Hi,
I have met tamarind seeds unexpectedly in some Caribbean candy and they will
*break your teeth*. The candy is wonderful but be wary of the seeds. I
would imagine a hammer would be needed to crack them and make to make a tea,
if one was considering use that. One used to be able to find Tamarind pulp
in the frozen food cases but I would guess that depends on where you live.
PT
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From: "Norton, Steve" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 2:33 AM
Subject: RE: CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V2010 #651
Melly,
I wasn't on the computer over the weekend and I trying to catch up.
Regarding the use of Tamarind, the study used only 10 gm of Tamarind once
daily and showed a 37% increase in fluoride excretion. This is a small
amount of Tamarind. I would guess that to be around 2 teaspoons of Tamarind.
It appears that they just ate the fruit but I am not sure about the seeds.
It does indeed seem that moringa oleifera seeds also helps remove fluoride.
See the study abstracts below.
- Steve N
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11840184?dopt=Abstract
Effect of tamarind ingestion on fluoride excretion in humans.
" OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of tamarind (Tamarindus indicus)
ingestion on excretion of fluoride in school children. DESIGN: Randomized,
diet-control study. SUBJECT: Twenty healthy boys were included and 18 of
them completed the study. INTERVENTIONS: Each subject consumed 10 g tamarind
daily with lunch for 18 days at the social welfare boys' hostel. The
nutrient composition of the daily diet was constant throughout the
experimental period. RESULTS: Tamarind intake led to significant increase
(P<0.001) in the excretion of fluoride in 24 h urine (4.8+/-0.22 mg/day) as
compared to excretion on control diet (3.5+/-0.22 mg/day). However,
excretion of magnesium and zinc decreased significantly (7.11+/-1.48 mg of
Mg and 252.88+/-12.84 microg of Zn per day on tamarind diet as compared to
23.39+/-3.68 mg of Mg and 331.78+/-35.31 microg Zn per day on control diet).
Excretion of calcium and phosphorous were not significantly different while
creatinine excretion decreased with tamarind intake (225.66+/-81 mg
creatinine/day with tamarind and 294.5+/-78.76 mg creatinine/day without
tamarind). CONCLUSION: Tamarind intake is likely to help in delaying
progression of fluorosis by enhancing urinary excretion of fluoride."
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20099463
Tamarindus indica L. and Moringa oleifera M. extract administration
ameliorates fluoride toxicity in rabbits.
" Aqueous extracts of T. indica fruit pulp (100 mg/kg body weight) and M.
oleifera seeds (50 mg/kg body wight) orally once daily for 90 days lowered
plasma fluoride concentrations in rabbits receiving fluorinated drinking
water (200 mg NaF/ Liter water). Cortical indices and metaphysial width in
animals receiving extracts also revealed beneficial effects of plant
extracts. Changes in plasma biochemistry suggested less hepatic and renal
damages in animals receiving plant extracts along with fluorinated water in
comparison to that receiving fluorinated water alone. Preliminary results
revealed these plant extracts have some potential to mitigate fluoride
toxicity."
From: Melly Bag [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: EXTERNAL:CS>Re: silver-digest Digest V2010 #651
Steve,
Thanks. Do you know where i can find instructions on how to use the tamarind
pulp? Do i make a juice out of it? I wonder if the moringa oleifera seeds
would remove it as well, it being used in Africa and elsewhere to clean
water.
Thanks.
melly
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