Spinach!

Spinach seems to help me, too. I usually just eat it in leaf form as a salad.

So I'm wondering "how" do you eat the spinach. Is it cooked or raw or both forms??? How do you know if it's helping what changes??

And I guess I have the same questions about sunflower seeds..

I eat the frozen stuff, I'm not sure if it's cooked prior to freezing, but it does look cooked... In the morning I put half the block (150g or 5 oz) in a blender with fruit for a smoothie, in the evening I eat it warmed up with a little salt and olive oil. The reason I eat it frozen is that you can eat a LOT more of it that way. I notice the day after eating large quantities like this, my symptoms drastically improve (what symptoms improve depends on how my gut is doing). The trick is the quantity. A few spinach leaves in a salad isn't really enough (think about how a huge amount of spinach turns into a minuscule amount once cooked). Anyway, I highly recommend everyone try to eat a large quantity of it for a couple days, that's really all it would take to see SOME improvement, if you happen to be someone who would benefit from it. We are all different, I just wanted to bring it up in case it helps someone else. I actually find most green veggies really help, boiled green beans are another one of my go to healing foods. Finding that article made it all the more interesting to me!

Thanks for posting that.

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laughingduck said...
I guess that's what made my last sentence go into tiny font!

Bingo!

Love the info and I am getting back on the spinach bandwagon today.....I use the easy open cans of coooked spinach - sometimes bothering with fresh for salad.

Never tried frozen.

IamCurious said...
The frozen spinach might be a smart choice. Beware of all canned foods except those from Eden Foods. They are sealed with BPA and it takes only a few cans a week to significantly raise your blood levels.

Canned tomatoes and paste are the worst because the acid in the tomatoes leach the BPA from the can.

I tried the canned stuff once and thought it was positively disgusting! Frozen tastes much better and healthier to me, for about the same price!

I try to eat a lot of spinach - sautéed with onions and garlic is the best.

Would eating uncooked spinach be too irritating to the colon? I'm always quite wary of raw vegetables.

Dreadsteel said...
if spinach helps you, may i also recommend cherry juice too [hardcore antioxidants]

Actually I've tried the cherry juice before and it does help, I never considered the antioxidant factor. That's interesting because my naturopath recently put me on something called mito-matrix, which is an antioxidant supplement, and it may have been one of the factors that got me into remission (or at least symptom-free, I need a scope to confirm).

i don't like raw spinach either, i usually take fresh spinach leaves, fry them on olive oil (but i think butter is also ok) and after several minutes, add some blue cheese (f.e. gorgonzola or stilton) and garlic. I mix it all until the cheese melts. I eat it with baguette because i don't believe in gluten free diet :)

Hey gang it been a while so I though I would chime in. ALA has been known to block the cells that attack in the immune system T cells and B cells. Spinach is one that is listed as being high in ALA. I have to imagine this is why it helps us with our condition. You would need to eat 8 oz raw or preferably frozen chopped to perhaps see a effect.

All the best! Popeye da sailor man lol

Steveo

I have been eating loads of this stuff for a few years now and never had a kidney stone. I also had read up more on the subject and they found that most of the oxalates found in the urine are produced by the body not by food. While this may be true if you are more prone to kidney stones one may want to limit their consumption as you have pointed out. Moderation. I have also read that flax oil is very high in ALA and may re add that to my smoothies.