Mistletoe Is Not Just A Fertility Symbol: It Can Also Fight Obesity-Related Liver Disease

Mistletoe wasn't always for annoying co-workers at office parties, and it wasn't always just desperate men who think it has magical powers. In previous times, it was held in high regard because it was rootless, green and thriving when the tree it was on looked dead. Celtic druids latched onto it as some sort of supernatural fertility symbol - everything was a fertility symbol to druids - and it crept into popular culture from there. Today we know it is simply a parasite, which isn't extending its use at office Christmas parties too far.  read more

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