If you were a kid raised anytime between the 1930s and the 1970s -- or raised by someone who was raised then -- chances are good that you grew up with the idea that spinach was a muscle builder par ...

Before Batman, Superman and Captain America, there was another superhero with massive muscles who every little boy aspired to be. But, as one elderly man recently found out, bulging biceps don't ...

The connection between Popeye's physical strength and his consumption of canned spinach has become a pop culture touchstone, ...

“I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats me spinach.” Popeye sang that lyric in many of the cartoons starring the super-strong Sailor Man. Indeed, he is so synonymous with spinach that he is still used ...

Popeye remains the world's greatest spinach salesman nearly a century after he made his comic-strip debut on the eve of the Great Depression. The sailor man's legend is recounted every March 26, ...

"Despite Popeye, spinach is not remarkably rich in iron, though it is a good source of vitamin A," he wrote in his now-classic book "On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen." Though ...