On Jan 10, 11:04*am, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 23:48:47 -0800, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr."
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> > wrote:
> >"Goomba" > wrote in message
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> >> John Kuthe wrote:
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> >>> My HGB was up last time I gave blood and I think eating spinach may
> >>> have been the reason, so I'm keeping it up! (I hope!)
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> >>> John Kuthe...
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> >> You know, most men don't need to worry about their hemoglobin, nor do they
> >> need to try to build up those levels.
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> >Also, a single serving size of prepared frozen spinach really isn't that
> >much of a good source of iron unless one is eating very large quanities of
> >spinach each day.
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> >Example: Safeway Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach, UPC code 0 21130 09155 3.
> >Nutrition Facts for Serving size 1 cup (81 g) show Vitamin A 50%, Vitamin C
> >2%, Calcium 8%, Iron 4%.
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> >Other frozen spinach packages may vary, but in general I wouldn't expect to
> >see larger percentage numbers such as 100%, 50%, or even 25% Iron for
> >varieties frozen spinach, unless the spinach was also fortified.
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> Raw fresh spinach isn't any different... spinach is not really a good
> source of iron. The thing is however that if one tosses the cooking
> water, from any veggie, a lot of the nutrients are lost, especially
> dissolved minerals... that's why soups and stews are far more
> nutritious than the average side of cooked veggies... dumping a can of
> spinach into a pot of homemade vegetable soup just before serving
> nothing is lost. *Canned vegetables add more nutrients to soups than
> so called fresh, and even frozen... they save a lot of prep and often
> cost less.
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> http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...table-products...

It's a good source of Vit-K though! That's why people on Coumadin
should not eat any more or less spinach than they normally do, cause
it can throw off their anticoagulation therapy.

John Kuthe...