Posted by Garnet71 on February 2, 2009, at 13:48:58
Thanks to Bleauberry, I've been thinking about mercury and lead lately.
I read an article that strongly suggests the herb cilantro can detoxify metals from our system. Many of you already know this, but I wanted to mention that cilantro is a great-tasting herb; it's not too bitter like parsley. I found a grocery store that sells cilantro for $1.99 for a large bunch. Prior to that, I could only get one of those tiny plastic boxes of it for $3.99! I'm going to try to grow it in the summer.
To get cilantro in your diet: It is great on tacos-anything mexican-and in salads; an asian salad goes very will with cilantro. It is also good chopped and mixed with rice. The best way to get it into your diet-I recently discovered-is in smoothies.
Get frozen berries; Aldis has a very cheap frozen fruits-they have one mix that is pineapple, papaya, guava, and mango. I mix that frozen fruit with a very ripe banana to sweeten, some water to blend (can use yogurt or milk). Maybe a pear or apple or strawberries as well. Add a large handful or 2 of cilantro. The cilantro gives it kind of an orange taste to it - you won't know you are drinking a vegetable this way. I never measure or use a recipe - and the smoothies always come out really good. Having a good blender makes it much better. The one I have is ok; it's old but well made and powerful. I want to buy an even better one - the one that liquifies vegatables completely is $400. But the one I have doesn't liquify the cilantro, but the bits are very small and it doesn't bother me, although I can see how a good blender would work better.
So I've started eating cilantro several times a week, and wanted to share with you all about how to get more in your diet.
:)
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