Are you overdosed on lettuce opium (Lactucarium)?
I think this topic will be very useful for many here to solve a problem they might not know they have or they don’t know what’s causing it. It took me lots of self observation and some google search to solve my problem. Only today I can confirm this experience. I hope you will appreciate that.
Mistakenly, I attributed some of the nasty effects that I experienced after becoming raw to candida. I almost quit raw food because of them. These bad experiences include posture hypotension (fainting when standing up) dizziness sedation, blurred vision, lack of digestive system movement, breathing inhibition, and dry mouth.
I heard Victoria Boutenko mentioning something about toxic opiate in lettuce and I knew that opium has this inhibitory effect so I searched about the toxicity of opium and it was exactly what I felt.
The responsible substance that is closely related to opium is lactucarium which is the white sap you usually observe at the base of lettuce leaves and hearts. Wild lettuce which is a very bitter and found in most home gardens is the highest in this substance. Some web sites even describe how to extract and smoke it to get high, as a substitute for opium. After experiencing this by only eating lettuce hearts I wonder why anyone would want to do that or try opium.
The lettuce that caused more problems for me, which I think now is due to a higher concentration of lactucarium, is organic romaine lettuce hearts produced by President Choice.
Here are my own recommendations to avoid this problem: don’t eat too much lettuce, avoid hearts and the base, and eat mature green leaves of lettuce.
I don’t have Victoria Boutenko’s book so it’s nice to hear from those who read the book. Does she has more to say about this?
Mistakenly, I attributed some of the nasty effects that I experienced after becoming raw to candida. I almost quit raw food because of them. These bad experiences include posture hypotension (fainting when standing up) dizziness sedation, blurred vision, lack of digestive system movement, breathing inhibition, and dry mouth.
I heard Victoria Boutenko mentioning something about toxic opiate in lettuce and I knew that opium has this inhibitory effect so I searched about the toxicity of opium and it was exactly what I felt.
The responsible substance that is closely related to opium is lactucarium which is the white sap you usually observe at the base of lettuce leaves and hearts. Wild lettuce which is a very bitter and found in most home gardens is the highest in this substance. Some web sites even describe how to extract and smoke it to get high, as a substitute for opium. After experiencing this by only eating lettuce hearts I wonder why anyone would want to do that or try opium.
The lettuce that caused more problems for me, which I think now is due to a higher concentration of lactucarium, is organic romaine lettuce hearts produced by President Choice.
Here are my own recommendations to avoid this problem: don’t eat too much lettuce, avoid hearts and the base, and eat mature green leaves of lettuce.
I don’t have Victoria Boutenko’s book so it’s nice to hear from those who read the book. Does she has more to say about this?
Tags: boutenko, lactucarium, lettuce, opiate, opium, romaine, toxic
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Permalink Reply by EternalLaceLaceMaker on -
Thank you , Chicory .
I will check it with care .
I ' ll try to find the book !
Best , Teres
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Permalink Reply by Meadow on -
Maybe that's why people say they feel so "grounded" if they eat enough greens - the opiates in the greens replace the opiates from the grains they're not eating lol!
I bet you could analyse any fruit or vegetable you care to mention, and find probably hundreds of drug-like Substances in each one! (as well as those we'll never even know about)
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Permalink Reply by EternalLaceLaceMaker on
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Hi , Suvine , how do you eat it or drink it ?
Would love to get an answer ... And thank you for the Info !
Best , Teresa from Berlin
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Permalink Reply by Erin on -
I had totally forgotten that head lettuce and iceberg (and esp. wild lettuce) are considered sedatives in herbal medicine and used for insomnia.
I'm going to try consuming some at night and see it it helps me fall asleep sooner;)
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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on -
Lettuce is the bomb! =)
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Permalink Reply by Charles on -
Funny how you never hear people say to have a head of lettuce instead of a glass of warm milk, eh?
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Permalink Reply by AwesomeUniverse!!! on
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yeah thats funny! Heres your warm glass of lettuce milk.
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