Spinach Facts

Spinach  Fact #1: Spinach is very high in Iron. Unfortunately it is the type of iron that is not easily absorbed by the body. High levels of Vitamin C will help the body absorb the Iron in spinach.
Spinach  Fact #2: Spinach is native to Asia and is believed to have been first domesticated in Nepal. It was not until the fifteenth century that spinach was known in Europe.
Spinach  Fact #3: Where the human body will naturally only benefit from around five percent of the Calcium found in spinach, the body absorbs fifty percent of the Calcium found in broccoli .
Spinach  Fact #4: Commercially grown spinach ranks towards the top on the list of vegetables that have the highest contamination from pesticides.
Spinach  Fact #5: Spinach plants go to seed quickly in warm weather. Older spinach varieties are more susceptible to bolting than more modern spinach varieties.

A list of facts about spinach that you might not know.

Spinach Fact #1 : Spinach is very high in Iron. Unfortunately it is the type of iron that is not easily absorbed by the body. High levels of Vitamin C will help the body absorb the Iron in spinach.
Spinach Fact #2 : Spinach is native to Asia and is believed to have been first domesticated in Nepal. It was not until the fifteenth century that spinach was known in Europe.
Spinach Fact #3 : Where the human body will naturally only benefit from around five percent of the Calcium found in spinach, the body absorbs fifty percent of the Calcium found in broccoli.
Spinach Fact #4 : Commercially grown spinach ranks towards the top on the list of vegetables that have the highest contamination from pesticides.
Spinach Fact #5 : Spinach plants go to seed quickly in warm weather. Older spinach varieties are more susceptible to bolting than more modern spinach varieties.

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