Talk:Basella alba

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removed commentary from article

I removed some commentary from the article. Here it is in context - commentary is in brackets, as done by the person who added it:

Typical of leaf vegetables, Malabar spinach is high in vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, and calcium. It is low in calories by volume, but high in protein per calorie. The succulent mucilage is a particularly rich source of soluble fiber, thought to remove mucus and toxins from the body [For most of us, our bodies naturally produce and remove mucus as needed; mucus is a good and a natural thing. For most of us, our livers remove toxins. Ever notice how all these "alternative" "medicines" and foods are said to remove toxins, but which toxins are never stated?]. Among many other possibilities, Malabar spinach may be used to thicken soups or stir-fries with garlic and chili peppers.

- Aardnavark (talk) 20:57, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While the article's not the best place for it, the commenter did have a point--the "removing mucus and toxins" reads more like a fad-diet blurb than an encyclopaedia. I've removed that bit--the link to the dietary fibre article has more details on the health benefits (which don't seem to include removing mucus or toxins). Thomas Kluyver (talk) 22:12, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds good. :-) Aardnavark (talk) 01:35, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Seems strange that Czech Republic is listed here.... being that all other places are tropical, its a tropical vine. CZ is temperate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.44.193.25 (talk) 01:28, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The plant has naturalized in the sub tropics, I wouldn't think far of it that it also naturalized in CZ...Nick12506 (talk) 05:37, 14 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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@Zefr: that doesn't appear to be medical information, it also doesn't appear to be "Non-encyclopedic." Horse Eye's Back (talk) 23:05, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Puzzling why a 20 year old cookbook entitled A Cook's Guide to Asian Vegetables would be given credibility for this plant being a laxative - an article with three Wikiprojects requiring WP:MEDRS - health and fitness, medicine, and pharmacology. The comment and source simply are not noteworthy. Zefr (talk) 23:27, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is the line here? Can a cookbook be a credible source for the chemesthetic effects of a plant in any context? Horse Eye's Back (talk) 00:00, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't believe that the presence of a given wikiproject on the talk page ever means that WP:MEDRS is required (this is also not the article laxative, but that seems to be arguing letter not spirit). What ever gave you that idea? Horse Eye's Back (talk) 00:05, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]