Discussion Spinach Natty Roids? (1 Viewer)

[EvropaCel]

Study says that spinach (ecdysterone) is basically a natural steroid and should be a banned substance for professional athletes. Thoughts?

"Not only did the men who received the ecdysterone pills develop more muscle mass by the end of the study, but they enjoyed up to three times the strength gains seen among the placebo group participants."

No cock shrinking needed????

Spinach Is Essentially a Steroid and Can Lead to "Significantly Higher Increases in Muscle Mass", Scientists Say

Popeye was doping, apparently. Who knew?

www.menshealth.com

Chemical found in spinach should be listed as a PED, gives athletes ‘unfair advantage,’ scientists say

Is spinach a performance-enhancing substance? A scientific study indicates that it may be.

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Ecdysteroids as non-conventional anabolic agent: performance enhancement by ecdysterone supplementation in humans - PubMed

Recent studies suggest that the anabolic effect of ecdysterone, a naturally occurring steroid hormone claimed to enhance physical performance, is mediated by estrogen receptor (ER) binding. In comparison with the prohibited anabolic agents (e.g., metandienone and others), ecdysterone revealed to...

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[logan]

spinach is one of the worst vegetables you can put in your ugly little mouth

 

[middayshowers]

>During a 10-week study, the team split 46 athletes into four groups to assess how the substance affected their physical performance: one was a control group, another received a placebo, and the remaining groups received a dose of either two or eight capsules each day containing 100mg of ecdysterone extracted from spinach (equivalent to just under 4kg of the green stuff). They all followed the same strength training programme.

This is roughly equivalent to 921 calories of spinach. If you want 1/3+ of your daily food intake to be spinach then go ahead

 

[SayNoToRotting]

equivalent to just under 4kg of the green stuff

there were times where I actually ate this amount of spinach.

It's not worth it- way too difficult for the stomach

 

[fobos]

lol

 

[IWantToMax]

Study says that spinach (ecdysterone) is basically a natural steroid and should be a banned substance for professional athletes. Thoughts?

"Not only did the men who received the ecdysterone pills develop more muscle mass by the end of the study, but they enjoyed up to three times the strength gains seen among the placebo group participants."

No cock shrinking needed????

Spinach Is Essentially a Steroid and Can Lead to "Significantly Higher Increases in Muscle Mass", Scientists Say

Popeye was doping, apparently. Who knew?

www.menshealth.com

Chemical found in spinach should be listed as a PED, gives athletes ‘unfair advantage,’ scientists say

Is spinach a performance-enhancing substance? A scientific study indicates that it may be.

www.masslive.com

Ecdysteroids as non-conventional anabolic agent: performance enhancement by ecdysterone supplementation in humans - PubMed

Recent studies suggest that the anabolic effect of ecdysterone, a naturally occurring steroid hormone claimed to enhance physical performance, is mediated by estrogen receptor (ER) binding. In comparison with the prohibited anabolic agents (e.g., metandienone and others), ecdysterone revealed to...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Seems to be a really cheap supplement.
250mg 100 capsules for 20 euros

 

[EvropaCel]

>During a 10-week study, the team split 46 athletes into four groups to assess how the substance affected their physical performance: one was a control group, another received a placebo, and the remaining groups received a dose of either two or eight capsules each day containing 100mg of ecdysterone extracted from spinach (equivalent to just under 4kg of the green stuff). They all followed the same strength training programme.

This is roughly equivalent to 921 calories of spinach. If you want 1/3+ of your daily food intake to be spinach then go ahead

Now that you put that into perspective it sounds like a bad idea but what if you just took capsules of ecdysterone?

 

[Chintuck22]

No coincidence why poppeye have such massive forearms, jfl if you don't eat spinach