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It’s quite inevitable to connect spinach with Popeye the sailor man, the cartoon character that has shown the world the properties of this vegetable since the late Twenties. But does spinach really make you stronger? Actually, the real secret of spinach is not iron, but rather the presence of other components such as nitrates. Moreover, apparently the legend of spinach being incredibly rich in iron would be the result of a laboratory mistake made in an analysis, where a comma was shifted, making that value ten times bigger than it was supposed to be.

DARIA’S FIT & TASTY RECIPES

Cause I eats me spinach I’m strong to the finich

Whether a hoax or not, we like the idea of spinach being such a superfood, loaded with tons of nutrients, plus they taste really good, they’re versatile and good for health in general. Here is a short guide to preparing and preserving them.