Now, I should say that the original rumour that started on Tiktok may not be entirely due to this study. The Pedestrian article says that this is the research backing up the claim, but there's no evidence that's truepic.twitter.com/gXEWDo6zaS
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Now, I should say that the original rumour that started on Tiktok may not be entirely due to this study. The Pedestrian article says that this is the research backing up the claim, but there's no evidence that's truepic.twitter.com/gXEWDo6zaS
Nevertheless, this study is BRILLIANT: - extracted substances from lettuce leaf/seeds - gave extract to mice - sedated mice - measured sleep times (slight difference)
And sure, whatever - this is basic science research at it's most normal. They are testing a new technique to aid with a common problem Except, look at the abstract and title. No mice there!pic.twitter.com/7U9T40ECgb
And while there is other research that supports the assertion that lettuce EXTRACT could potentially help with sleep, it's worth noting that the EXTRACT featured in these studies is on the order of .35-2kg of lettuce per dose
For example, this study used lettuce seed oil at 1g concentrations, and found a very modest benefit for people with insomnia. Hard to convert exactly into boiled lettuce amounts, but it's a lothttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119588/ …
Anyway, it's quite funny that people are drinking lettuce water, very unlikely to be harmful, but also there does not appear to be any scientific rationale for doing so
That being said, if you DO want to try lettuce to improve your sleep based on the trial from Pedestrian, dry about 1kg of lettuce and seeds before crushing it and making it into a tea That'll give you somewhere around 1 dose. Use with pentobarbitol for best effectpic.twitter.com/CnSVwPPUKO
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Lettuce not pre judge. Water the chances this might work?
Is this what it takes for people to finally realize the power of eating boiled vegetables?
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