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Curious, why "super healthy"? Not that I doubt the statement, but I think it's interesting that something that I view as nutritionally insignificant is viewed t

Curious, why "super healthy"? Not that I doubt the statement, but I think it's interesting that something that I view as nutritionally insignificant is viewed that way by someone else. Then again I'm not a nutritionist or even a particularly healthy eater, more just a nutritionally curious person.

FlyMoreRockets 8y ago
https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health-benefits-eating-dandelion-greens-4433.html https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health-benefits-eating-dand... Dandelion greens are fairly nutritionally dense. They are high in vitamins and minerals, good for bones, blood and liver.
- stouset 8y ago
  I really hate this perspective on food. The vast majority of people who might have access to—or want to eat—dandelion are not malnourished and do not have vitamin deficiencies, and so adding dandelion to their diet will have zero net effect on their health. Swapping some vegetable out for dandelion will have zero net effect on their health. Replacing one doughnut with one portion of dandelion will have zero net effect on their health when compared to swapping out that doughnut for any other reasonable vegetable. Individual foods are, generally speaking, neither healthy nor unhealthy. Diets are healthy or unhealthy.
  - mikekchar 8y ago
    But, if you eat healthy food, you don't have to eat as much to get your nutrients! And people are always trying to optimise it so that they don't have to eat as much food ;-) It is funny the ideas that become popular, isn't it.
  - FlyMoreRockets 8y ago
    The typical American diet is sorely lacking in fresh greens especially, fruits and vegetables in general. Consider also fresh food deserts that exist in many cities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert Dandelions are widely available in most cities and very easy to grow, guerrilla gardening style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening

FlyMoreRockets 8y ago

https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health-benefits-eating-dandelion-greens-4433.html https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/health-benefits-eating-dand... Dandelion greens are fairly nutritionally dense. They are high in vitamins and minerals, good for bones, blood and liver.

stouset 8y ago
I really hate this perspective on food. The vast majority of people who might have access to—or want to eat—dandelion are not malnourished and do not have vitamin deficiencies, and so adding dandelion to their diet will have zero net effect on their health. Swapping some vegetable out for dandelion will have zero net effect on their health. Replacing one doughnut with one portion of dandelion will have zero net effect on their health when compared to swapping out that doughnut for any other reasonable vegetable. Individual foods are, generally speaking, neither healthy nor unhealthy. Diets are healthy or unhealthy.
- mikekchar 8y ago
  But, if you eat healthy food, you don't have to eat as much to get your nutrients! And people are always trying to optimise it so that they don't have to eat as much food ;-) It is funny the ideas that become popular, isn't it.
- FlyMoreRockets 8y ago
  The typical American diet is sorely lacking in fresh greens especially, fruits and vegetables in general. Consider also fresh food deserts that exist in many cities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert Dandelions are widely available in most cities and very easy to grow, guerrilla gardening style. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_gardening