“Popeye Juice”

Popeye was born out of artistic imagination in 1929 and has kept kids entertained ever since. It’s because he states “I’m strong to the finich, ’cause I eats me spinach, I’m Popeye the sailor man!” Popeye’s story and characterization vary depending on the medium. Originally, Popeye got “luck” from rubbing the head of the Whiffle Hen; by 1932, he was instead getting “strength” from eating spinach.

A large part of our childhood memories consists of watching Popeye and getting hyped up about becoming strong like him.

It presented the perfect opportunity for our mothers to encourage kids to eat spinach, and all the other vegetables. And kids, the ones dreaming about growing strong like Popeye after a dose of spinach, ate their vegetables up like little angels!

Popeye seems bereft of manners and uneducated, yet he often comes up with solutions to problems that seem insurmountable to the police or the scientific community. He has displayed Sherlock Holmes-like investigative prowess, scientific ingenuity, and successful diplomatic arguments. In the animated cartoons his pipe also proves to be highly versatile. Among other things, it has served as a cutting torch, jet engine, propeller, periscope, musical instrument, and a whistle with which he produces his trademark toot. He also eats spinach through his pipe, sometimes sucking in the can along with the contents. Since the 1970s, Popeye is seldom depicted using his pipe to smoke tobacco.

He claims he lost his one eye in the worst brawl he ever had in hs life. “That’s all I can stands, ’cause I can’t stands no more!” and “I yam disgustipated.”

Here is the scoop : Raw spinach is 91% water, 4% carbohydrates, 3% protein, and contains negligible fat. In a 100 g (3.5 oz) serving providing only 23 calories, spinach has a high nutritional value, especially when fresh, frozen, steamed, or quickly boiled. It is a rich source (20% or more of the Daily Value, DV) of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, magnesium, manganese, iron and folate. Spinach is a moderate source (10-19% of DV) of the B vitamins, riboflavin and vitamin B6, vitamin E, calcium, potassium, and dietary fiber (table). Although spinach is touted as being high in iron and calcium content, and is often served and consumed in its raw form, raw spinach contains high levels of oxalates, which block absorption of calcium and iron in the stomach and small intestine. Spinach cooked in several changes of water has much lower levels of oxalates and is better digested and its nutrients absorbed more completely. In addition to preventing absorption and use, high levels of oxalates remove iron from the body. (wikipedia)

Potassium in some folks may cause dangerously high levels of the mineral preventing the consumption of the green leafy veggie and the missed dietary iron. Red meats particularly liver do add some iron to the complex body structure but not enough. Iron tablets help too but to get the equivalent of a 300ml iron infusion it will take a year of swallowing the “Fer”

This is where the “Juice”part comes in. It is a saline solution of iron consumed intravenously over three hours designed to combat the problems caused iron deficiency such as…

1. Extreme fatigue

2. Weakness

3. Pale skin

4. Chest pain, fast heartbeat or shortness of breath

5. Headache, dizziness or lightheadedness

6. Cold hands and feet

7. Inflammation or soreness of your tongue

8. Brittle nails

9. Unusual cravings for non-nutritive substances, such as ice, dirt or starch

10. Poor appetite, especially in infant

11. Restless legs syndrome

12. interrupted/ Poor sleep habits

13. Low hemagoblin

At home the iron infusion is nick named “Popeye Juice” and I say “It ain’t no smoothie.”

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