[Sca-cooks] Which ingredients to avoid? [Was: Rue Substitute?]
Martin G. Diehl
mdiehl at nac.net
Wed Nov 17 12:35:18 PST 2004
Greetings,
Do we have a list of the food ingredients that we must
not use?
Such a list should include both those ingredients that we
know (or feel) could evoke safety issues as well as those
which are prohibited by law or regulation.
Here are some ingredients I would not use ...
Rue:
Oil of rue is an abortifacent.
wormwood:
Especially thujone, a terpene found in wormwood,
which was responsible for absinthe's secondary
effects.
St. John's Wort:
An anti depressant ... but you wouldn't want to
give it to someone suffering from bipolar disorder
and induce a manic episode.
Reported to work against the immune suppressant
drug cyclosporin, which resulted in a transplant
being rejected.
... and there are certainly many, many more.
I realize any such list will be controversial.
I am not trying to say that an individual should or should
not make a personal decision to use these for medicinal
effect ...
My point is that we, both as individuals and as a group,
must not give anyone an ingredient that might have an
unexpected medicinal effect.
I am,
Lord Vincenzo Martino Mazza,
In Service to the Dream
--
Martin G. Diehl
http://www.renderosity.com/gallery.ez?ByArtist=Yes&Artist=MGD
Reality: That which remains after you stop thinking about it.
inspired by P. K. Dick
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