Let the first run of rhubarb begin! I love rhubarb so thought I’d share a tidbit of knowledge I found on the web and included a family recipe for Rhubarb Custard Pie. Yum!

https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-rhubarb#1

Ease Menopause:

Rhubarb helps to women who are going through menopause. Eating large amounts of rhubarb should help such women. Rhubarb contains large amounts of calcium, which will help to prevent the side effects usually associated with osteoporosis. In addition to this, rhubarb eating during menopause will also help ease the intensity of your hot flashes.

Digestive Tract:

For over 2,000 years, rhubarb is used as laxative to treat constipation. Rhubarb root contains sennosides that must transform into rheinanthrones by good bacteria in the colon to give a laxative effect. Antibiotics destroy good bacteria of colon. When good bacteria are not available, rhubarb is not effective. Eating yogurt or taking an acidophilus supplement can reinstate good bacteria if taken after a course of antibiotics. Rhubarb root can help in the treatment of diarrhea but in smaller doses. Rhubarb roots are also used to [Read more…]