Dandelions, often dismissed as lawn nuisances, are actually herbal powerhouses. Rethink, and go and thin no more:
Spike Protein Binding: Research suggests dandelions may have the ability to bind to the spike protein, similar to how Ivermectin works.
Alcohol Shield: I’ve found that dandelions might offer incredible protection against the negative effects of alcohol consumption. A handful (5-10) of leaves munched before or immediately after booze seems to work magic. And, not ideal, but if you forget, I’ve found they even help the next morning if you have a residual headache, etc. – especially helpful for those of us who are a little more sensitive at the moment.
Inulin: Dandelions are a fantastic source of inulin, a prebiotic that feeds your beneficial gut bacteria. (The only common food that has more is artichoke, and let’s face it that’s not very common). This helps foster “good” bacteria, and can help you get foods back into you diet quicker – eat them with the food you’re adding back,.because they’re ALSO…
Bitters: for all of human history, humans have had bitters in their diet. There’s a good reason for this – even the bitter taste itself gets the digestive system going: stomach acid, pancreatic enzymes, and so forth. (Note that the taste and the ingestion each seem to have helpful effects, independent of each other). Dandelions are premium for this: if you’re blasting through lots of animal fats (great!) you may want to make sure your system is geared up: get your bitters going!
How to incorporate dandelions into your diet:
- Eat the leaves like a ruminant barbarian (note to self)
- Get Dandelion leaf capsules etc on Amazon
- Dandelion leaf tea
- Dandelion root (harvest in the fall, optimally after frost), capsuled
If you haven’t already picked up on this, I’m not big into eating plants, especially leafy greens – plants are generally low in the nutrient count, what nutrients they do have are very very difficult for you to use, they have innate toxins as defense mechanisms, and all sorts of chemicals that mess with you – dandelions add insult to injury by tasting disgusting. But like the hero of some story that overcomes the naysayers of his setting, dandelions have earned a grudging yet celebrated place of respect in my book.
