Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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Does anyone know if consuming a lot of dried dill seeds regularly has any bad side-effects? I want to eat about 15-25 grams of them per day to round out my calcium intake. They taste really pungent though, and I read that they kill bacteria in the gut. Any thoughts?

flag	asked Sep 6 2011 at 1:08 survivalmachine 633●4●11

	I wonder whether the calcium in dill is that absorbable. – ROB Sep 6 2011 at 2:25
	They are probably not that bioavailable because of being bound up in all that fiber. Can't imagine trying to get that much down in one go though! – JeJ Jan 16 2012 at 20:33

Mallory · Answer 1 · 2011-09-06 15:42:25Z UTC

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why dont you just eat egg shells, thats what i do :)

answered Sep 6 2011 at 15:42

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Me also - dissolved in lemon juice and added to soups etc. – andrew Dec 5 2011 at 17:29

Makes sense Mal, since calcium supplements are often contain ground up egg shells. I'm not sure why someone down voted this. – Wcc Kamal Stabby fan Feb 13 2012 at 19:47

jimbo · Answer 2 · 2011-12-05 17:17:55Z UTC

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Well you could simply drink it instead..after having it boiled n filtered. add some honey or agave nektar for it to taste better

answered Dec 5 2011 at 17:17

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Karen · Answer 3 · 2012-02-27 22:05:59Z UTC

I don't actually know the answer, but you may be able to figure it out from these:

Constituents of dill (the chemicals labeled with fruit refer to those found in the seeds): http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/farmacy2.pl

You can construct a more advanced query here: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/farmacy-scroll3.pl

However, I also suspect absorption problems, not to mention difficulty of eating that much dill seed. I'd rather eat lots of greens personally. And gnaw on some rib bones.

Dill seeds consumption?

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