Comments on: How Dandy: The Anti-Stress Benefits of a Dandelion http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/ Health News and Commentary - Weird Health News and Information Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:44:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Liberty http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4607 Liberty Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:29:48 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4607 Fabulous link, Liz. Thanks so much! :) Fabulous link, Liz. Thanks so much! :)

]]> By: Liz http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4617 Liz Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:27:31 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4617 Mother Earth magazine has a great article <a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/Real-Food/2008-04-01/Dandelion-Recipes.aspx" rel="nofollow">Wild About Dandelions</a> online --- has some dandelion salad recipes... Mother Earth magazine has a great article Wild About Dandelions online — has some dandelion salad recipes…

]]> By: Liberty http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4557 Liberty Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4557 I think they're pretty too, Trisha. Like mini-sunflowers kind of. They're even prettier when I'm wearing a mask over my face and not breathing in their pollen!! ;) I think they’re pretty too, Trisha. Like mini-sunflowers kind of. They’re even prettier when I’m wearing a mask over my face and not breathing in their pollen!! ;)

]]> By: Trisha http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4632 Trisha Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:54:16 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4632 I think they are beautiful - I don't care what any one else thinks! Although they can really take over an area if you're not careful. I think they are beautiful – I don’t care what any one else thinks!

Although they can really take over an area if you’re not careful.

]]> By: Liberty http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4646 Liberty Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:03:26 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4646 Wow, Kula. Sounds like your neighbor could stand a little dandelion therapy. Why don't you introduce him to the fantasticness that is dandelion leaves...next thing you know, he'll be <em>welcoming</em> your dandelion pollen!! Wow, Kula. Sounds like your neighbor could stand a little dandelion therapy. Why don’t you introduce him to the fantasticness that is dandelion leaves…next thing you know, he’ll be welcoming your dandelion pollen!!

]]> By: Kula http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 Kula Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:48:27 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4649 I don't know...dandelions seem to really stress out my neighbor. Especially when my yard is full of them and he pays big $$$ to have his killed...then the wind blows from my yard to his. He trims his driveway edges with scissors. Anyway, my grandma used to cook up dandelion greens all the time--they were my favorite as a kid. I don’t know…dandelions seem to really stress out my neighbor. Especially when my yard is full of them and he pays big $$$ to have his killed…then the wind blows from my yard to his.

He trims his driveway edges with scissors.

Anyway, my grandma used to cook up dandelion greens all the time–they were my favorite as a kid.

]]> By: Liberty http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4651 Liberty Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:05:03 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4651 Yeah, Liz. Who knew, huh? ;) See, you really <em>do</em> learn something new every day! Yeah, Liz. Who knew, huh? ;)

See, you really do learn something new every day!

]]> By: Liberty http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4653 Liberty Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:03:42 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4653 Thanks for your added insight, Merry. There is definitely a lot more to these pesky "weeds" than I ever knew. Do you use dandelion leaves/extracts on a pretty regular basis then? Thanks for your added insight, Merry. There is definitely a lot more to these pesky “weeds” than I ever knew.

Do you use dandelion leaves/extracts on a pretty regular basis then?

]]> By: Liz http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4666 Liz Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:08:14 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4666 So what you're saying is that a garden full of dandelions is a healthy garden -- wow...and I just thought my garden was 'full of weeds'. So what you’re saying is that a garden full of dandelions is a healthy garden — wow…and I just thought my garden was ‘full of weeds’.

]]> By: Merry the Dandelion Proponent http://www.blisstree.com/healthbolt/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/comment-page-1/#comment-4662 Merry the Dandelion Proponent Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:46:29 +0000 http://www.healthbolt.net/2008/04/21/how-dandy-the-anti-stress-benefits-of-a-dandelion/#comment-4662 Actually, I think you /should/ use the leaves in a salad. Presuming that you haven't been spraying your lawn with pesticides, you'd be eating greens that have more iron than spinach and lots of other healthy stuff as well. One more argument: dandelion leaves are a diuretic, but -- unlike the vast majority of diuretics -- they don't make you lose potassium. Almost any diuretic that humans take will cause an imalance in their system between sodium and potassium. (This is not good.) But because dandelion leaves are so high in potassium, the diuretic effect does not end up leaving an imbalance in the system. Okay, enough preaching. I'm done now. Honest. Seriously. (Not that I wasn't serious above, because I was.) Actually, I think you /should/ use the leaves in a salad. Presuming that you haven’t been spraying your lawn with pesticides, you’d be eating greens that have more iron than spinach and lots of other healthy stuff as well.

One more argument: dandelion leaves are a diuretic, but — unlike the vast majority of diuretics — they don’t make you lose potassium.

Almost any diuretic that humans take will cause an imalance in their system between sodium and potassium. (This is not good.) But because dandelion leaves are so high in potassium, the diuretic effect does not end up leaving an imbalance in the system.

Okay, enough preaching. I’m done now. Honest. Seriously. (Not that I wasn’t serious above, because I was.)

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