Wild Walks
Eating Advisory
Coming soon
Free, Edible and Highly Nutritious Salads and
Medicines are all around you when you walk
through the wilds*. Here are some brief tips on
how to recognize the precious from the
poisonous, the delicious from the disgusting.
"Man cannot improve upon,
but instead
defiles, Mother Nature."
Did you know that most wild plants found growing
virtually everywhere are far better food for
humans than any that we can buy at a grocery
store? Not only can walking through the
"wilds*" provide essential fresh air and
exercise, it can also provide an abundance of
free, nutritious foods that have not been
compromised by the hands of man.
If
you are knowledgeable about which foods are
edible, and which are not; what seasons they are
best eaten in, and which are most nutritious,
your wild walks can advance your health up to
the "Ultimate" classification. You will
likely not need
to take any supplements, potions or cures. You
will have all the protein you need. Your body
will be rich with calcium and other alkaline
reserves. You will have an abundance of nearly
every beneficial mineral that exists. Your
energy will be seemingly endless, however you
will easily rest in deep, peaceful sleep and
awaken alert, enthusiastic and energetic. Your
mind will operate clearly, effectively and
efficiently. Your immune system will be
uncompromising.
On
the other hand, if you are not knowledgeable,
eating wild foods poses a high likelihood of
making you extremely ill, or of killing you.
This is most definitely an area where ignorance
is NOT bliss! That said, here is a common sense
...
|
... WARNING! ...
Eat ONLY the
plants that you can POSITIVELY
identify, and that you know to be
safe to eat! |
Cornell University lists
98 poisonous plants worldwide. The book
Toxic Plants of North America by George E. Burrows
and Ronald J Tyri lists 75 families of
known toxic plants. Given that there are at
least 1,200 plants in North America, the odds
may be in our favor, but since the stakes are so
high, eating unknown plants is like playing
Russian Roulette with a loaded gun.
Okay, now that you are
sufficiently warned, let's get to the good
part. The benefits of eating known edible wild
foods.
*The
"wilds" include vacant lots and unattended spots
of ground in major metropolitan
cities---wherever vegetation grows without
interference from man. Nature provides foods
freely whenever possible. |
