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London : Eating a la Popeye, the cartoon sailor, can actually help build muscles, research says.

Researchers led by Ilya Raskin from Rutgers University, New Jersey showed in laboratory tests that chemicals in do help to build muscles, speeding up the body's conversion of protein into muscle mass.

The team estimated that humans would have to eat more than one kg of every day to build up their muscle mass.

It found that when placed on samples of human muscle in a lab, the extracted chemicals-- phytoecdysteroids-- sped growth by up to 20 per cent, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The study showed that rats injected with the extract for a month were also stronger and had increased grip strength.

has long been known to be rich in nutrients such as calcium and iron, but its ability to increase strength was never proven.

High in vitamins C, A and K, previous research suggested that could help people battling weight problems to stay slim, by slowing the digestion of fat and fooling the body into feeling fuller for longer.

Studies also showed that can help to boost brainpower by keeping the mind alert.

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