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Josh Clark

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Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

It slows the progression of fibrosis, which is scarring of the liver.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

And the extract actually inactivates the cells that cause fibrosis in the liver.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

And essentially, your liver, as everybody knows, it can regenerate itself.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Once the dandelion extract has gone in and stopped the fibrosis, the liver can heal.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

So it's incredibly helpful with protecting the liver from damage.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

I mean, that's nuts.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

It's almost like it was designed to do that for the liver.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

It's that effective.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

I do want to mention the cancer one because Emily had a very funny, very Emily line.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

There was a 2020 โ€“ man, why do I do that lately?

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

2012, I did that.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

You do that a lot, yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

What is happening?

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

I don't know.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

It's a study from the University of Windsor in Canada about dandelion root extract can induce โ€“

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

apoptosis, which is cell death in pancreatic and prostate cancer in test tube in their cells in the test tubes, potentially preventing their spread.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

So this is something Emily knew.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

And this morning she was like, yeah, it's so like modern American at the very least to take something that could actually help fight cancer and spray chemicals on it to kill it.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

It caused cancer.