Scientists from Lund University in Sweden think so and now say that spinach may hold the key to keeping you slim. A compound in spinach leaves (they’re good for you and loaded with brain-boosting iron and anti-oxidants) can actually trick our bodies into thinking we’re full.
By slowing down the digestion of fat, the spinach compound tricks our bodies by telling the brain we’ve already eaten enough. Scientists say they aren’t sure why this works, but one of the plant cell components called thylakoids from chloroplasts slows down the digestion of fat.
Once scientists are able to isolate and purify the substance (right now, it takes more than a pound of spinach to produce the effect), then they suggest that all we would need is a few grams added to our fat-rich diets to help us drop the pounds.