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In fact, radicchio contains intybin, a blood and liver tonic, as well as a type of flavonoid called anthocyanins.

The words "liver tonic" are not acceptable as the word "tonic" has no practical meaning in terms of the practice of medicine. Claims such as this should be avoided unless referenced by clinical trials. A casual search using Google Scholar reveals no relevant information to help with the chemical intybin. Other references found are from herbalists only and as such offer only pre-clinical observations that are of no use.b_calder (talk) 19:52, 11 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Toxicity[edit]

I removed the claims about chicory causing blindness and being toxic and brought it into line with the main chicory page. A search of the medical literature for radicchio, chicory, or Cichorium with blindness returns no hits, and animal studies of chicory extract have shown that the liver does not break it down into toxic products. Solenoid (talk) 05:12, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Health benefits[edit]

I am aware of the nutrients listed in Radicchio, but is it possible we could get a 'health benefits' commentary as well? I have read that it is an analgesic (pain-reducer), as well as a sedative (thus making people sleepy). I am sure there are other properties that I am unaware of, but one of the wikipedia dietitians may be able to elaborate upon. Stopde (talk) 13:13, 20 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Use in coffee[edit]

Someone put a {{huh}} tag on the claim that "its roots can be used to mix with coffee". There's more discussion of this practice (at least, with chicory in general if not specifically radicchio) at Chicory#Root chicory, History of East Germany#Coffee crisis, 1976–79, and Ricoré; Coffee substitute also discusses the use of chicory root as a coffee substitute (not admixture). Unfortunately, none of those articles seems to provide sources. Aɴɢʀ (talk) 15:35, 12 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Species of radicchio[edit]

The article seems to contradict itself on the species of the radicchio cultivar. Is it a variety of chicory or lettuce? Mmcatmag (talk) 17:52, 23 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]