Popeye Was Right About Spinach

Posted: December 20th, 2010 | Author: Dr. Bill Stillwell | No Comments »

While I was growing up, a friend of mine used to do the best Popeye
imitation I’ve ever heard. It never failed to make me laugh, hearing
him do the cartoon voice in class, or on the playground. Once, after
not having seen the guy in years, I heard that voice, while walking
on 6th Avenue in New York and, sure as Santa Claus, there he was,
right beside me.

My friend had a dream to get a Harley Davidson motorcycle. He wanted
to walk in, pick one out, pay cash for it and then, drive away. He
realized that dream. Unfortunately,a year to the day he bought his
hog, he was struck by a car that didn’t stop for a red light and
that was the end of that tune.

But Popeye’s advice to consume a lot of spinach lives on.

It’s good advice. Among all foods, spinach is the pinnacle
powerhouse food. It has more health benefits than almost any other
food.

It’s low in calories.

It provides a synergy of multiple nutrients and phytonutrients (250
at last count).

It contains lutein, beta carotene, glutathione, alpha lipoic acid,
vitamins C and E, B vitamins, minerals, polyphenols and betaine.

It also contains plant derived omega-3 fatty acids and is one of the
only two vegetables to contain CoQ10. (The other is…broccoli.)

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Of all the areas in the body that spinach helps, the most important
is the eyes. By the time we are 65 years of age, 20% of us suffer
from age related macular degeneration, or AMD. The percentages go up
with advancing age.

There isn’t any cure for macular degeneration. That leaves us with
prevention and the best sources of AMD prevention are spinach and
its cousins, kale, collards, Swiss chard, turnip greens, mustard
greens, bok choy, romaine lettuce and orange bell peppers.

Right next to spinach and its cousins are marine based omega-3 fatty
acids (ie., fish oil) and CoQ10 supplements.

Take a moment and imagine this: You can’t read, drive, watch TV, or
see a movie.

That should be enough to remind you how important your sight is. You
can keep your eyes clear by prevention and following Popeye’s
advice. So eat your spinach and take your fish oil and CoQ10:

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I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

With my best wishes for your optimum health,

Dr. Bill

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