Text 40059, 37 rader
Skriven 2010-07-14 23:13:45 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 40024 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: Spuds
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-=> Quoting JIM WELLER to NANCY BACKUS on 13 Jul 10  19:29:00 <=-

 NB>> the leaves of rhubarb are likewise poisonous

 JW> I have read anecdotally that Appalachian mountain people craving
 JW> spring greens in the old days would eat them after par-boiling in
 JW> three changes of water but I have not verified this anywhere
 JW> reliable or experimented with rhubarb leaves myself (and I don't
 JW> plan to).
 
I think I'd want to hear directly from someone who has done it before I
did any experimentation of that sore...  ;)   I suppose that it could be
possible... the par-boiling and changing water could be enough to draw
off enough of the poison... isn't it an excess of oxalic acid, IIRC...?

 JW>> websites created by food faddists claiming boldly: ALL NIGHTSHADES
 JW>> ARE DEADLY POISONOUS!!! STOP EATING THEM!!!
 NB>> My mother has decided that she is avoiding all the nightshades since
 NB>> she read that they can make arthritis worse

 JW> That is one of the claims those sites make. I find it intriguing
 JW> that one real person confirms it might actually help. I must ask my
 JW> nurse/master herbalist/nutritionist friend what she thinks.

My guess is that it might help some people.  It might be, however, in
the placebo effect category...  Personally, I'm a little curious about
what would really happen if Mommy went back to eating them... would her
arthritis really get worse?  Is the reduction now caused by something
else, not by the avoidance of those foods...?  Dunno...  But she does
indeed think that it works for her.  Maybe it does.  :)  I'd be also
interested in your friend's take on it.  :)

ttyl        neb

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