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Can I ask where you heard this about asparagus? Was it in an email that someone forwarded to you?
Asparagus is very good for us, it doesn't have very many calories and it's loaded with nutrients. Asparagus is a good source of folic acid, Vitamin A, the B vitamins, Vitamin C, fiber and calcium. So it's definitely something to have on the menu!
Here is the entry from Snopes.com on this question. Snopes is a website that puts claims to the truth test and tells what's behind them:
That page gives an example of the email that is being forwarded around. The information was supposedly printed in a 1979 issue of Cancer News Journal. However, Snopes has tried to find anything similar and they cannot. They have found no information about the supposed doctor or author (who had D.D.S. after his name, which normally signifies a dentist), or the claims themselves.
So eat asparagus because you like it and because it's good for you in other ways, but don't trust this outrageous claim.
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Hi, Anon,
Welcome to EmpowHer, and thank you for your question!
Can I ask where you heard this about asparagus? Was it in an email that someone forwarded to you?
Asparagus is very good for us, it doesn't have very many calories and it's loaded with nutrients. Asparagus is a good source of folic acid, Vitamin A, the B vitamins, Vitamin C, fiber and calcium. So it's definitely something to have on the menu!
Here is the entry from Snopes.com on this question. Snopes is a website that puts claims to the truth test and tells what's behind them:
http://www.snopes.com/medical/disease/asparagus.asp
That page gives an example of the email that is being forwarded around. The information was supposedly printed in a 1979 issue of Cancer News Journal. However, Snopes has tried to find anything similar and they cannot. They have found no information about the supposed doctor or author (who had D.D.S. after his name, which normally signifies a dentist), or the claims themselves.
So eat asparagus because you like it and because it's good for you in other ways, but don't trust this outrageous claim.
February 25, 2010 - 9:50amThis Comment
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