Posted by FredPotter on May 29, 2006, at 15:34:05
In reply to Re: which of the TCA's are genotoxic ? » linkadge, posted by Larry Hoover on May 24, 2006, at 19:28:34
Larry you mentioned broccoli. I've been thinking about fresh green leafy veggies. Why would they be good for us? I thought many plants evolved spines and poison on and in their leaves and stems which helped to prevent them being eaten. Many leaves are poisonous. However giving us cancer some years down the track would be of no benefit to the plant. But most plants don't "want" their leaves to be eaten.
However nuts and fruits "want" to be eaten. That's why they taste good and are good for us (they want to keep being eaten - for seed dispersal in a pile of dung preferably). So while the advice on fruit is sound I doubt the advice on leafy veg. Is there any truth in what I'm saying? Anyway I find them pretty tasteless
Fred
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