In the cartoon, Popeye will become muscular and powerful after eating spinach. According to a recent report by the British "Daily Telegraph", a study by American scientists found that spinach does contain a substance that can accelerate muscle growth and help people improve muscle quality.
Professor Elijah Raskin of Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, led this research. Researchers extracted a variety of plant sterols from spinach and conducted tests. The results found that human muscle samples grew 20% faster after being injected with the substances; after one month of continuous injection, the mice's physical strength also increased. Researchers point out that this substance in spinach helps increase the rate at which protein is converted into muscle in the body, thereby improving muscle quality. But if you want to see obvious results, you need to eat 1 kilogram of spinach every day.
Researchers say that spinach is rich in calcium, iron, vitamins and other nutrients. Eating spinach can play a very good role in the growth and development of the body. "So if kids want to be as strong as Popeye, it's good to eat more spinach."