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Chicory and lettuces, and intestinal worms   Message List  
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Re: Chicory and lettuces, and intestinal worms

The only thing I have not eaten here is dandelion, you should have no problems
at all.

Marc

--- In helminthictherapy@yahoogroups.com, Marya DeBlasi <marya_deblasi@...>
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> I have long heard that lettuces were calming to the intestines, so I thought
that they would be good for me to eat.  Someone today, however, told me that
chicory was toxic to parasitic intestinal worms.  Should I be avoiding chicory? 
How about the other bitter lettuces, dandelion et c.?
> Marya
>





Mon Jul 6, 2009 8:47 am

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I have long heard that lettuces were calming to the intestines, so I thought that they would be good for me to eat.  Someone today, however, told me that...
Marya DeBlasi
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Jul 6, 2009
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I very much doubt it. If any common or even uncommon herb or food had true anti-helminthic properties it would have been recognized and promoted as such long...
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Jul 6, 2009
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The only thing I have not eaten here is dandelion, you should have no problems at all. Marc...
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Jul 6, 2009
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What of this from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory#Use_and_toxicity Use and toxicity According to traditional folklore, long-term use of chicory...
Marya DeBlasi
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Jul 6, 2009
8:56 pm

It is related to what I mentioned earlier, unless you eat a lot of chicory I doubt it will have an affect. Marc has eaten it, and he still has his worms. For...
Jasper Lawrence
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Jul 6, 2009
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I suppose that is the salient point, that you haven't lost your worms accidentally - ever.  We here out on the worm frontier, don't know where we are in...
Marya DeBlasi
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Jul 7, 2009
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If you get better you will know they are there because you will be well, and if you lose them you will soon know they are gone when you get ill again, which is...
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