Performance enhancing “drug”?

[pierinifitness]

www-m.cnn.com/2019/06/25/sport/spinach-chemical-doping-scli-intl-grm/index.html?r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[mr potatohead]

I've read somewhere about spinach and Popeye's wisdom to eat it for T boost. Don't recall mention of extracting the chemical though.

[Bruce Tackett]

I always use spinach in place of lettuce for everything - salads, sandwiches, BLT's. I always get fresh spinach instead of the packaged. It's greener and tastier. Cooking some spinach in with spaghetti gives it some real pazazz. It also looks so 5-star gourmet. Impress your dinner guests.

[Dave Reslo]

The study was partly funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

I wonder if the rest was funded by spinach farmers.

[mr potatohead]

SEP 2014 - Hall Personal Training blog
..... Was Popeye right? Does Spinach increase strength and muscle mass? Pt 1
Ecdysterone is a compound found in spinach and is there to protect itself against being eaten by caterpillars. When caterpillars eat the spinach they also consume the ecdysteriods, which helps to change them into butterflies. Interestingly butterflies tend not eat spinach due to its potent hormonal effect.
Ecdysteriods have been shown across a multitude of studies to be pro-anabolic [8][9], improve performance [10] and cause increased muscle growth, [11] but only in animal studies. One study in the Molecular Nutrition and Food Research looked at the effects ecdysterone had on muscle hypertrophy in rats. When researchers fed 5mg (50-100mg human equivalent) of ecdysterone daily for three weeks to see what affect it had on muscle size compared to a control group, their results showed that the daily dose of 5mg had a modest and noticeable affect on the rats' leg muscles. ........

..... So the question remains, was Popeye right? Does Spinach increase strength and muscle mass?
Well, despite spinach being a nutritional superfood, containing a host of vitamins and minerals, more so vitamin A and magnesium than iron. Its somewhat steroid-like reputation may be a little over exaggerated from the results that current research suggests. By all means if you're a rat, a pig or even a sheep [17] ecdysteriod consumption from spinach would no doubt have some sort of an impact when it comes to muscle size and performance. However, for us humans I'm afraid that these steroid-like affects may just be a wishful thought…

[gruntbrain]

I'll hold off on the spinach extract until Pioneer Pierini blesses it . For now I'll stick with cheap caffeine for performance enhancement .

[mr potatohead]

I'm going to buy and eat some fresh, steamed, organic spinach.

[Bruce Tackett]

Jul 2, 2019 15:10:05 GMT @hawkwind said:

I had a book "Scrawny to Brawny" it recommend 7lb of ground beef each week and 7 big bags of spinach a week

www.pdfdrive.com/scrawny-to-brawny-the-complete-guide-to-building-muscle-the-natural-way-d175923035.html

Why did the beef have to be ground?

[pierinifitness]

Jul 2, 2019 15:10:05 GMT @hawkwind said:

I had a book "Scrawny to Brawny" it recommend 7lb of ground beef each week and 7 big bags of spinach a week

www.pdfdrive.com/scrawny-to-brawny-the-complete-guide-to-building-muscle-the-natural-way-d175923035.html

Did it work?

[josepz]

I've been enjoying spinach + lettuce salads almost every day for the last couple of years. I love them with olive oil, salt and Italian vinegar. If you add a little bit of honey to the mix, it can make you reach a saladgasm. I hate cooked spinach, but raw I just love them.

About the 'steroid' thing, I honestly haven't noticed any impovements in performance or muscularity. I eat them because I enjoy them and they're healthy.

[Alan OldStudent]

Jul 3, 2019 2:34:50 GMT Bruce Tackett said:

.....Why did the beef have to be ground?

'Cause you don't want it to bite you back, or worse yet, whinny when you take a bite, especially if it's too rare.