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.
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2 posted on
09/23/2021 12:08:19 PM PDT by
BigEdLB
(All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others-George Orwell)
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Collard Greens are better...
3 posted on
09/23/2021 12:09:29 PM PDT by
devane617
(RUN FOR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICE! COUNCIL,SCHOOL BOARD, ETC.)
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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.
5 posted on
09/23/2021 12:15:29 PM PDT by
Spirit of Liberty
(~Truth does not mind being questioned. A lie does not like being challenged.~)
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11 posted on
09/23/2021 12:24:51 PM PDT by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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12 posted on
09/23/2021 12:34:57 PM PDT by
A_Former_Democrat
(#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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13 posted on
09/23/2021 12:38:04 PM PDT by
faithhopecharity
(Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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I’ll take my chances with cancer.
15 posted on
09/23/2021 1:41:39 PM PDT by
AlaskaErik
(In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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An ounce of spinach (28g) has 114% MDR vitamin K and 89% of vitamin A and only 6.5 calories.
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