Popeye was right: spinach really does boost your muscles - Telegraph - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health...
pstp fit sup , Researchers have discovered that eating a bowl of spinach a day makes your muscles "profoundly" more efficient. They found that eating 300g of the vegetable reduced the amount of oxygen needed to power muscles by as much as five per cent when exercising. The effect is so powerful it works after just three days. The secret is not iron but nitrates which are abundant in the vegetable. These chemicals make the mitochondria – the "engine rooms" of every cell – more efficient, they found. , http://www.smh.com.au/lifesty... , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - Thomas Page
Heh. Who needs Viagra? Just eat lots of spinach. - Victor Ganata
Nitric oxide Despite being a simple molecule, NO is a fundamental component in the fields of neuroscience, physiology, and immunology, and was proclaimed “Molecule of the Year” in 1992. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... / [ : ) - Thomas Page
I get my nitrates my adding a few drops of liquid Miracle Grow to my cereal each morning. - Brian Johns