Topic: calcium rich foods

Call me Popeye (or maybe Popette?), because I’m absolutely obsessed with spinach. I eat it constantly, cooked and raw, in everything from nachos to pasta to salads to hummus. The other day, I tweeted about my deep, abiding love for the leafy green and one of my friends replied to my tweet, saying that eating large amounts of spinach can actually interfere with the body’s ability to absorb calcium. Wait, what? This was news to me, as I always thought spinach was hands-down one of the healthiest foods you could eat. Confused, I did a little research, hoping my love for my favorite vegetable wasn’t actually harming my health. I didn’t find much information, so I took my question to the experts. Here’s what they had to say about the science of spinach and calcium absorption. More »