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Default Food Psychology: Popeye the Sailor Man Cartoons

On Aug 28, 7:55 pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® said...
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> > On Aug 28, 5:32 pm, Andy <q> wrote:
> >> Popeye (spinach)
> >> Olive Oyle
> >> Sweet Pea
> >> Whimpy (hamburgers)

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> >> Popeye (muscles)
> >> Olive Oyle (skinny)
> >> Bluto (fat)
> >> Whimpy (fat)

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> >> Did I forget any characters?

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> >> The subliminal food psychology is there, except I didn't know what
> >> olive oil was back in my youth AND I knew that I hated spinach but I
> >> always enjoyed the easy-open can the way Popeye did it.

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> > When I was a small child, the only green thing I liked was cooked
> > (from frozen) spinach. I loved it. I still like it. CANNED spinach
> > is a whole different thing. It is seriously awful.

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> >> )

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> >> Andy

>
> > --Bryan

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> Bryan,
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> I've loved spinach for decades since my youth and I go the frozen spinach
> route too, mostly.
>
> Sadly, spinach is a great big gout aggravator!
>
> It ****s with my spinach, tomato, cheese omelette habit!

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In this specific study, though, not all purine-rich foods were
associated with an increased risk of gout
There was no increased risk associated with a diet which included:

* peas
* beans
* mushrooms
* cauliflower
* spinach

source-- http://arthritis.about.com/cs/gout/a/foodstoavoid.htm

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Have you noticed that in your case it does? or are you just following
advice?

>
> Andy


--Bryan