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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sirajstc" data-source="post: 12695523" data-attributes="member: 91140">Eating Spinach Makes Muscles Stronger, Study         <img src="http://www.healthymuslim.com/images/thumbs/spinach.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <img src="http://www.healthymuslim.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />    Eating Spinach Makes Muscles Stronger, Study            Posted by <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/authors/SoundHealth.cfm" target="_blank">SoundHealth</a>,  in <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/categories/news.cfm" target="_blank">News</a>       Topics: <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/spinach.cfm" target="_blank"> Spinach  </a> • <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/muscles.cfm" target="_blank"> Muscles  </a>       <img src="http://www.healthymuslim.com/images/spacer.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />              <img src="http://www.healthymuslim.com/images/mail-icon-16.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  Mail To Friend  <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/print.cfm?kuonm" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.healthymuslim.com/images/print-icon-16.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>  <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/print.cfm?kuonm" target="_blank">Printer Friendly</a>         <a href="http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&pub=xa-4b1aa87179c845dd" target="_blank"><img src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>                     Spinach is already known for being an excellent source of <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/folic-acid.cfm" target="_blank">folic </a><a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/acid.cfm" target="_blank">acid</a> and protective chemicals that are beneficial for <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/eyesight.cfm" target="_blank">eyesight</a>  and other eye-related conditions, as well as having anti-carcinogenic  properties. In fact, previous research has identified at least 13  different <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/flavonoid.cfm" target="_blank">flavonoid</a> compounds in <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/spinach.cfm" target="_blank">spinach</a> that function as <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/antioxidants.cfm" target="_blank">anti</a><a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/oxidants.cfm" target="_blank">oxidants</a> and as anti-cancer agents.     Researchers have now discovered that eating a bowl of <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/spinach.cfm" target="_blank">spinach</a> a day makes <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/muscles.cfm" target="_blank">muscles</a> "profoundly" more efficient.      They found that eating 300g of the vegetable reduced the amount of oxygen needed to power <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/muscles.cfm" target="_blank">muscles</a> by as much as five per cent when exercising. The effect was so powerful that it worked after just three days.        Study Details     The researchers fed people pure nitrate supplements - the equivalent to the amount in a plate of <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/spinach.cfm" target="_blank">spinach</a> - every day for three days.      At the beginning and end of the experiment they were made to pedal strenuously on an <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/exercise.cfm" target="_blank">exercise</a> bike while their oxygen intake was measured via a tube to the mouth   It was found that the difference in <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/energy.cfm" target="_blank">energy</a> intake was between three and five per cent - a significant figure.      Spinach as A Superfood     The scientists said that the results may offer one explanation for the well-known <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/health.cfm" target="_blank">health</a> benefits of fruits and <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/vegetables.cfm" target="_blank">vegetables</a>, and leafy green <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/vegetables.cfm" target="_blank">vegetables</a> in particular.     "We're talking about an amount of nitrate equivalent to what is found in two or three red beets or a plate of <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/spinach.cfm" target="_blank">spinach</a>,"     "We know that diets rich in fruits and <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/vegetables.cfm" target="_blank">vegetables</a> can help prevent <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/cardiovascular-disease.cfm" target="_blank">cardiovascular </a><a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/disease.cfm" target="_blank">disease</a> and <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/diabetes.cfm" target="_blank">diabetes</a> but the active nutrients haven't been clear. This shows inorganic nitrate as a candidate to explain those benefits."     Scientists discovered that it is not <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/iron.cfm" target="_blank">iron</a> but nitrates which are abundant in <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/spinach.cfm" target="_blank">spinach</a> and that are responsible for its <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/health.cfm" target="_blank">health</a> benefits.      These chemicals make the mitochondria - the "engine rooms" of every cell - more efficient, they found.      "It is like a fuel additive for your <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/muscles.cfm" target="_blank">muscles</a> - it makes them run much more smoothly and efficiently," said the lead author of the study.      Nitric oxide is an important molecule which opens up <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/blood.cfm" target="_blank">blood</a> vessels, lowers <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/blood-pressure.cfm" target="_blank">blood pressure</a>, and improves circulation.      Mitochondria, like all engines, lose a lot of <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/energy.cfm" target="_blank">energy</a> through heat loss. The nitrate seems to stop this waste and make the cell - and so the <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/muscle.cfm" target="_blank">muscle</a> - run more efficiently.      Spinach is an extremely versatile vegetable. The baby leaves can be  eaten raw in salads, or it can be wilted or steamed, and served as a  side dish with <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/butter.cfm" target="_blank">butter</a> and <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/spices.cfm" target="_blank">spices</a>.       Research Paper Details:     Larsen FJ, Schiffer TA, Borniquel S, et al. Dietary Inorganic Nitrate Improves Mitochondrial Efficiency in Humans. Cell <a href="http://www.healthymuslim.com/tags/metabolism.cfm" target="_blank">metabolism</a>, 2011; 13 (2): 149-159.  </blockquote>

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