beta Ecdysterone in Spinach and other sources

beta Ecdysterone in Spinach

1. Nutrition of Spinach

Spinach is a healthful superfood, rich in calcium, magnesium, and iron, Spinach extract also contains Ecdysterone.
Spinach has many health benefits, including preventing asthma, lowering blood pressure, and helping diabetics manage their condition. Nowadays the new study focuses on another active ingredient extract from spinach, beta Ecdysterone.

2. Beta ecdysterone from nature

Ecdysterone (β-ecdysone) is a hormone that regulates insect growth and metabolism. It was first studied by entomologists. In 1954, scholars isolated 250mg of ecdysone from 500kg silkworm pupae, which is the active substance for molting. Since then, many types of plants have developed a variety of similar substances. The distribution of ecdysone in the plant kingdom is higher than that in the animal kingdom. In plants, Ecdysterone has a wide distribution range and abundant resources.

Current research shows that beta ecdysterone exists in cyanotis vaga/cyanotis arachnoidea, spinach, mulberry leaves, and Chinese ferns such as Achyranthes bidentata,  Prunella vulgaris, Alisma, Podocarpus, and yew, etc.

3. Muscle strength of beta Ecdysterone in Spinach

Experiments show that ecdysterone has muscle cell-enhancing effects and is even more powerful than anabolic steroids. This generates great interest in research on plants containing ecdysterone, including spinach as a dietary supplement vegetable.

A recent study in Germany found that the chemical substance beta ecdysterone in spinach has a similar effect to steroids, which can increase muscle strength and therefore enhance sports performance:

Researchers from a university in Germany recruited 46 athletes to participate in a 10-week physical training, and hope to see how this substance works. They divided the athletes into two groups: One group of athletes took pills made of spinach extract, this extract pill was equal to eating 4 kilograms of spinach per day. The other group was given a placebo. After several weeks, the athletes who served spinach extract ecdysterone got a higher muscle mass and had better performance. They increased physical strength by three times more than athletes in the control group.

4. Conclusion

Researchers said if want to achieve the same effect by eating spinach only, you need to eat 1 to 16 kilograms of spinach every day last for several weeks.

Although spinach contains Ecdysterone, it’s unlikely to achieve muscle strength by eating spinach. That’s why beta Ecdysterone extract supplement powder is popular in the market. But it is full benefits adding spinach to your diet due to its nutrition.

Other herbs contain ecdysterone

• Mulberry leaf

The beta ecdysterone that exists in mulberry leaves can increase liver glycogen and will not affect normal blood sugar levels. It not only won’t harm your health, but also ecdysterone can effectively lower blood sugar.
In China, as a Chinese medical herb mulberry leaves can be brewed directly with water to make tea, or fresh mulberry leaves can be used to cook porridge.

• Cyanotis Arachnoidea/Cyanotis Vaga plant

Although beta ecdysterone can be found in spinach and mulberry leaf. But the highest ecdysterone content among plants is Cyanotis Arachnoidea.

The Cyanotis Vaga plant belongs to the Commelina family. The ecdysone content in its above-ground parts is about 1.2%, and the content in the roots is as high as 2.9%. In addition, Cyanotis Arachnoidea is also one of the most commonly used medicinal plants in China to extract ecdysterone.

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