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Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
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There are three main types of spinach each with
many varieties.
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Firstly there is the traditional crinkly leafed
savoy spinach.
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Secondly there are the flat leaved varieties.
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Thirdly there are hybrid varieties which may be
derived from the first two.
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Baby spinach refers to the small round leaves of
more recent round leaved varieties of spinach.
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Although spinach has good levels of iron and
calcium, it also has an oxalate content which decreases their absorption.
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Spinach was promoted in the 1930s with Popeye.
However the German scientist, Dr. E. von Wolf, had put the decimal point
one place out in the calculations for iron content making it appear ten
times too high. By the time this was realised, it was too late to change
the momentum of this promotion.
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It's probably a good idea to use good quality
organic spinach or grow your own as spinach can contain relatively high
levels of pesticides.
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