{"id":26348,"date":"2020-01-23T09:27:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T22:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=26348"},"modified":"2020-01-23T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-22T22:27:28","slug":"weeds-more-nutritious-than-veggies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=26348","title":{"rendered":"Weeds More Nutritious Than Veggies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weeds_More_Nutritious.jpg\" alt=\"Weeds More Nutritious Than Veggies\" class=\"wp-image-26349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weeds_More_Nutritious.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Weeds_More_Nutritious-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers from the University of California Berkeley have identified 52 edible weeds growing in abundance in the poorest neighborhoods of San Francisco, surrounded by busy roads and industrial zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least six of them are more nutritious than kale, according to a new study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The three low-income neighborhoods the researchers studied have been classified as \u201curban food deserts\u201d \u2014 meaning they are more than a mile from the nearest shop that sells fresh produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the 52 species of wild-growing \u201cweeds\u201d they found, they tested six for nutrition content:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chickweed<br>\nDandelion<br>\nDock<br>\nMallow<br>\nNasturtium<br>\nOxalis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All six were more nutritious, by most accounts, than kale \u2013 arguably the most nutritious domesticated leafy greens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weeds boasted more dietary fiber, protein, vitamin A, calcium, iron, vitamin K, and provided more energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom: Given from where they were sourced I would have liked them to do toxin testing too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-return-to-now\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/returntonow.net\/2018\/09\/29\/weeds-more-nutritious-than-store-bought-produce\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from the University of California Berkeley have identified 52 edible weeds growing in abundance in the poorest neighborhoods of San Francisco, surrounded by busy roads and industrial zones. At least six of them are more nutritious than kale, according to a new study. The three low-income neighborhoods the researchers studied have been classified as &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=26348\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weeds More Nutritious Than Veggies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26348"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26350,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26348\/revisions\/26350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}