Bulk up with Spinach

[orange]

At a time when professional athletes are getting booed for steroid use, spinach is in the news for its steroid-like ability to bulk up muscles. Lab tissue culture and animal studies showed that a plant steroid extracted from spinach increased muscle growth by 20%, and also enhanced rats' front limb strength by 10%. "Some may scoff at the notion that spinach, despite containing nutrients, builds muscles, but Popeye may have been on to something," says one of the study authors, Professor Mary Ann Lila, who holds the David H. Murdock Chair for Nutrition at North Carolina State University.

A caveat is that in order to replicate the effect in the study, you'd have to eat about 2.2 pounds (1kg) of spinach a day. We juiced that amount here at the Dole Nutrition Institute, and it yielded about 13 oz. (1 and 1/4 cups) of spinach juice; manageable, but still quite a mouthful. On the other hand, spinach is packed with so many other powerful nutrients and antioxidants -- not just the "phytosteroids" -- that even a few servings a week will offer a variety of health benefits. For example, research suggests spinach may help protect against cancers of the liver, lungs, ovaries, colon and prostate.

Another study suggested that this Superfood for Your Brain could help delay the onset of dementia later in life. Spinach is also a Superfood for Your Eyes, and could play a role in preventing age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people over 60. Our own lab tests comparing spinach to wheatgrass juice, found that spinach juice has twice the chlorophyl, eight times the calcium, six times the magnesium, 10 times the potassium, 15 times the vitamin C and 43 times the vitamin A!

http://www.dolenutrition.com/CurrentIss ... ?nlid=1137

[boostinggtir]

Vegetables. :shock:

[gazza]

Vegetables. :shock:

yeh mate those green leafy things, some are orange or even white!

eat as many as you want.

[gazza]

Vegetables. :shock:

yeh mate those green leafy things, some are orange or even white!

eat as many as you want.

[1day]

At a time when professional athletes are getting booed for steroid use, spinach is in the news for its steroid-like ability to bulk up muscles. Lab tissue culture and animal studies showed that a plant steroid extracted from spinach increased muscle growth by 20%, and also enhanced rats' front limb strength by 10%. "Some may scoff at the notion that spinach, despite containing nutrients, builds muscles, but Popeye may have been on to something," says one of the study authors, Professor Mary Ann Lila, who holds the David H. Murdock Chair for Nutrition at North Carolina State University.

A caveat is that in order to replicate the effect in the study, you'd have to eat about 2.2 pounds (1kg) of spinach a day. We juiced that amount here at the Dole Nutrition Institute, and it yielded about 13 oz. (1 and 1/4 cups) of spinach juice; manageable, but still quite a mouthful. On the other hand, spinach is packed with so many other powerful nutrients and antioxidants -- not just the "phytosteroids" -- that even a few servings a week will offer a variety of health benefits. For example, research suggests spinach may help protect against cancers of the liver, lungs, ovaries, colon and prostate.

Another study suggested that this Superfood for Your Brain could help delay the onset of dementia later in life. Spinach is also a Superfood for Your Eyes, and could play a role in preventing age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people over 60. Our own lab tests comparing spinach to wheatgrass juice, found that spinach juice has twice the chlorophyl, eight times the calcium, six times the magnesium, 10 times the potassium, 15 times the vitamin C and 43 times the vitamin A!

http://www.dolenutrition.com/CurrentIss ... ?nlid=1137

:shock: wow, that changes my views on spinach totally, i mean ive spent my whole life looking for a 'super food', and here it is.Im gona look straight past the fact that sum say it tastes like boiled socks, ass, and frogs tits and im gona go straight to the supermarket now and load my cart up and go on an overloading spinach diet, yumm i cant wait \:D/

[groovy]

:shock: wow, that changes my views on spinach totally, i mean ive spent my whole life looking for a 'super food', and here it is.Im gona look straight past the fact that sum say it tastes like boiled socks, ass, and frogs tits and im gona go straight to the supermarket now and load my cart up and go on an overloading spinach diet, yumm i cant wait \:D/

You or these some ppl u say eat some crazy shite... FROGS TITS?? WTF?? :pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

[Lamborghinilova]

Chuck some in with your protein shake if you have a blender.

but if you are worried about the taste, get the younger leaves, they taste better, and can be used in salads etc.

[boostinggtir]

Are vegetables important for gaining mass? Yea blending them up sounds like a good idea.

[Gym rat]

:shock: wow, that changes my views on spinach totally, i mean ive spent my whole life looking for a 'super food', and here it is.Im gona look straight past the fact that sum say it tastes like boiled socks, ass, and frogs tits and im gona go straight to the supermarket now and load my cart up and go on an overloading spinach diet, yumm i cant wait \:D/

You or these some ppl u say eat some crazy shite... FROGS TITS?? WTF?? :pfft: :pfft: :pfft:

Yes veggies are good for mass building wow I did not know those facts about spinach. I think I hear the supermarket calling me :pfft: :pfft: .

[orange]

Anyone ever tried a shot glass of green wheatgrass juice?

[Gym rat]

Anyone ever tried a shot glass of green wheatgrass juice?

No I have not tryed a shot of green wheatgrass juice. What dose it taste like?

[soundsgood]

Tastes like heavily concentrated grass funnily enough. Its not as horrible as alot of people make out, but Im not keen to have one every day like some people do.

[decade]

should i do pct after my cycle of spinach?