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Nutrition: Pumping iron, feel the heat

04 JUNE 2008

Spinach is full of vitamins A and C with a little calcium as well as – obviously, for everyone who remembers Popeye – iron. And you may think that filling your salad bowl with its leafy greenery would ensure maximum amounts of nutrition. But spinach contains mainly water so you'll get through far more when it's cooked very lightly.