The usefulness of spinach is 10 times less than we think.
The myth about spinach containing a lot of iron has been around for more than 10 years. Afterward, it was found out that the data was 10 times higher than reality. Some people believe that someone made a mistake and didn’t put a decimal where they should have. So everyone thought that spinach contained 35 g per 100 g of spinach, instead of the actual 3.5 g per 100 g. Also, spinach contains oxalic acid that prevents the body from digesting the iron as effectively as it should.
As a replacement, you can buy regular cabbage: it contains about the same number of vitamins and nutrients as spinach.
