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Leafy Greens
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PARSLEY (PETROSELINUM) is a bright green biennial herb, often used as spice. In modern cooking, parsley is used for its leaf in very much the same way as coriander (which is also known as Chinese parsley or cilantro). It is common in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
The word parsley is a mixture of the Old English petersilie (which is identical to the contemporary German word for parsley: Petersilie) and the Old French peresil, both derived from Middle Latin petrosilium, in turn from Latin petroselinum, which is the romanization of the Greek petroselinon, "rock-parsley", from petra, "rock", + "selinon", "parsley". This is the same word where we get the name for the Apostle Peter.
Chinese and German herbologists recommend parsley tea to help control high blood pressure.
Folate in parsley is a great nutrient for cardiovascular health. Specifically, it helps protect blood vessels and reduces the risks of heart attack, by converting potentially dangerous homocysteine into harmless molecules. Homocysteine is a potentially dangerous molecule that, at high levels, can directly damage blood vessels, and high levels of homocysteine are associated with a significantly increased risk of heart attack and stroke in people with atherosclerosis or diabetic heart disease. Folic acid is a critical nutrient for proper cell division and is thereby vitally important for cancer-prevention.
Cancer Protection
Parsley's high concentration of anti-oxidants, such as monoterpenes, phthalides, polyacetylenes, help neutralize carcinogens (cancer-causing agents), such as tobacco smoke. Also good remedy for lung infection or asthma. Free radicals (cancer-causing compounds) are abundance in deep fried foods. Ingesting parsley will reduce the free radical damage done to our body cells as the anti-oxidants neutralize the free radicals.
Concerns
Parsley should not be consumed as a drug or supplement by pregnant women. Parsley as an oil, root, leaf, or seed could lead to uterine stimulation and preterm labor. Parsley is high in oxalic acid, a compound involved in the formation of kidney stones and a causal agent in some types of mineral deficiencies. Parsley oil contains furanocoumarins and psoralens which leads to extreme photosensitivity if used to excess, either topically or orally.
References
- "Parsley", http://www.juicing-for-health.com/health-benefits-of-parsley.html
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Petroselinum_neapolitanum_flower.jpg
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wurzelpetersilie_Wurzel.jpg
- http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=100
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One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan
(Luke 17:15-16)
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Parsley Root
 
Another type of parsley is grown as a root vegetable, as with hamburg root parsley (Petroselinum crispum var. tuberosum). This type of parsley produces much thicker roots than types cultivated for their leaves. Although little known in Britain and the United States, root parsley is very common in Central and Eastern European cuisine, used in soups and stews. Parsley grows best between 22 and 30 degrees Celsius (72 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit).
Though it looks similar to parsnip it tastes quite different. Parsnips are among the closest relatives of parsley in the Carrot or umbellifer Family of herbs. The similarity of the names is a coincidence, parsnip meaning "forked turnip"; it is not closely related to real turnips.
Two forms of parsley are used as herbs: curly leaf (P. crispum) and Italian, or flat leaf (P. neapolitanum). Curly leaf parsley is often used as a garnish. One of the compounds of the essential oil is apiol. The use of curly leaf parsley may be favored by some because it cannot be confused with poison hemlock, like flat leaf parsley or chervil.
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Joni's Testimony
Ten years ago, Joni Olive-Badalian fought cancer and won--with prayer and Juicing. She had surgery and a little chemo, but the doctor said her cancer was gone prior to this. The rest was so that it never returned. He then asked her husband George, "What denomination of faith are you?"
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