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Sassafras
Beleg813:
Honestly, I don't see how it would hurt me either. And, I can't come up with a reason as to why it's consumption would be illegal. I mean saphrole is found in nutmeg, but nutmeg isn't illegal. File is a spice that is made from Sassafras yet it is consumed in cajun dishes. I just don't get it.
RG:
I am 56 years old and grew up in WVa I drank this tea for years and did not matter if the bark was off the root or not I think evryone gets tore up over all the stuff they read and no one knows what is true and what is not
Beleg813:
I think that's part of it. I think the other part is quite unfortunate, the fact that the FDA making the consumption of the bark of the tree root illegal. Quoting all that "may lead to cancer" BS for whatever reason...makes me upset. I might've already enjoyed a few cups of fine sassafras tea if it weren't for that.
Oh well, live and learn...right?
Auggie:
Ill be drinking some soon, my grandparents always did,hot or cold and they lived to their late 90s. They didnt trust all the stuff in print and other hearsay,they trusted what they had learned from their parents,and so on till you get back to the primitives, and thats why we are all here on this big ole planet anyhoo......man am I rambling? Must be the tea........
stickbender:
I agree with the others. My parents used to drink sassafras tea, and drank it when I could get it. Never had any problems, and like any other herb, or drink, if you abuse it you can get into trouble. Like they said, you would have to drink an enormous amount to get sick, or have any unhealthy effects. I for one have no like, or trust in the FDA. As far as I am concerned, they and the drug companies are one and the same. You only have to look at the Viox, and the other drug, which I can't recall at the moment...must have drank one cup too many of sassafras......They finally took it off the market when it became public that more than fifty thousand people had died from it, while following directions. But a month later, it put the drugs back on the market with a little warning, that they might cause serious health problems......When you are making billions in profit, you can grease a palm pretty well! Now lets look at Ma Huang, or ephedra. A chinese herb that has been used in traditional medicines for over a thousand years. When used as directed, extremely few people have any adverse reactions to it. But
according to news reports, " Approxamately five thousand people had died or had serious adverse affects from it. "
The majority of those people had abused it, or not followed the directions, with the " if this much is good, then how about this much? ", mentality. So it was banned in the interest of the publics health. The FDA being much concerned for us. Uh huh. You betcha. As it turns out it is now estimated that more than eighty thousand or more had died or had serious results form taking viox and the other drug. Linus Pauling said taking a thousand units of vitim C, and a thousand units of Vitim E a day had shown to help people with cancer to live longer . Then FDA tried make it so that you could only Buy vitamins with a Doctors prescription, and the vitamins would be much less in dosage. Since that tatic failed, the FDA, comes up with a " Study " Never said by whom, or how it was conducted ", and says that too much vitamin C and E can be harmful for you. In the amount it would take to be harmful, you couldn't afford them anyway. Ok, I'll stop ranting, but as for Sassafras, I will still drink it, when I can get the root bark. Next time I am in Ga. I will have to look for it.
A very fruitful hunting season to all, and a great Thanks Giving,
Stickbender
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