Why Spinach and Popeye?
Popeye’s creator, E.C. Segar, was a vegetarian. E.C. Segar wanted to make sure everyone knew the benefits of eating veggies. The one sure way he helped promote the love of vegetables was to make his popular character love spinach. “Popeye” was shown to develop amazing strength after ingesting the green leafy vegetable. It rapidly gained popularity during the 1920’s when nutritionists found spinach to be rich in numerous vitamins and minerals. Or maybe it was because of the beloved “Popeye”, who first debuted on January 17, 1929 in a comic strip called Thimble Theatre.
