Diet warning: Eating your spinach THIS way could lead to PAINFUL kidney stones

While most are small and pass out painlessly when you urinate, some can be more serious.  According to the NHS, they can cause a kidney infection with unpleasant symptoms such as a high temperature, chills and diarrhoea – and even sepsis. They’re usually caused by a build-up of particular chemicals in the body. One of […]

Spinach might not contain as much iron as you think it does

Flickr/Ccharmon If you have low levels of iron in the blood, you might have received the advice to eat more spinach as a meat-free method for raising your iron levels. But here’s the truth: spinach doesn’t have much more iron than other leafy greens like broccoli and Brussels sprouts. One cup of raw spinach has .81 milligrams of iron, while the same […]

Turning over a new leaf: Spinach used as functional human heart tissue in study

Biomedical researchers have created a novel way of overcoming one of the biggest hurdles to the regeneration of human tissue in a lab by using spinach leaves to build working heart tissue. The demand for organs and tissues for transplantation far exceeds availability. In the US, 22 people die each day while waiting for an […]