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>,
Billy > wrote:

> In article >, Todd >
> wrote:
>
> > On 07/17/2013 08:13 PM, Trawley Trash wrote:
> > > You are describing the disaccharide sucrose which digests into
> > > half fructose and half glucose. The sugars in fruits and vegetables
> > > are not all sucrose. Some have more fructose than glucose when
> > > they are ripe. Fruits are being bred for this property because
> > > the extra sweetness sells. Apples, pears, grapes, and pineapples
> > > fall into this category.
> > >
> > > I can't eat tomatoes. I would only need half a gram of fructose to
> > > see a problem, and one woman I met online says she has to keep her
> > > daughter down to 9 mg. Then there is the question of whether some
> > > bad effects are due to sweetness itself rather than any particular
> > > sweetener. It is all very complicated.
> >
> > Dear Mr. Trash,
> >
> > Yes, I think I am funny! :-)
> >
> > Sounds like there may be something wrong with your liver.
> > (Probably mine too.) If allowed to heal, the liver has
> > marvelous healing properties.
> >
> > Foods (no one get ****ed at me, this is on topic!),
>
> You seem to underestimate the self-importance of some people.
>
> > also
> > called "traditional medicine", >
>
> or nutraceuticals
>
> > that have known healing
> > properties for the liver would be
> >
> > Milk Thistle
> Milk thistle seeds contain a bioflavonoid complex known as silymarin.
> Milk thistle seeds can be ground and eaten or made into a tea. Use 12-15
> grams/day. Leaves, and roots are of little use. Its roots are similar to
> salsify when boiled. The flowering heads before opening are similar to
> artichokes, but a lot smaller, and the leaves, while edible are a pain
> to deal with, because of their thorns. Do not grow in high nitrogen soil.
>
> > Dandelion Root
> Dandelion is commonly used as a food. The leaves are used in salads and
> teas, while the roots are often used as a coffee substitute. Unopened
> flower buds can be used in fritters[183] and they can also be preserved
> in vinegar and used like capers. The plant is high in vitamins and
> minerals. Unfortunately for Todd, the root has a turnip like flavor.
>
> > Prickly Pear
> Too wide a net Todd. Only one of about 200 species of Opuntia, also
> known as nopales or paddle cactus will suppress a post prandial b.g.
> rise, and that is O. streptacantha. It does this by blocking the
> breakdown of starches, and disaccharides to glucose. In contrast, O.
> megacantha may have toxic effects on the kidney. Other than that, it
> seems to be a healthful food with vitamines, minerals, and fiber.
>
> >
> > Traditional medicine and modern medicine act differently.
> > Traditional medicine has side benefits. (For instance,
> > Hawthorn Berry helps calm an asthma attack, Milk Thistle
> > helps heal hepatitis damage, Prickly pear lowers your
> > blood sugar.)
>
> Todd, you are being wildly inaccurate. There many types of Hawthorne,
> and Prickly Pear (Opuntia), they vary in their degree of healthiness as
> nutraceuticals. While milk thistle is a decorative plant, and edible,
> it's the seeds that are important to your liver. That said, you may be
> better off going to an herbal shop, and just buy the standardized
> extracts.
> >
> > Modern medicine has side effects. So trying the above would
> > only cost you a few dollars and would have very little
> > likely hood of any side effects. So win - draw.
> > Not win - loose.
> >
> > -T
> >
> > > I'm Trawley Trash, and you haven't heard the last of me yet.
> >
> > Why would I want too? As for me, I will babble on and
> > on and on and on ...
>
> Actually, Todd seems to be a founding member of On-N-On-N-On. ;O)
> >
> > By any chance is "Trawley Trash" a reference us "riff raff"
> > would miss in some classic novel everyone wants to have read,
> > by no one wants to have actually read? :-)
>
> or related to Trish Trash?

I forgot to mention that you may want to try "bitter melon" as well. I
presume that you have the heat for it, if you live in Nevada. It grows
on a trellis.
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