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#thursdaythrive Spinach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#thursdaythrive   All about Spinach!

  • In the 1930’s U.S. spinach growers credited Popeye with a 33% increase in domestic spinach consumption.
  • The spinach growing town of Crystal City, Texas, erected a statue of Popeye in 1937.
  • Medieval artists extracted green pigment from spinach to use as an ink or paint.
  • Spinach is best eaten fresh. It loses nutritional properties with each passing day.
  • Oxalate, found in spinach, may cause kidney stones in some predisposed individuals.
  • California produces 74 percent of the fresh spinach grown in the United States.

#thursdaythrive Spinach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thrive this week with some Spinach Facts!

1. Just half a cup of raw spinach counts as 1 of the 5 servings of fruits and vegetables you should eat a day.

2.Spinach is a member of the goose-foot family, which makes it a relative to beets and chard.

3. California produces 74 percent of the fresh spinach grown in the United States.