Popeye was right! Experts call for athletes to be banned from taking a chemical found in SPINACH because it has a 'steroid effect' Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin looked at the effects of ecdysterone Found athletes taking supplements were up to three times stronger than others Group took capsules equivalent to eating 8.8lbs of spinach a day for 10 weeks
By Dianne Apen-sadler For Mailonline
Published: 21:01 BST, 26 June 2019 | Updated: 21:30 BST, 26 June 2019
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Athletes could be banned from taking a chemical found in spinach because it has a 'steroid effect'.
Researchers at the Freie Universität Berlin have suggested ecdysterone should be added to the list of banned substances.
Cartoon character Popeye the Sailor famously loved the leafy green and attributed his super strength to eating it regularly.
Now it seems his
