leafy greens you eat

[mikebw]

Don't do much collard greens as it takes a while to get them right IMO. But I'll eat them if someone else has done the work already.

OK to pretty much everything else- Kale (esp. dinosaur kale), Chard (esp. rainbow chard), spinach, broccoli, broccolini, lettuces, cabbages.

I've become less averse to cilantro over the years, but still get some hints of soapy aluminum. :yum:

[tuqqer]

davester wrote:
[quote=tuqqer]
Not exactly a meal-time green or anything resembling tasty, but the single best green I've found for nutrition is still a very particular strain of wild cyanobacteria algae called Aphanizomenon flos-aqua.

So are you trying to tell us that you're actually an aquatic snail?
More like a sea slug.

[dk62]

No to iceberg, parsley, and broccoli. Yes to everything else on the list. Particular favorites are Swiss chard, brussel sprouts, mustard greens, savoy cabbage, arugula.

[Fritz]

"Aphanizomenon flos-aqua." anti-inflamatory.

Ok, now I'm interested. Have you more info?

[mrbigstuff]

tuqqer wrote:
[quote=mrbigstuff]
Do you have a way of verifying the purity or consistency of what you buy? I'd like to try, but I'm wary of snake.oil and ingesting things from which I can't get good provenance. Thanks!

The Oregon Development of Environmental Quality and Oregon Health Authority became very strict with their testing protocols about 20 years ago, and the top harvesting companies follow those guidelines. I'm no longer sure how many harvesters there are, but the companies I trust are Source Naturals, Pure Synergy, and BRI Nutrition. BRI's been a direct harvester for decades, and their price is probably the best. All of these can be found on Amazon. I used to be deeply involved in that world, and used it as an ingredient in one of my own manufactured products, so I still can get it by the kilo at wholesale. But in general, it's not an expensive supplement any more (a lot of competition). I still eat heroic doses of it daily, around a tablespoon a day, which is way more than the suggested effective amt. Generally 1-2 500mg caps is the most people's daily.
Thanks very much, I'm going research route now. I can use all the gut help I can get.

[tuqqer]

Fritz wrote:
"Aphanizomenon flos-aqua." anti-inflamatory.

Ok, now I'm interested. Have you more info?

I used to have most every study and book on the subject, but alas, no more. A quick start would be this page at WebMD and another at Cleveland Clinic. I'd also dig through the list that comes up on Google Scholar.

Good luck with the gut health. I've seen a lot of people reverse some pretty severe conditions. Check out a nutritionist and author, Russell Mariani. I've sent a lot of people to him, all with great results. He's super strict, but you can adjust his suggestions to your liking.

Back on the original question: my favorite meal greens would be arugula and broccolini.

[NewtonMP2100]

.....Betty White said she didn't like to eat....anything green.....

[tuqqer]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
.....Betty White said she didn't like to eat....anything green.....

My gramps said the same thing, and outlived his wife(granma) to the ripe age of 94. They may be on to something.