September 7th Short History

Sushi Saturday Satisfying Presents Today's Short Story. 
A Green Movement. A Short History of Spinach 
Spinach originates from the Middle East, most likely Persia or modern-day Iran. It was brought to Spain via the Moors somewhere between 800 AD and 1200 AD. Cultivation of spinach began in the USA around 1806.

In the eleventh century, the Moors introduced the spinach into Spain. One of the great Arab agronomist described spinach as the prince of leafy greens. However, Moors called it ‘hispanach’ or Spanish plant.

Spinach is filled with iron, Vitamin A, Vitamin C and calcium. Spinach is excellent for cleansing, purifying and restoring balance to the intestines. Also, spinach contains acids that prevents the body from absorbing the iron and calcium in spinach. To increase the chances of your body's absorption of iron, spinach should be consumed with a Vitamin C filled item, such as orange juice or tomatoes.
One of the first brought into China, spinach as initially called the ‘Persian vegetable’ because of its origin, then the ‘red root vegetable’ due to its appearance.

-Pikachu