Spinach the truth. OMG

Palak paneer that's all I have to say oh and I love spinach

Im with JHOOK on this one!

Too bad it tastes like green vomit to me

Good thing I like spinach

Because of the benefits of spinach I add it to recipes. I use finely chopped spinach in my meatballs, meatloaf, and soups so that my kids can get the health benefits. I love spinach cooked and raw. It is great in a salad with mandarin oranges, toasted almond slices, and a sweet and sour dressing.

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I eat it daily :-D YAY Spinach!

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Spinach is my favourite veggie, I actually had it 3 times today, and it's so versatile - creamed spinach (my comfort food) or you can add it to any smoothie you make and won't taste it. Didn't know about the calcium thing, I'm going to start taking calcium supplements since I don't take in much dairy.

The only thing I hate about it is it can make my teeth feel like rusted metal

It supplies the same amount of protein as you would get from the same quantity of meat¾a cheaper and healthier alternative to getting protein.

This is completely FALSE!! 1 cup of spinach has a measly 1 g of protein, where on earth this stat come rom?????

I was think ing the same thing but then thought maybe by weight and not by volume(?) a cup (8 fluid ounces) of spinach ways nothing but I can't see myself eating 8 (weight) ounces of it !

ok -) - ifficial nutritional guidelinse have spionach at 7 cals per cup/ 30 gm and 1 gm of protein (thus 49% of the calories come from protein) the spinach website says 49 cals per cup- but it does not provide weight of spinach in that cup so I presume 210 gms - even then still less protein than meat but an impressive percentage of protein over all for a green leafy -

at any rate, I love it in my lasagne

time to start eating some more spinach i think!!! New goal for tomorrow!!!

I always sub ordinary salad leaves for spinach, it has so much more flavour!! Love raw spinach! Yay for spinach!

Spinach is awesome, BUT...

1. There is little (no?) scientific evidence that spinach helps regulaate your body's pH. Blood pH is regulated by a bicarbonate system and is controlled by respiration and CO2 concentration, not by diet. The pH of the rest of your body is usually in equilibrium with your blood.

2. As others have pointed out, your claims about protein are exaggeration.

I have to take exception to the statement that alkaline foods do not assist with pH issues. Doctor's often advise those suffering from pH issues to comsume more alkaline foods, pleae quote your source for that info out of curiousity, mayo clinic, Johns Hopkins, etc?

2 protein is tougher, best reason to comsume spinach is for all the other reasons, lol, I don't comsume it for the protein.

For the poster who complained it has Nitrites, not in the spinach but your body can convert it into Nitrite, however the advantages for those working out can be found in the following paper.

Dietary inorganic nitrate improves mitochondrial efficiency in humans, Filip J Larsen, Tomas A Schiffer, Sara Borniquel, Cell Metabolism, 2 February 2011

I have to take exception to the statement that alkaline foods do not assist with pH issues. Doctor's often advise those suffering from pH issues to comsume more alkaline foods, pleae quote your source for that info out of curiousity, mayo clinic, Johns Hopkins, etc?

My source was common sense understanding on how the body regulates blood pH. The information I shared is basic human physiology. Blood pH is regulated by respiration. The gut is actually a separate compartment as far as your body is concerned. Spinach might effect the pH of the gut to some extent (though I find that hard to believe since your stomach acid is so strong), but I don't think it's going to have any effect on blood. The primary buffer system in blood is bicarb.

I suppose I could be wrong. I'll look into it.

As an amusing aside, I once "killed" a "patient" in a computer simulation. The "patient" was in diabetic acidosis. I put bicarb in her IV drip. Opps. It's a good thing it was just a simulation and that I'm not an MD. :blushing:

Which reminds me... I should probably say that I mean I don't think spinach has a DIRECT effect on blood pH. Certainly, spinach is a healthy food item and can eaten as part of a healthy diet to control diabetes and avoid complications like acidosis.