On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 23:48:47 -0800, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr."
> wrote:

>"Goomba" > wrote in message
...
>> John Kuthe wrote:
>>
>>> My HGB was up last time I gave blood and I think eating spinach may
>>> have been the reason, so I'm keeping it up! (I hope!)
>>>
>>> John Kuthe...
>>
>> You know, most men don't need to worry about their hemoglobin, nor do they
>> need to try to build up those levels.
>
>Also, a single serving size of prepared frozen spinach really isn't that
>much of a good source of iron unless one is eating very large quanities of
>spinach each day.
>
>Example: Safeway Frozen Cut Leaf Spinach, UPC code 0 21130 09155 3.
>Nutrition Facts for Serving size 1 cup (81 g) show Vitamin A 50%, Vitamin C
>2%, Calcium 8%, Iron 4%.
>
>Other frozen spinach packages may vary, but in general I wouldn't expect to
>see larger percentage numbers such as 100%, 50%, or even 25% Iron for
>varieties frozen spinach, unless the spinach was also fortified.

Raw fresh spinach isn't any different... spinach is not really a good
source of iron. The thing is however that if one tosses the cooking
water, from any veggie, a lot of the nutrients are lost, especially
dissolved minerals... that's why soups and stews are far more
nutritious than the average side of cooked veggies... dumping a can of
spinach into a pot of homemade vegetable soup just before serving
nothing is lost. Canned vegetables add more nutrients to soups than
so called fresh, and even frozen... they save a lot of prep and often
cost less.

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/...roducts/2626/2