德國科學家認爲菠菜是興奮劑,大力水手沒騙你!

Maybe Popeye was onto something when he ripped open a can of spinach for beating up the bad guys.

當大力水手爲了痛打壞人而打開一罐菠菜的時候，他也許做對了。

Scientists in Germany say, edcysterone, a chemical found in spinach is close to steroids and has a similar effect on humans.

德國科學家表示，在菠菜中發現的一種化學物質Edcysterone與類固醇相似，而且對人體有類似的效果。

Researchers at Freie Universität Berlin ran a 10-week test on nearly 50 athletes and found athletes who took capsules of ecdysterone increased their strength by up to three times.

柏林自由大學的研究人員對近50名運動員進行了爲期10周的測試。他們發現，服用Ecdysterone膠囊的運動員的體力最多增加了三倍。

The capsules the athletes were given were the equivalent of about nine pounds of spinach but researchers say the capsules could be used as a performance enhancing drug.

交給運動員的膠囊相當於約九磅的菠菜，但研究人員表示，這種膠囊可能會成爲被用作提高成績的藥物。

The study has called on the World Anti-Doping Authority to dig further into ecdysterone and wants the chemical added to the list of banned substances for athletes.

這項研究號召世界反興奮劑機構進一步研究Ecdysterone，並希望把這種化學物質加到運動員禁用物品的清單裏。