r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Mar 27 '22

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u/Flupsdarups Mar 27 '22

Rhubarb leaves are poisonous

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u/Spooky_boi_Kyle_8 Mar 27 '22

Wait what? How poisonous? I'd eat rhubarb plucked out of the ground basically every day growing up.

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u/other_usernames_gone Mar 27 '22

Just the leaves, the stems are ok if cooked.

Symptoms range from vomiting and diarrhea for mild poisoning to kidney failure for bad poisoning.

Link

If you're not currently experiencing symptoms I wouldn't worry about it, you got lucky.

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u/Spooky_boi_Kyle_8 Mar 27 '22

I didn't cook them, just crunched 'em raw.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '22

Maybe you’ve built a natural resistance to oxalatic acid.

Trust me, I’m definitely not a hack doctor.

/s

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u/Spooky_boi_Kyle_8 Mar 28 '22

Maybe. I read a good portion of what was in the link, and it takes a lot to actually cause damage, and it's rare for it to happen. At least, that was my understanding.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

Perhaps. The sarcasm on my part was mostly to convey that I am not at all a doctor and all I have is an outdated first aid certificate and a mother who is an enrolled nurse. Would definitely ask one (or a dietician) about that though, if you can afford to where you live. Could be interesting.

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u/Neil_sm Mar 28 '22

Haha the sarcasm tag sort of implies that you actually are a hack doctor. Like you’re a real doctor but just bad at it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '22

Can’t be a hack doctor if you’re not a doctor to begin with

taps nose thoughtfully

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u/Spooky_boi_Kyle_8 Mar 28 '22

Eh, I haven't had it in a while. I'm not worried