Wait until you find out about "Spinach Tuesdays" at RRC. Nice blog dude.

Are you getting enough iron in your diet (you're getting alot now, but before the spinach addiction). This could be your body telling you you are missing iron...There are theories about food combinations too, if you eat x with y, you aren't getting the maximum nutrients, but you would if you ate x with n.

One of the cool things about spinach is that it has a kind of neutral flavor that goes with nearly anything. Try throwing a pile of washed, raw spinach on a plate, then covering with spaghetti noodles and marinara sauce. It works.

grins
Yes, Sprout did have a lot of faith in the big guy.
But shouldn't the "Currently obsessing about:" blurb be updated?

The addiction you have for spinach, I have for rucola. Ahh, my green acidulous lover. Can eat vast amounts of this plant with white beans, avocado, olive oil, balsamico and onions. Toasted chiabatta on the side naturally.

i also love raw spinach but i cut down on my consumption of it after reading that it contains high amounts of oxaloic (sp?) acid, which can build up and cause kidney stones.

i have a co-worker who had to go to the emergency room for kidney stones, and believe me, if you'd seen what he went through, you'd cut down on spinach quick.

does pissing blood for a week and a half scare you? it did me.

Oxalic acid occurs naturally in quite a large number of plants. The human body also synthesizes oxalic acid from ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). Oxalic acid may combine with calcium, iron, sodium, magnesium, or potassium to form less soluble salts known as oxalates. Oxalates also occur naturally in plants.

   Since oxalic acid binds with important nutrients, making them inaccessible to the body, regular consumption of large amounts of foods high in oxalic acid over a period of weeks to months may result in nutrient deficiencies, most notably of calcium.

   Oxalic acid is a strong acid, and is irritating to tissue all by itself. Extremely high doses are fatal. Oxalates, on the other hand, form tiny little insoluble crystals with sharp edges, which are also irritating to tissue. So, high levels of oxalic acid/oxalates in the diet lead to irritation of the digestive system, and particularly of the stomach and kidneys. They may also contribute to the formation of kidney stones (the most common form of kidney stone is composed of calcium oxalate).