is also extremely important for glucose metabolism, helping to decrease the weight gain and the risk of diabetes."

Additionally, those aforementioned antioxidants just might help you ward off certain kinds of cancer, according to Paymaster. "Antioxidants are incredibly important to help remove free radicals from the body that can lead to accelerated aging as well as serious diseases such as cancer," she continued. Specifically, kaempferol, lutein, quercitin, and beta-carotene are the substances that are on the front line against colon, bladder, ovary, breast, and prostate cancers.