Experts say spinach is a performance-enhancing drug

[Shootist Comitatus]

Experts say spinach is essentially a performance-enhancing drug

Scientists from Freie Universität Berlin are claiming that spinach is essentially a steroid and calling for it to be banned for athletes. The scientists contacted The World Anti-Doping Agency to inform them of a hormone in spinach called ecdysterone.

A 10-week study showed the effect that ecdysterone has, with those who consumed it seeing far greater results than those who did not. The study involved 46 athletes who followed the same strength program. One group received a placebo and the other received ecdysterone.

The ecdysterone group developed more muscle mass and was stronger than the placebo group.

[E.CobbDawg]

Experts say spinach is essentially a performance-enhancing drug

Scientists from Freie Universität Berlin are claiming that spinach is essentially a steroid and calling for it to be banned for athletes. The scientists contacted The World Anti-Doping Agency to inform them of a hormone in spinach called ecdysterone.

A 10-week study showed the effect that ecdysterone has, with those who consumed it seeing far greater results than those who did not. The study involved 46 athletes who followed the same strength program. One group received a placebo and the other received ecdysterone.

The ecdysterone group developed more muscle mass and was stronger than the placebo group.

Thanks Popeye!
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[dncdawg]

Experts say spinach is essentially a performance-enhancing drug

Scientists from Freie Universität Berlin are claiming that spinach is essentially a steroid and calling for it to be banned for athletes. The scientists contacted The World Anti-Doping Agency to inform them of a hormone in spinach called ecdysterone.

A 10-week study showed the effect that ecdysterone has, with those who consumed it seeing far greater results than those who did not. The study involved 46 athletes who followed the same strength program. One group received a placebo and the other received ecdysterone.

The ecdysterone group developed more muscle mass and was stronger than the placebo group.

Thanks Popeye!
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All this time, we thought he was eating it to get strong and beat up Bluto.  Now we find out it was just a cover, so he could get it up for that bean pole, Olive after he got Bluto out of the way.

[samjo]

I barely remember Bluto. By the time I came along the character had been changed to Brutus.

[dncdawg]

I barely remember Bluto.  By the time I came along the character had been changed to Brutus.

Haha.  I watched reruns on TBS when I was a kid.  I forgot that guy had different names, or never really understood.  They didn't show the episodes in sequence or anything.  I just looked it up.  Seems they made the name change in the 60s because of a licensing dispute.