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Old 30-06-2010, 09:51 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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On Jun 30, 11:30*am, Billy wrote:

Tomato leaves are poisonous, as are rhubarb, however most poisonous
plants aren't found in the vegetable garden (surprise, surprise), they
are found among the ornamentals that are not likely to be eaten.


you can't make the assumption that because a plant is not poisonous,
it is 100% good for you

and one has to reconcile the fact that we are living longer then ever
on mainly a corn syrup diet


Make that in spite of corn syrup. Obese, type 2, diabetic children
aren't going to increase the life expectancy average.
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facts are facts, facts can be stubborn things

I suspect having cheap calories to eat overrides everything else, IMO