1 kilo per day steroid effect of spinach

[desmond]

Anyone tried eating 1kg of spinach (u'd have to use cooked frozen spinach I'd imagine) per day?

Rutgers team reveals the muscle-buidling properties of Popeye's spinach - Times Online

"team from Rutgers University found that a steroid in spinach can enhance protein production in the muscles of mice. When the phytoecdysteroids were placed on human muscle tissue cultures the growth rate increased by 20 per cent, New Scientist reports."

I like spinach enough to try this - either beef, salmon, or cheese.

Problem is 1kg per day here frozen costs like $50 bucks per week.

But it gives me more reason to ditch the other "greens" in favour of spinach

 

[SouthernLord]

If I ate a kg of spinach daily I would live on the toilet. Cool find though.

 

[iggy]

try it! ill do it if you try it.

 

[desmond]

If I ate a kg of spinach daily I would live on the toilet. Cool find though.

yes, basically it would have to be your entire quantity of fiberous veggies and it would have to be the frozen cubes.

Nutritionally though its gold:

only 230 cals
28g protein
14 net carbs
22 fibre
4 Fat (1/3 omega 3)
100%+ of A, Folate, K, E, C, B6, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium
40%+ of zinc, phosphorous, B1, B3.
The most alkaline vegetable (for acid/base balance)

Doesn't leave much out!

 

[iggy]

i'm in for trying it next monday with you des. you buying it all frozen? tell me how you split it up into meals and we should ask omega before we start this.

 

[cobracock1979]

yes, basically it would have to be your entire quantity of fiberous veggies and it would have to be the frozen cubes.

Nutritionally though its gold:

only 230 cals
28g protein
14 net carbs
22 fibre
4 Fat (1/3 omega 3)
100%+ of A, Folate, K, E, C, B6, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium
40%+ of zinc, phosphorous, B1, B3.
The most alkaline vegetable (for acid/base balance)

Doesn't leave much out!

Bro, are these stats per 100g???

 

[desmond]

Bro, are these stats per 100g???

nah that's per kilo

 

[cobracock1979]

LOL sorry yeah just checked. You gonna do this Des? Do it an post up the results!!

 

[joe d]

i have a huge diet 7200 cals per day. and i cant see eating over 2 lbs of spinach every day. that is a lot. you guys are going to want to puke lol.

 

[sessa]

That is not hard to do, 5.5 cups of cooked spinach broken down into 5 meals. But it would be very boring.
I would get sick of it very fast! But try it out, I would be interested in your results.

Our bodies are experiments - go for it.

 

[Big_BK]

Why don't they just extract it and take the extract? Oh wait....... i think PP already did something similar to this with phyto test.... might wanna look into that.

 

[joe d]

Why don't they just extract it and take the extract? Oh wait....... i think PP already did something similar to this with phyto test.... might wanna look into that.

lol

 

[princesa]

Anyone tried eating 1kg of spinach (u'd have to use cooked frozen spinach I'd imagine) per day?

Rutgers team reveals the muscle-buidling properties of Popeye's spinach - Times Online

"team from Rutgers University found that a steroid in spinach can enhance protein production in the muscles of mice. When the phytoecdysteroids were placed on human muscle tissue cultures the growth rate increased by 20 per cent, New Scientist reports."

I like spinach enough to try this - either beef, salmon, or cheese.

Problem is 1kg per day here frozen costs like $50 bucks per week.

But it gives me more reason to ditch the other "greens" in favour of spinach

Interesting!!!

I just started eating spinach about 2 weeks ago, 3 times a day. I have it with eggs in the morning, with chicken for lunch and dinner. I've noticed I have soo much energy and always feel full.
I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[princesa]

That is not hard to do, 5.5 cups of cooked spinach broken down into 5 meals. But it would be very boring.
I would get sick of it very fast! But try it out, I would be interested in your results.

Our bodies are experiments - go for it.

Hey sessa!

You can cook it so many different ways. I get the fresh spinach from the farmers market and usually eat it raw. Growing up I used to HATE spinach, somehow i learned to love it.
You can make it interesting and add flavor: jalapeno peppers, garlic, cucumbers, olive oil, tomatoes etc... I usually sprinkle some cottage cheese on top. If you get bored you can make a stew with carrots, peppers etc...
It is sooo good!

 

[sessa]

I am obsessed with cabbage and sometimes broccoli.

I cook large amounts with shirataki noodles. I add in bragg amino's, splenda, chilis, onion, chopped garlic.

If you haven't heard of shirataki noodles, google them, they are amazing. They are all fiber noodles.

SO yummy.

But during the day I have ww pasta or ww pitas ( i need my starches

 

[desmond]

I only ever cook frozen spinach, but its a really versatile vegetable which simply adopts its surrounding flavour.

Good with salmon, or beef, or cheese etc. Certainly prefer it to brocolli.

IT's not that cheap here - which is why I'm unsure I'd adopt

I am obsessed with cabbage and sometimes broccoli.

I cook large amounts with shirataki noodles. I add in bragg amino's, splenda, chilis, onion, chopped garlic.

If you haven't heard of shirataki noodles, google them, they are amazing. They are all fiber noodles.

SO yummy.

But during the day I have ww pasta or ww pitas ( i need my starches

 

[pip88]

I could eat collet greens like that but not spinach.

 

[iggy]

spinach is my favorite green. ever since i was a little kid my dad got me hooked on it. could eat it all day.

Des i hope our bodies really do grow like they are on steroids.

tomorrow i got legs, chest sa, and back su. we just going 7 days of kilo a day spinach?

 

[Shar Traylor]

Eating mega amounts of spinach may not be advisable. Spinach contains oxalic acid which interferes with the body's ability to absorb calcium and iron. If you do want to go ahead and make like Popeye be sure to eat plenty of foods that are rich in vitamin C to help your body absorb these nutrients.

 

[desmond]

I'm trying this I decided.

4 days in
- feel very full;
- farting a lot;
- otherwise all is cool

No need for multivitamins - RDI is 200%+ for every nutrient (except D), today had 15g of potassium in total, probably a PB. That's more potassium than 1 kilo of spinach has in net carbs lol. I'm not sure if getting 1000%+ of vit K, A; 500%+ of B2, folate, Copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous is very good though, so if i feel at all bad from this I will quit it very soon

 

[cobracock1979]

Good work Desmond!

 

[iggy]

sounds crazy. would try it as soon as im 100%

 

[kettlebell]

Spinach extract could suppress appetite, tackle obesity

A similar study with equally exciting results. They focused on the tylakoids rather than the phytoecdysteroids.

So going by these studies, eat 1/2kg a day for weight loss and up it to 1kg/day to build muscle.

 

[Tatyana]

Hey sessa!

You can cook it so many different ways. I get the fresh spinach from the farmers market and usually eat it raw. Growing up I used to HATE spinach, somehow i learned to love it.
You can make it interesting and add flavor: jalapeno peppers, garlic, cucumbers, olive oil, tomatoes etc... I usually sprinkle some cottage cheese on top. If you get bored you can make a stew with carrots, peppers etc...
It is sooo good!

It is also great Italian style, so throw in some oregano, basil and touch of olive oil at the end of cooking, Chinese style, cook it with garlic, throw in some toasted sesame seed oil and shoyu/soya sauce at the end.

My fav is Indian style, again with the garlic, masala/curry spice cooking from the beginning. This is great with some lentils or chick peas.

 

[princesa]

It is also great Italian style, so throw in some oregano, basil and touch of olive oil at the end of cooking, Chinese style, cook it with garlic, throw in some toasted sesame seed oil and shoyu/soya sauce at the end.

My fav is Indian style, again with the garlic, masala/curry spice cooking from the beginning. This is great with some lentils or chick peas.

Thank you! I'm gonna give that a try.
Chick peas are very hard to cook. I bought some a few months ago, I had to boil them for a few hours.

 

[ovrdooze]

im eating at least 1.5-2 kg spinach a day (from my 3-4 kgs of vegetable daily), im not experiencing any kind of steroid like effect but its a nice stuff for sure i mean im growing properly but i'd rather say its bc of the 1kg of chicken breast + 3 portions of protein + heavy trainging