Jewel and Jinx's medical thread
- daisymay
- Supporter 2016-2021
Here are the different lettuces in Australia I know iceberg is a no no but had no idea watercress was a lettuce. Rocket they hate.
Iceberg: firm green head with crisp, unblemished leaves.
Butter crunch: soft, buttery and loosely-packed leaves.
Mignonette: soft maroon-green head with unblemished, loosely packed leaves.
Cos: crisp, elongated leaves tightly wrapped.
Oakleaf: curly leaf-shaped red leaves.
Coral (Green or red): small with curly green-purplish leaves and slightly bitter taste.
Rocket: intense green colour and strong flavour.
Chicory: outer leaves are green and bitter; pale inner leaves are tender and mild.
Radicchio: ruby red miniature leaf with a slightly bitter flavour.
Watercress: dark green, clover-like leaves with refreshing, peppery flavour.
Now I normal buy them mixed(red and green leaves) or symphony lettuce(red and green leaves). But noticed on GL veg chart green leaves higher in Calcium. Should I only give red leaf lettuces? Which would be Mignonette(red ones), Coral, and Radicchio lettuces, oh and red butter ones too? Thanks Sef and bpatters.
Iceberg: firm green head with crisp, unblemished leaves.
Butter crunch: soft, buttery and loosely-packed leaves.
Mignonette: soft maroon-green head with unblemished, loosely packed leaves.
Cos: crisp, elongated leaves tightly wrapped.
Oakleaf: curly leaf-shaped red leaves.
Coral (Green or red): small with curly green-purplish leaves and slightly bitter taste.
Rocket: intense green colour and strong flavour.
Chicory: outer leaves are green and bitter; pale inner leaves are tender and mild.
Radicchio: ruby red miniature leaf with a slightly bitter flavour.
Watercress: dark green, clover-like leaves with refreshing, peppery flavour.
Now I normal buy them mixed(red and green leaves) or symphony lettuce(red and green leaves). But noticed on GL veg chart green leaves higher in Calcium. Should I only give red leaf lettuces? Which would be Mignonette(red ones), Coral, and Radicchio lettuces, oh and red butter ones too? Thanks Sef and bpatters.
- Sef
- I dissent.
Butter lettuce (here also called Boston or bibb lettuce) is another good choice. I haven't heard of some of the others; they may go by another name here. You should be able to Google the other lettuces to look at calcium content.
Lynx -- do you know if that website from the FDA, with detailed nutritional info on just about everything, is still out there somewhere? I haven't been able to find it in years.
Lynx -- do you know if that website from the FDA, with detailed nutritional info on just about everything, is still out there somewhere? I haven't been able to find it in years.
- daisymay
- Supporter 2016-2021
I may have mentioned this before, but cystitis?
Vet could not feel anything and nothing showed up on X-rays or ultrasound. I could suggest cyst but she'll just say what I have said. Maybe hormone injections would help Jinx? She is not showing any other symptoms. Just blood and nothing else. Thanls Sef and bpatters.
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Cystitis is just an inflammation of the bladder. I don't know the Latin derivative, but cysto- means relating to the urinary bladder. So cystitis means inflamation, cystocentesis means removal of urine by a syringe, cystotomy means surgery on the bladder, usually to remove stones.