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Thursday, June 17
Green goings-on
I've been back to eating a lot of salad - at least one big one per day. Typically I was using a 'generic' baby greens mix, but I've gone around on the mix and other things. This week it was spinach and dandelion greens. A bit bitter (which means I probably got older and/or inferior dandelions), but good on the tummy.
There are supposedly studies out there that link consumption of dark leafy greens (lots of chloryphyll) with increased hemoglobin levels in the blood (altitude training!). Other sources claim dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and alfalfa have been used for many years as a "blood cleanser". So far I have not been able to locate one directly on PubMed. It seems that a lot of other sites talk about these effects without linking to a real study, so who the hell knows. If you believe it will work, it probably will have some effect.
Green leafy stuff is good for you no matter what, right? Jeff Steingarten may disagree... he devotes a whole essay to the dangers of salad, especially "designer" salad with all its bitter leaves; the reasoning is that things that are naturally sweet are that way to attract consumption, and things that are bitter are so because they have toxins to discourage consumption. Interesting theory, even if it comes from someone that hates salad.
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