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Charlotte Cook
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Spinach - is it really good for you?
January 19th, 2007
Charlotte: If like me you have never liked spinach and feel vaguely uneasy about missing out on all the health benefits which it provides, you may be glad to know that it is not such a good guy after all. It and other foods high in oxalic acid, like rhubarb (and sad to say, chocolate) can interfere with the absorption of calcium by forming insoluble salts in the gut. Popeye may have had big muscles thanks to his love of spinach but the truth is he may also have been putting himself at risk of thinning bones!