Wild Edibles with Dr. Alicja Zobel

I had the pleasure of connecting with Dr. Alicja Zobel, who is an extraordinary woman! She is original, inventive, driven, a walking encyclopedia... or rather 1000 encyclopedias, and quite the character too! :) She has so much passion for getting important knowledge out there to the public, and is way ahead of her time. Example, she was teaching people about antioxidants back in the 1980's when hardly anyone knew what they were. Among so many other accomplishments, she pushed for trans fat labels on food in Canada.... So thanks to her drive to help humanity, we now have trans fat labels on food in Canada! She's hoping to do the same thing for the cancer causing agents acrylamides. Check out this video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVOh9oudTiA

Learn more about Dr. Zobel here- http://drzobel.blogspot.com

In this video, Dr. Zobel shares some information about a couple of wild edibles that can be found on her property in Peterborough, Ontario, such as poplar buds and spruce buds and needles which have a lot of amazing health benefits.

She has SO many more wild edibles on her property, but we didn't have time to film it all- She's been hired by the World Health Organization to teach her latest research and findings to doctors and scientists, but hopefully once she's back in a month or so, we can connect again to explore more wild edibles.

I encourage you to do some research on these things, plus wild food foraging in general. You may never know what amazing food is growing right in your backyard or right around the corner from you until you take a little time to do some research.

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[NinetiesYouth]

legalize cannabis because it cures cancer

[LeijaTurunen]

@NinetiesYouth This is something I'm rooting for myself. The fact that it's illegal is just insane.. But anyone who actually does their research on this topic will understand why it's so bashed and censored... Cause it is that freaking amazing. Personally, I don't smoke it, but I do know people who have cured cancer and chronic pain through cannabis oil. :)

[eojadiius]

what was the name of the song at the start it was beautiful ?

[LeijaTurunen]

@eojadiius It's SimCity 3000 music...lol. "Window Washer's Dream" I believe. =) SIMCITY FOR LIFE! :D

[LeijaTurunen]

@1johnlangford2 I agree with your first sentence, yet I feel there's nothing wrong with knowing what something is good for. I believe it's actually a *really* good idea to know. I don't think it's smart to just walk through nature and eat whatever, unless you're so in touch with your intuition and/ or have a thorough knowledge about what's edible/ what's not. You can die if you don't know what you're doing, ie. by eating something poisonous. Haven't you ever seen the movie, "Into The Wild?" ;P

[SuperRawLove]

I like this lady :)

[msezyrider]

damn i love her jumper



[msezyrider]

@LeijaTurunen hemp n cannibas provide the answers to all our problems - medicine, health, food product (natures most nutritious seed), bio oil, "hemp-crete" (concrete that eventually breaks down n goes back to the earth), paper, rope, fabric, clothing, cellulose plastic, homes, cars (henry Ford made one)..th properties are amazing AND wipe out th perceived need for synthetics n pharmaceuticals. this is why its so dangerous to government lol. hence "reefer madness" propoganda - wat a sick joke ;p

[79Pisces03]

@LeijaTurunen I am loving this. I am loving this so much. *groans in misery* I wish I were living in a place like you, Lejia. I'm SICK of living in a city.

Well, I'll make sure to keep an eye out for these plants. (^_^)

[1johnlangford2]

@LeijaTurunen "Based on a true story" is exactly the point Leija. Too much water will drowned you:-). I'm sure in his next life he'll know to stay away from those berries or he will eat more of them to build his immunity. "Based on a true story" really just takes the ticket. Had I never seen a TV show or a movie. Life would have been of greater importance and endurance. Death is only prevalent to those who live in sorrow, guilt and remorse. It is the journey from life to life not it's death/end.

[LeijaTurunen]

@1johnlangford2 I do agree with most of your statements, however the movie I was referring to is actually based on a true story. The dude ACTUALLY did die because he ate some really poisonous berries.

[1johnlangford2]

@LeijaTurunen The wrong is the lack of faith in yourself & thus creation. Movies are nothing but propaganda & bs. I have eaten many things mankind has declared poisonous to find it was not true. Such as the view point on marijuana. One of the greatest resources to all things. I am not stating to run through the woods & pillage everything you see. Intuition is far more prevalent than any language or ideology. Where education fails wisdom prevails. Generally education is the doctrine to slavery.

[eojadiius]

@LeijaTurunen haha yes i used to love that game the creating is fun the music is awesome

[AllowingHealth]

@LeijaTurunen Agreed, which is why I want to take a herbalist course to learn exciting things such as wildcrafting and learning what is actually edible. :D Thanks for sharing this with us, I love phytotherapy and herbal medicine.