Interesting

**New2Anabolic** · 05-09-2008, 02:10 PM

I am on this forum at least twice a day, browsing if not posting & replying.

So I just thought that I would post this article here for you all to read and take it for what it's worth.

(Men's Health)

GROW MUSCLE FASTER
New research shows a chemical in spinach can turn you into a green monster

We knew Popeye must have been 'roided up.

A new study shows the phytoecdysteroids from spinach sped growth of human muscle cells by up to 20 percent. Rats injected with the extract for a month were also stronger, and had increased grip strength.

"This goes back to literature from the former Soviet Union that showed these compounds have [muscle-building] anabolic effects," says lead researcher Ilya Raskin, from Rutgers University, New Jersey. "They tested the chemical in the 60s and 70s for military applications, for sports, and for space. They were interested in things that make people stronger. I don't know about the quality of those studies, but they were done."

Spinach? Bigger Muscles? POPEYE?!?!

**guinho** · 05-09-2008, 02:13 PM

the secret of Popeye! hehe

**Phate** · 05-09-2008, 02:18 PM

this article is tricky, if you read closely you'll see they say that rats, whose mass and body weight is much less than ours, were injected with extract, which is probably in concentrated form, so this article is useless without knowing the concentration of the phytoecdysteroids the "extract" and the amount of phytoecdysteroids in raw spinach, though it is an interesting article

**New2Anabolic** · 05-09-2008, 02:22 PM

Oh yeah, I read that.. not hard to miss really

I agree with you a bit, but there must be some linear effect. Otherwise the article would be a waste of time, wouldnt you think?

But yes, they did say that they had NO idea what dosage would effect us. "X lbs = increased muscle mass"

dun dun dun

**TJM7275** · 05-09-2008, 02:23 PM

Guys will be blending up Spinach and injecting it

**Phate** · 05-09-2008, 02:23 PM

probably some yes, but i don't subscribe to MH anymore cause they use so much filler material that's not worth reading, or stuff that sounds good but has no factual basis