Well there is a playlist already: ruclips.net/video/zlsBrTMmOIE/видео.html&ab_channel=RathwulvenBushcraft Check it out, I will add more content once available to the playlist. Thanks for your comment!
My wife sent me to the wet lands to get us stinging nettles for nutrition and health! We can plant them where we are planting and foraging from a field. Teas are for washing down wild meats and seeds!
I thought people knew that roots have high caloric density, not the plant itself. There are reasons why we eat fruits and roots, not leaf’s. I mean yet again this misconception makes sense as there are a lot of people that think iceberg salad is nutritious (as far as I know it’s mostly water and a bit of fibre). Great video my guy!
First of all thanks for the view & for commenting. Well most people rely on the (mis)information other spread online. Hence addressing these very videos. :)
You would possibly reach a larger audience by making 30 second shorts of common plant identification. dont forget to include #shorts in the title so the algorithm picks it up. Thank you for your channel, this is good stuff.
Thanks for your feedback. I honestly won't engage in shorts dealing with plant ID soon for one particular reason: If information on toxicity and risks cannot be compressed into such a short format, I refuse to mislead viewers. Reach doesn't mean a thing - quality does. Besides that, all viewers can, of course, share the content I publish if they want to help me expand my reach. It certainly is appreciated from my side. :)
@@RathwulvenBushcraft Oh, yeah that makes sense if the information is too dense. I myself dont have many friends as interested in such topics as I am, so sharing for me is limited to one person. I do hope your channel grows so more people can get better educated. There is so much misinformed content on bushcraft and the like on this platform. Also I hope you heal up quickly and can get back to nature!
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When I was living in Germany a few months back I stuck my hand right on top of a nettle and it felt like I was stung by 5 bees. How do you make them not sting enough to put them in your mouth?! I’m from the United States so I never encountered nettles until I got to Europe.
There is different ways to process nettles: Baking, trying, cooking, etc. - all of those work. When eaten raw, there is certain tricks, too - like specific rolling techniques. I might just demo that in a video at a later point in time if that’s of interest. What do you think? And about the US: Urtica dioica can actually be found everywhere except on Hawaii as they are invasive to the US. Depending on your area and climate zone, they only grow close to rivers (usually the case in the southern states). Thanks for the comment!
You don’t eat nettles for calories! However they are a powerhouse of vitamins and micronutrients, with great medicinal value! which does make them a super food in that way! White bread and donuts are loaded with calories but if that was all you ate you wouldn’t stay healthy for long!
First of all thank you for your comment. I think you somewhat miss the point of this video here: Nettles are constantly promoted as a food source, which they simply are not. As mentioned in the video, genuine survival scenarios or comparable ordeals intrinsically demand a high intake of fats and proteins - two things nettles simply do not contain, with exception to the mentioned seed pods of course. As far as micronutrients go: When it comes to situations leading towards starvation, micronutrients are the least of my concern. Of course magnesium and other micronutrients are needed in everyday life, but they offer no sustenance. A simple example: Imagine being lost in the outdoors, carrying only a can of A-to-Z-type of micronutrient-pills. Technically you can cover your vitamin-, magnesium-, potassium-intake, and so on. Still on a long enough timeline, you'd starve to death if you don't obtain any fuel for your cells to burn. Not to speak of threats such as hypothermia, for example: The mentioned white bread or donuts still are better than no calories at all. After all, we are not talking about dietician-type of topics here, but about wilderness survival.
My childhood friend nearly died on a one month wilderness survival trek. The doctor said he would have been healthy if he knew how to utilize the fat parts of the lean animals. You know, INNARDS lol strip clean and sterilize. Not a hamburger with cheese, but he would most likely not come back all skin and bones.
I love this kinde of debunk video's. I do have a question tough, do you happen to know if it's true that nettle seeds contain salt? I was told they are one of the few plants that can help you when you're not near the sea to provide your body with the nessasary salt. However I was unable to find real evidence to verify that claim. Thanks!
Hey, we have a different state of information about nettles. Did you consider the high amount of protein in the nettle? the human body is able to transform protein into carbs. With around 7-9 g of protein per 100 g of fresh nettle and up to 40 g and more in dried nettle powder, its protein content is gigantic. No other plant, living creature or product has as much protein per 100g. Vitamins It has vitamin C, 100 g of dried nettle powder contains over 800 mg of vitamin C. Rich in vitamin A Vitamin E Rich in vitamin K minerals magnesium calcium iron silica silicon phosphorus potassium Bioactive substances and other ingredients Bioactive substances are substances in food that have no nutritional properties but have a health-promoting effect. Flavonoids Carotenoids Chlorophyll Nettle juice contains acetylcholine, histamine and serotonin. Gallic, tannic and formic acids. fiber And this fibre is relevant for digestion!
Hi there - there are a lot of things to say about your comment: For starters, some of your arguments are ignoring essential contexts whereas others are outright false. Let me elaborate: It is untrue that nettles themselves are high in protein, for several reasons. As mentioned in the video, only female (!) reproductive organs (hence: seed pods) contain higher amounts of protein - stems, leafs, pollen sacks, etc. do not. The average proteint content of nettle plants is low: 3,7%, or 3,7g per 100g. Like explained in the video: Don´t trust "sources" like blog posts of random content creators and instead rely on actual, accurate scientific studies/measurements. For your convenience: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708629/ In other words: Virtually any (!) fabaceous plant as well as other storage organs (think of linseeds, acorns, edible chestnuts, etc.) beet Urtica dioica in terms of protein content. Some simple examples (protein per 100g mass): Lentils (23g), acorns (8,1g), etc. As far as context always matters: Unlike nettles, other plants have less to none diuretic (water-draining) attributes, hence result in less dehydration and hence a better absorption of nutrients. Also bear in mind that about 90% of the entire plant mass of nettles is moisture, see source mentioned above (or other scientifically sound sources). This leads us right to the issue with you aforementioned nettle powder: This "argument" is utterly unreasonable and irrational given all context provided: Nettle powder is freeze dried, meaning that the plant is stripped of close to 90% of its entire mass (read: of the water contained). As a highly processed food, nettle powder has absolutely nothing to do with raw nettle plants as found in nature. Following this "logic", we could also claim that orange juice is a great source of proteins if only we strip it of all the moisture it contains. Think of it like this: Orange juice has 0,7g of protein per 100g (or appr. 100ml). If we dehydrate the juice until we get an orange, powdery substance with, let´s say, 7g of protein, it does not increase the protein content in the actual, natural product, or does it? Anyway: It makes zero sense to bend facts so they ultimately serve the wishful thinking of certain content creators/media publishers out there. To be clear: You are certainly right when you engage in critical thinking regarding sources, but that very critical thinking has to be applied to non-scientific (and hence unbased) sources like lifestyle blogs or other "random" content generated by people who - due to different reasons such as for example new age beliefs, veganist agendas or simply (innocent!) ignorance - publish nonsensical arguments. As far as the minerals/trace elements are concerned: That is an entirely different topic and has nothing to do with the topic of nettles not being a suitable source for protein/carbohydrates, so I will not engage in a discussion about something entirely different to the topic of this video. Let me just conclude by writing this: I certainly appreciate you taking the time to reach out and writing your comment, I am always grateful for an open dialogue and hence also take my time to reply properly to you. And nettles are, of course, insanely handy and useful plants in myriad different ways. I think I mentioned in the video that nettles are wonderful resources for both crafting related tasks as well as medical treatments, so don´t be mistaken: Nettles are really useful. Still they are not really useful when we think of sustenance as such. Have a good one.
Definitely do a video on telling the difference between nettle seeds. Now, I see you have nine comments, but none of them are showing up in the comments section. I’ve been seeing this happening on other channels lately, I don’t know what RUclips is doing.
Thanks for the comment and the request. About the comments: Seems to me as if YT is doing an A-B-test at the moment, cause some channels feature a new layout already. Seems as if the issue is now resolved, I do see the comments.
Technically they are, but they are anything but a delight. Too thin and insanely thready/tough. Especially now in late summer, feels like eating wood fibres. Thanks for commenting.
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Clearing up misunderstandings and myths is stuff for a whole series of videos. I would be happy to watch if you decide to do that.
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Well there is a playlist already: ruclips.net/video/zlsBrTMmOIE/видео.html&ab_channel=RathwulvenBushcraft
Check it out, I will add more content once available to the playlist.
Thanks for your comment!
My wife sent me to the wet lands to get us stinging nettles for nutrition and health! We can plant them where we are planting and foraging from a field. Teas are for washing down wild meats and seeds!
Top content, as usual. Did not know that nettles have that little calories.
Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome, Holger. Thanks for commenting.
the video on male vs female nettle plants sounds like a great idea. i'd watch it! 👍✌🖖
Thanks - stay tuned, the video is already work in progress
I thought people knew that roots have high caloric density, not the plant itself. There are reasons why we eat fruits and roots, not leaf’s. I mean yet again this misconception makes sense as there are a lot of people that think iceberg salad is nutritious (as far as I know it’s mostly water and a bit of fibre).
Great video my guy!
First of all thanks for the view & for commenting. Well most people rely on the (mis)information other spread online. Hence addressing these very videos. :)
Great Video Ralf! Nice to see some quality content again :)
Thanks mate!
I'd like to see a vid on the male/female nettles and how to identify them... Whenever I see a nettle plant they always look the same
Thanks for your comment - noted, I'll see if I can still find some plants with both pollen sacks and seed pods.
This is totally new information to me too
Thanks for sharing this and for always providing quality content
You are welcome, thanks for the feedback.
It will be very interesting been able to sort out female nettle plants from male ones!!😊😊
Noted. Thanks for commenting :)
You would possibly reach a larger audience by making 30 second shorts of common plant identification. dont forget to include #shorts in the title so the algorithm picks it up. Thank you for your channel, this is good stuff.
Thanks for your feedback. I honestly won't engage in shorts dealing with plant ID soon for one particular reason: If information on toxicity and risks cannot be compressed into such a short format, I refuse to mislead viewers. Reach doesn't mean a thing - quality does. Besides that, all viewers can, of course, share the content I publish if they want to help me expand my reach.
It certainly is appreciated from my side. :)
@@RathwulvenBushcraft Oh, yeah that makes sense if the information is too dense. I myself dont have many friends as interested in such topics as I am, so sharing for me is limited to one person. I do hope your channel grows so more people can get better educated. There is so much misinformed content on bushcraft and the like on this platform. Also I hope you heal up quickly and can get back to nature!
Watch next: ruclips.net/video/NlS-yYcQDVQ/видео.html
Also grab your free copy of my Campfire Safety eBook on: www.rathwulvenbushcraft.com
To support this channel, please subscribe, share and comment. Please also consider becoming a patron and click right here: www.patreon.com/rathwulvenbushcraft
I would like to see a video on identifying the seeds.
Got you, noted.
Thanks for the comment!
Great video man. A lot of pseudo bushcraft out there. I’m glad you are genuine!
Thank you for the kind feedback. Got to keep it real. :)
I think a video on the identification would be interesting. Have a great evening
Thanks John, noted. :)
When I was living in Germany a few months back I stuck my hand right on top of a nettle and it felt like I was stung by 5 bees. How do you make them not sting enough to put them in your mouth?! I’m from the United States so I never encountered nettles until I got to Europe.
There is different ways to process nettles: Baking, trying, cooking, etc. - all of those work. When eaten raw, there is certain tricks, too - like specific rolling techniques. I might just demo that in a video at a later point in time if that’s of interest. What do you think?
And about the US: Urtica dioica can actually be found everywhere except on Hawaii as they are invasive to the US. Depending on your area and climate zone, they only grow close to rivers (usually the case in the southern states). Thanks for the comment!
Boiling them softens the stingers making them safe for consumption
You don’t eat nettles for calories! However they are a powerhouse of vitamins and micronutrients, with great medicinal value! which does make them a super food in that way! White bread and donuts are loaded with calories but if that was all you ate you wouldn’t stay healthy for long!
First of all thank you for your comment. I think you somewhat miss the point of this video here: Nettles are constantly promoted as a food source, which they simply are not. As mentioned in the video, genuine survival scenarios or comparable ordeals intrinsically demand a high intake of fats and proteins - two things nettles simply do not contain, with exception to the mentioned seed pods of course.
As far as micronutrients go: When it comes to situations leading towards starvation, micronutrients are the least of my concern. Of course magnesium and other micronutrients are needed in everyday life, but they offer no sustenance. A simple example: Imagine being lost in the outdoors, carrying only a can of A-to-Z-type of micronutrient-pills. Technically you can cover your vitamin-, magnesium-, potassium-intake, and so on. Still on a long enough timeline, you'd starve to death if you don't obtain any fuel for your cells to burn. Not to speak of threats such as hypothermia, for example: The mentioned white bread or donuts still are better than no calories at all.
After all, we are not talking about dietician-type of topics here, but about wilderness survival.
My childhood friend nearly died on a one month wilderness survival trek. The doctor said he would have been healthy if he knew how to utilize the fat parts of the lean animals. You know, INNARDS lol strip clean and sterilize. Not a hamburger with cheese, but he would most likely not come back all skin and bones.
I would like for you to do a video identifying the male and female nettle plants. Also, what do the seeds look like, and how to consume them?
Glad to have you back and see you recovering well I'm sure there's been some incredibly tough times physically and mentally 👊
Thanks Daniel, appreciate the comment. Tough times, yeah - and far from over, but just got to keep on moving one step at a time.
I love this kinde of debunk video's. I do have a question tough, do you happen to know if it's true that nettle seeds contain salt? I was told they are one of the few plants that can help you when you're not near the sea to provide your body with the nessasary salt. However I was unable to find real evidence to verify that claim. Thanks!
Hey,
we have a different state of information about nettles. Did you consider the high amount of protein in the nettle? the human body is able to transform protein into carbs.
With around 7-9 g of protein per 100 g of fresh nettle and up to 40 g and more in dried nettle powder, its protein content is gigantic. No other plant, living creature or product has as much protein per 100g.
Vitamins
It has vitamin C, 100 g of dried nettle powder contains over 800 mg of vitamin C.
Rich in vitamin A
Vitamin E
Rich in vitamin K
minerals
magnesium
calcium
iron
silica
silicon
phosphorus
potassium
Bioactive substances and other ingredients
Bioactive substances are substances in food that have no nutritional properties but have a health-promoting effect.
Flavonoids
Carotenoids
Chlorophyll
Nettle juice contains acetylcholine, histamine and serotonin.
Gallic, tannic and formic acids.
fiber
And this fibre is relevant for digestion!
Hi there - there are a lot of things to say about your comment: For starters, some of your arguments are ignoring essential contexts whereas others are outright false. Let me elaborate: It is untrue that nettles themselves are high in protein, for several reasons. As mentioned in the video, only female (!) reproductive organs (hence: seed pods) contain higher amounts of protein - stems, leafs, pollen sacks, etc. do not. The average proteint content of nettle plants is low: 3,7%, or 3,7g per 100g. Like explained in the video: Don´t trust "sources" like blog posts of random content creators and instead rely on actual, accurate scientific studies/measurements. For your convenience: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4708629/
In other words: Virtually any (!) fabaceous plant as well as other storage organs (think of linseeds, acorns, edible chestnuts, etc.) beet Urtica dioica in terms of protein content. Some simple examples (protein per 100g mass): Lentils (23g), acorns (8,1g), etc. As far as context always matters: Unlike nettles, other plants have less to none diuretic (water-draining) attributes, hence result in less dehydration and hence a better absorption of nutrients.
Also bear in mind that about 90% of the entire plant mass of nettles is moisture, see source mentioned above (or other scientifically sound sources). This leads us right to the issue with you aforementioned nettle powder:
This "argument" is utterly unreasonable and irrational given all context provided: Nettle powder is freeze dried, meaning that the plant is stripped of close to 90% of its entire mass (read: of the water contained). As a highly processed food, nettle powder has absolutely nothing to do with raw nettle plants as found in nature. Following this "logic", we could also claim that orange juice is a great source of proteins if only we strip it of all the moisture it contains. Think of it like this: Orange juice has 0,7g of protein per 100g (or appr. 100ml). If we dehydrate the juice until we get an orange, powdery substance with, let´s say, 7g of protein, it does not increase the protein content in the actual, natural product, or does it?
Anyway: It makes zero sense to bend facts so they ultimately serve the wishful thinking of certain content creators/media publishers out there. To be clear: You are certainly right when you engage in critical thinking regarding sources, but that very critical thinking has to be applied to non-scientific (and hence unbased) sources like lifestyle blogs or other "random" content generated by people who - due to different reasons such as for example new age beliefs, veganist agendas or simply (innocent!) ignorance - publish nonsensical arguments.
As far as the minerals/trace elements are concerned: That is an entirely different topic and has nothing to do with the topic of nettles not being a suitable source for protein/carbohydrates, so I will not engage in a discussion about something entirely different to the topic of this video. Let me just conclude by writing this:
I certainly appreciate you taking the time to reach out and writing your comment, I am always grateful for an open dialogue and hence also take my time to reply properly to you. And nettles are, of course, insanely handy and useful plants in myriad different ways. I think I mentioned in the video that nettles are wonderful resources for both crafting related tasks as well as medical treatments, so don´t be mistaken: Nettles are really useful. Still they are not really useful when we think of sustenance as such.
Have a good one.
Definitely do a video on telling the difference between nettle seeds. Now, I see you have nine comments, but none of them are showing up in the comments section. I’ve been seeing this happening on other channels lately, I don’t know what RUclips is doing.
Thanks for the comment and the request. About the comments: Seems to me as if YT is doing an A-B-test at the moment, cause some channels feature a new layout already. Seems as if the issue is now resolved, I do see the comments.
oh wow i did not know that
great info thanks for sharing
You are welcome Trey, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Very interesting. Are the roots edible?
Technically they are, but they are anything but a delight. Too thin and insanely thready/tough. Especially now in late summer, feels like eating wood fibres. Thanks for commenting.