Where does the myth of iron in spinach come from? | History will tell us # 173

One of the great food myths is, "Eat your spinach, you'll be strong, it's full of iron!" " Why?
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For further:
Mike Sutton, “Spinach, Iron and Popeye: Ironic lessons from biochemistry and history on the importance of healthy eating, healthy skepticism and adequate citation”, Internet Journal of Criminology, 2010, p. 1-34.
Michael Mielewczi and Janine Moll, “Spinach in Blunderland: How the myth that spinach is rich in iron became an urban academic legend”, History of Science, February 2019.
Joe Schwarcz, “Iron in Spinach”, Office for Science and Society
Separating Sense from Nonsense, March 2017, https: //www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/foo ...
Ole Bjorn Rekdal, “Academic urban legends”, Social Studies of Science, vol. 44, 4: pp. 638-654.
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