My brother swears they used to eat them when he was a kids. He and his friends were always into stuff, though. It may not be a cancer preventive, though, because he's a cancer survivor. Maybe it's specific to breast cancer? He had a really rare lymphoma and was lucky to survive it. I do worry if the long term effects of the chemo will come back to bite him. Such toxic stuff.
We also used to occasionally get poke salad when we lived in Asheville. Like you said, not bad for poison.
Yeah it's interesting. Congrats on his survival. When we lived in Appalachia, it was specifically noted that the berries needed to be eaten in a certain way in order to be a general "cancer preventative". But as in almost all other herbs for medicine, they usually aren't going to be able to reach their full effectiveness if they are not also combined with other complimenting lifestyle factors, and used with consistency...
Thank you. He's more than 6 years cancer free, and we celebrate his birthdays with extra fervor. It was an awful experience, especially for my parents and his children who were 12 and 10. He was pretty hard on his body in the teens and early 20s. He toned down his toxin intake only to take up serious stress and general grumpiness which obviously has a horrible effect on the body. Those seem to be harder habits to kick. I guess we are all here learning and growing from where we are, and I just love him where he's at.