Re: [gourds] Gourd shell composition
John K. Stacy (gourds@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:07:02 -0600
hdqrs@worldnet.att.net wrote:
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> The silica that is contained in gourds is in the very outer shell as with
> corn, beans and other same type seeds and cannot be digested by any
> digestive systems I know. This is the very reason that people with very
> small pockets (pockets get bigger on the outside) in their intestines ( I
> cannot think of the proper name)
"Diverticuli"
cannot eat such grains as the silica
> containing outer shell gets lodged in the cavities and they end with cancer
> of the intestines.
>
> What you have done in effect is eat many very sharp and small quartz crystals.
>
> old jim
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Gourdially,
John & Susan
The Gourd Artist's Guild
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