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#2 Anticancer Prickly Pear, Edible Canna Lilies, and All Things Foraging with Dr. Mark Merriwether
Description
In this episode, expert forager and author Dr. Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen shares with us:
1. Tips for beginner foragers
2. The importance of mucilaginous herbs
3. The anticancer prickly pear
4. Why antioxidants are important and how they decrease cancer risk
5. Edible Canna Lilies
and much more. You don't want to miss this episode. Merriwether has decades of foraging experience and has a thorough understanding of how plant secondary metabolites effect the human body. Merriwether is the author of "Outdoors Adventure Guide to Foraging" and manages the Foraging Texas Website. Also, he helped found Medicine Man Plant Co. See links below.
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