I'm fascinated by reading about
people who make it to age 100
or older. I'm also fascinated by
all things botanical. That brings
me to the following.

I read a while back about a man
over 100 who said he ate rhubarb
every day. My great-grandmother
lived to over 100 and she ate kasha
(buckwheat) every day. Even in the
nursing home, a friend brought
some in to her every day.

So here's what I'm wondering.
Buckwheat and rhubarb are
both in the same plant family.
Maybe it will turn out that there
is something very good about
them, health-wise.

If there is some benefit from
this plant family, it should also
be used with caution. Rhubarb
leaves should never be eaten.
With buckwheat, moderation
is the key, since eating too much
at once can give some people
an itchy arm reaction that looks
like some mosquito bites. I've
both read about that and had
it happen to me in the '80s
when I cooked up a huge
buckwheat stew and ate only
that for a day and a half.

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SN
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