Another phrasing of that question can be “Is it safe for children to take ashitaba?”
Many people are becoming more interested at ashitaba and many are also wondering if ashitaba leaves are safe for children. The short answer to this question is YES. This is because ashitaba or tomorrow leaves are just like any other vegetables. Kids who are lacking in vegetable intake are furthermore encouraged to eat ashitaba as this superfood contains plant-derived raw materials that are rich in nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber.
How Kids Can Take Ashitaba
Though ashitaba might be hard to eat because of its bitter taste, people – both kids and adults – should learn to tolerate it to receive its full benefits. If your kid cannot really take the strong taste of the leaves, you can consider purchasing not the raw plant or the leaves but the processed forms of ashitaba such as the following:
1. Ashitaba Tea
Most kids do not favor vegetables at any time of the day, no matter how forceful you are at feeding them. The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan suggests that ashitaba contains lactic acid to balance the intestines and promote the activities of the stomach. So you can encourage your kid to drink a glass of ashitaba tea at least daily to compensate their lack of vegetable content in the body and to help them clean waste. Ashitaba tea is easy to make and you can read more about the procedures here.
2. Ashitaba Powder
You can serve ashitaba together with milk, yogurt, and other drinks to hide its likely horrible taste for children’s taste buds. Ashitaba products now are available in the form of powder that you can mix with a lot of beverages and food. 100 grams of Ashitaba powder contains the beta-carotene, also contains vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, biotin, folic acid, A, C, E, and K, and the minerals such as calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorous, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, sulphur, iron and silicon.
3. Ashitaba Supplement
You don’t have to prepare ashitaba as food or mix it with beverage. Instead, you can have ashitaba supplements and make it easier for children to swallow. Ashitaba supplements are convenient to carry anywhere. These supplements also contain the chalcone for extra cleansing.
Chalcones are yellow sap found inside the stem of ashitaba contaning a very rare treasure trove of nutrients. They not only promote the circulation of the body but this juice of Angelica keiskei has more than twenty potents and rare flavonoids.
Recent studies show that these chalcones, especially the 4-hydroxyderricin and xanthoangelol so abundant in Ashitaba, promise to combat some of the worst effects of visceral fat. Ashitaba supplements sold below 100% additive-free; so you can have your kids take ashitaba without the grassy smell and less bitterness.
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This plant is great! From adults to kids, it help us encourage children to take/eat vegetables.
With so many health benefits tomorrow leaves can offer, it stands to reason then that everyone is safe to take them.
My daughter who has asthma taken asitaba powder as her fruit drink. At first she doesn't like the taste but I insisted her to drink it.
It is great that this healthy herb is safe for kids to enjoy as well but my picky son won't probably take even a sip of this :/ It would be nice to get a plant like this to cultivate at home 🙂
Together with other plants, ashitaba can be cultivated at your home garden but you must make sure that the climate is set coolly. When preparing snacks for kids, sometimes the simpler the better. You can have them snack on healthy bites such as ashitaba whenever they want.
As always, Ashitaba never fails to amaze me.
Hehe. I'm glad you find this plant amazing.
Great! one of the miracle/amazing plants- indeed!
Yup – and I think more people should be aware of ashitaba.
my husband has been talking about ashitaba last week, one of his Chinese clients gave us seedlings and I transplanted them to bigger pots. This site of yours will really be of good help to me as to how I can make use of the plant 🙂
Amen to that! I hope the plant would grow well in your area. Take proper care of it and you can harvest fresh leaves in no time.
I think adding this to your routine can really improve your tolerance of having medication.
Yes, you can have this included in your daily routine to be healthier.
I still haven't found a store where I could buy this…it's really new to me…hope I get to find some soon! My kids love tea – got that from me so I think this will be fine for them.
Many people now in the Philippines are struggling to find and purchase ashitaba products. You can have it delivered to your home, if you want to buy ashitaba capsules from me. If you want tea, you can buy it from Amazon.
We actually planted ashitaba on our little garden and although I haven't tried giving it to the kids yet because of its taste. Anyway, I really do thank you for sharing some tips on how I can give it to the kids without them noticing the bitter taste.
Sure! Just be creative and you'd know how to "hide" the bitterness of ashitaba plant. 🙂
it really is quite a daunting task to feed children greens. i hope i can try giving this to my little man. i have yet to find ashitaba in my local grocers….
I remember my dad used to make tablets into powder form and add honey and water to make us take medicine before. In the same way, you can trick your kids by mix other food or drink with ashitaba.
where to buy real ashitaba? I am from general santos city
I am interested to have ashitaba plant in our backyard. but i am here in General Santos City . please help me where i can find or buy this plant? Thank you and God blesss
The plant is available in Sampaloc, Manila. However, shipping service of the plant (in pot) to General Santos City is not available; it can only be picked up by the buyer. I can email you the exact address and contact details if you're still interested.
hi where in sampaloc manila can i find ashitaba? thanks
Where in Sampaloc Manila? I'm from Metro Manila only. Thank you
I can send the address to you via email if interested. Email me at ashitabaplant-info@yahoo.com