SPINACH IS SO POISONOUS, HOW COME?

Are you a vegetarian? If yes, Indonesia may be your heaven for this matter. As a tropical country, Indonesia offers various kinds of vegetable. Its wide fertile farmland gives you not only forest, but also vegetables, including Popeye’s most favorite one, spinach.

As you know, spinach contains various kinds and great amount of nutrient. Therefore, many people, perhaps including Popeye the Sailorman, call spinach as King of Vegetable. However, do you know that spinach is also so poisonous?

According to some researches, spinach contains iron, named Fe2 + (ferro). This kind of element will be oxidized if contacted with O2 (oxigent) and becomes Fe3+ (ferri). F33+ is a toxic!

Now, are you afraid to eat spinach? What about Popeye, will he put his complaint on me? Do not worry; I will give tips to consume this vegetable safely:

1.      Do not warm it; try to eat up your spinach soup once.

2.      Immediately cook the spinach after picked, never wait until more than 5 hours to cook it or too long kept in refrigerator.

3.      Do not cook spinach using aluminum pan since it will react with the iron in the vegetable.

Well, those are some points we have to consider when consuming spinach. Of course we do not want that king of vegetable become king of deadly weapon for our health. Happy exploring nature secrets of Indonesia.