To: bjc
This reminds me of the case of the Iron content of Spinach! Popeye and my whole generation ate Spinach to get Iron because someone moved the decimal place to the left when the Agriculture Department printed the test results.
2 posted on
03/02/2007 5:46:38 AM PST by
SubMareener
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To: SubMareener
This reminds me of the case of the Iron content of Spinach! Popeye and my whole generation ate Spinach to get Iron because someone moved the decimal place to the left when the Agriculture Department printed the test results.
It's not that there isn't iron in spinach, it's just in a form that the body can't use.
3 posted on
03/02/2007 5:48:16 AM PST by
aruanan
To: SubMareener
"This reminds me of the case of the Iron content of Spinach! Popeye and my whole generation ate Spinach to get Iron because someone moved the decimal place to the left when the Agriculture Department printed the test results."
I never knew that. Very interesting.
13 posted on
03/02/2007 6:46:50 AM PST by
bjc
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To: SubMareener; bjc
"This reminds me of the case of the Iron content of Spinach! Popeye and my whole generation ate Spinach to get Iron because someone moved the decimal place to the left when the Agriculture Department printed the test results."
Wouldn't that be "moved the decimal place to the right?" If spinach has 2.7 mg/serving and they moved it to the left it would read 0.27 mg/serving. They moved it to the right and reported it as 27 mg/serving.
Regardless, your anecdote is correct and apparently it was reported incorrectly throughout the '30s.
15 posted on
03/02/2007 7:20:44 AM PST by
HawaiianGecko
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