Are you looking for a 433-word article on why spinach is good for you? Well, you're in luck.In KidsPost, a Washington Post blog for, well, kids, pediatrician Howard Bennett describes a scenario in which Mom dumps a load of soggy greens on your plate: "Although you have rejected spinach every time she has asked you to eat it, she reminds you that it's good for you because it contains lots of iron."
Mom might have said something like, "It's good for you" once or twice, but she never got very specific about the mineral components of the food, and I knew that if I ever "rejected" anything on my plate, I'd soon be wearing it.
Dr. Bennett then describes spinach's connection with Popeye — or rather, as a sad take on how little today's kids are aware of the stuff my generation knew about as kids, "a cartoon character named Popeye the Sailor...a strong guy with huge forearms and a corncob pipe."
After noting that spinach is what made Popeye strong enough to fight Bluto (though in the weird Altman film, Popeye hated spinach, which didn't make sense to me as a 9-year-old and makes not much sense now), Dr. Bennett concludes:
Maybe you really can learn something from cartoon characters.Maybe. Maybe you can. I learned a lot of things from cartoon characters, like if a bomb blows up in your face, you'll only get some soot on your cheeks. Read more...
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