TCC - what's wrong with turnip greens?

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Posted by brad w. on September 25, 2000 at 08:37:38:

In Reply to: Re: Food for pancakes tort... posted by tcc on September 24, 2000 at 11:59:33:

I noticed you had Turnip Greens on the "occassional"
list, while you had other foods like radicchio,
endive, and watercress on the "regular" list.

I consider turnip greens to be a top-notch
food for herbivores, at least among those
foods you can get at the grocery store, so
I'm wondering what makes them less than desirable.

I looked up info on calcium:phosphoros, vitamin A,
protein levels and oxalates on these foods,
and turnip greens seems to be much better than the
others.

For example (it's hard to make tables here!):

(per 100 grams)
Radicchio CA:PH 0.5:1, vit A - 27 IUs, Protein 1.4grams, (couldn't find oxalate info)
Endive CA:PH 2:1, vit A - 2050 IUs, Protein 1.25grams, oxalates 0.11grams
Watercress CA:PH 2:1, Vit A - 4700 IUs, Protein 2.3grams, oxalates 0.31grams

Turnip Greens CA:PH 4.5:1, Vit A - 7600 IUs, Protein 1.5 grams, oxalates 0.05grams,

Is there some other element I'm missing out on that
makes turnip greens less desirable? It appears to be a
good, high-calcium, low-protein, low-oxalate food.

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: I noticed you had Turnip Greens on the "occassional" : list, while you had other foods like radicchio, : endive, and watercress on the "regular" list. : I consider turnip greens to be a top-notch : food for herbivores, at least among those : foods you can get at the grocery store, so : I'm wondering what makes them less than desirable. : I looked up info on calcium:phosphoros, vitamin A, : protein levels and oxalates on these foods, : and turnip greens seems to be much better than the : others. : For example (it's hard to make tables here!): : (per 100 grams) : Radicchio CA:PH 0.5:1, vit A - 27 IUs, Protein 1.4grams, (couldn't find oxalate info) : Endive CA:PH 2:1, vit A - 2050 IUs, Protein 1.25grams, oxalates 0.11grams : Watercress CA:PH 2:1, Vit A - 4700 IUs, Protein 2.3grams, oxalates 0.31grams : Turnip Greens CA:PH 4.5:1, Vit A - 7600 IUs, Protein 1.5 grams, oxalates 0.05grams, : Is there some other element I'm missing out on that : makes turnip greens less desirable? It appears to be a : good, high-calcium, low-protein, low-oxalate food.

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