nettle tea

[chickpea]

Hi Shelley, I've just started drinking nettle tea. I believe it's quite high in minerals but wondered if you know if it chelates metals, given that it's high in chlorophyll?
Thanks
Anne

[Invincible]

Hi Anne

I have loads growing wild in my garden. I let them be because I read butterflies love to lay their eggs on them.

I wonder if I should harvest some in the spring ...

[shelley]

Nettle tea helps the lymphs cleanse, it's great for that.

Chlorophyll is like plant blood, it's a bit of a chelator but not much. You get lots of minerals but not a lot of chlorophyll from teas. To get enough chlorophyll for it to be a chelator you'd have to drink frequent doses of refined liquid chlorophyll with something like Chlorella.

[chickpea]

That's great that it cleanses the lymph I don't want it to chelate anyway so that's OK!
Invinc, your garden sounds lovely .....perhaps you could just use a little to make a tea and leave the rest for the butterflies