Eating spinach could protect against colon cancer (due to fatty acids and linoleic acid derivatives)

Medical XPress / Texas A&M University / Gut Microbes ^ | Sept. 23, 2021 | Lindsey Hendrix / Ying-Shiuan Chen et al

[ConservativeMind]

The researcher thought it might be a function of chlorophyll, but, strangely, it’s due to what the spinach appears to help make occur in the gut with various simple fats. Strange outcome from an item that has virtually no fat on its own. However, gut bacteria can create these simple fats from various fibers, which we then absorb.

[BigEdLB]

[devane617]

Collard Greens are better...

[nickcarraway]

Interesting.

[Spirit of Liberty]

But....I’m thinking they tell kidney patients to NOT eat spinach because something in it helps cause kidney stones?

Not anti-spinach (got some in my fridge right now!). But seems like even healthy things can be unhealthy to the right (wrong?) people.

[TribalPrincess2U]

Research....some people on certain medications with too much potassium or too low potassium can be a problem. Foods and medications are very connected. Just sayin’...research....

[Vaquero]

[ConservativeMind]

There can be issues:

https://www.livestrong.com/article/529555-what-are-the-effects-of-too-much-spinach/

I understand having a calcium source with the spinach causes the oxalate to bind within the gut, rather than in the bloodstream, so have cheese, milk, or a supplement with your spinach. Also, as the link above states, theow out the remaining liquid from cooking spinach.

[packagingguy]

Curcumin also.

[KC Burke]

Oxalic acid is high in spinach. Kidney stone prone should avoid large amounts.

[Carriage Hill]

[A_Former_Democrat]

It fights to the finish

[faithhopecharity]

never hurt Popeye

[BigEdLB]

I am a fan of spinach myself. Italian caneline, or Indian saag, and just a regular salad with vinaigrette are all good

[AlaskaErik]

I’ll take my chances with cancer.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

An ounce of spinach (28g) has 114% MDR vitamin K and 89% of vitamin A and only 6.5 calories.

[Ancesthntr]

“Oxalic acid is high in spinach. Kidney stone prone should avoid large amounts.”

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Drink a lot of dihydrogen monoxide and it’ll get flushed out. That’s half of the problem with kidney disorders, is various substances not getting flushed out of your system due to dehydration.

[WLusvardi]

Spinach should NOT be consumed regularly because it has toxic levels of oxalates, which are sharp crystals that bind with calcium to cause kidney stones, breast cancer, heart attacks from plaques, and many other health problems.

[KC Burke]

That’s somewhat hard for me as I no longer have a stomach.

[Ancesthntr]

I am very sorry to hear that. Obviously, consult with your doctors, but also do a lot of reading for yourself. A source that I have learned a lot from is Life Extension Foundation https://www.lifeextension.com/ Specifically, they have a bunch of health protocols which describe a wide variety of diseases and conditions, what causes them, what conventional treatments are, what some novel or potential upcoming treatments may be available, and how to help that condition with nutrition. https://www.lifeextension.com/protocols

Best of health and luck to you.