Substance Nitrates in spinach help Muscle Strength

HEALTH BLOG~YOU must have been familiar with the Popeye cartoon character who frequently consume a can of spinach to boost super strength.

Although impressed just a scenario in a cartoon, but researchers at Sweden's Karolinska Institute said, in addition to iron content, the content of nitrate in spinach really contribute to giving the power to the muscle.

From site reports Dailymail (26/6), both proteins are able to stimulate the development of super and muscle strength tests on a group of rats. "Nitrate given is equivalent to the portion of the human being, about 200 to 250 grams of spinach a day, so a number of very easy to come by," said Andres Hernandez, a researcher in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.

After seven days of the study, it was found that rats given nitrate spinach and shown to have a greater muscle strength. "From the perspective of our study, the amount of nitrate contributes to muscle strength in mice," said Hernandez.

The researchers found that nitrate could encourage an increase in two proteins found naturally in muscle, which is used to store and release calcium, which is essential to make the muscles contract.

Furthermore, an increase in protein will help in higher calcium release in muscle contraction. Not only contains iron and nitrate, green vegetables also contain vitamin K, A, and C are in charge of keeping the body from free radicals.

Just additional information, spinach processed into vegetable should not be heated repeatedly. Because the process of repeated heating can oxidize the iron content in spinach, which then converts the iron content to be toxic. Oxidation is intreaksi between oxygen molecules and all the different substances. (* / OL-06)

source: www.mediaindonesia.com

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