Paul Saladino· MD
they're just defense chemicals and they are concentrated in the parts of the plant that the plant does not want you to eat the leaves the stems the roots and the seeds
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
they're just defense chemicals and they are concentrated in the parts of the plant that the plant does not want you to eat the leaves the stems the roots and the seeds
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Vegetables canonically are leaves, stems, roots, and seeds. Seeds are seeds, nuts, grains, and legumes. These are all the most highly defended parts of plants. They clearly contain defense chemicals. That is unarguable. That is incontrovertible, my friends.
So, the only question becomes, are those defense chemicals able to be detoxified by humans? Are they beneficial or are they harmful?