A healthy diet can not protect you from possible virus infections. But it can strengthen your body so that it will dispose with disease quickly and efficiently through generating antibodies. Doctors have known for a long time that people who eat well-balanced and vitamin-rich food suffer much less from illnesses and recover much faster. That’s ... Continue reading...
Sat, Jan 31, 2009
Pomelo belongs to the Citrus family and it is one of the largest and juiciest fruits on our planet. Pomelo originated in China and it was mentioned in ancient Chinese books. It has juicy flesh of sweet with some sourish smack taste. Pomelo is a golden mine of vitamins. The fruit is rich in vitamin ... Continue reading...
Fri, Sep 12, 2008
We called this salad “red” because all its ingredients – pepper, tomatoes and orange carrot – have a rich red color. Of course, it is pleasant to the eye and makes us feel better, thus improving digestion. This salad is rich in beta-carotene. In combination with fats (olive oil for example), beta-carotene converts into vitamin ... Continue reading...
Fri, Jul 11, 2008
Apricot is the fruit of the apricot tree (known as Prunus armeniaca or Armeniaca vulgaris in Latin) that belongs to the rose family. Apricots have a distinct egg-like shape and vary in skin color from yellow to orange with a red cast when fully ripened. The seed encloses almond-like core ranging from slightly bitter to ... Continue reading...
Mon, Jun 23, 2008
Quail eggs are small speckled pearls that nature gives us. Since ancient times, this delicacy has been prized as a dietary and healing food. While quail eggs are so small (10-12 g), they are packed with many biologically active substances we need to be healthy. They are an abundant source of useful trace elements and ... Continue reading...
Sat, Jun 7, 2008
Sage is a small shrubby plant. It starts as a grass and then grows into a small shrub with silky fragrant leaves covered with nap-like hairs. Sage belongs to the Salvia family (name in taken from the Latin word meaning “to save”). There is a great number of species (about 500). Salvia officinalis, or aromatic ... Continue reading...
Fri, May 30, 2008
Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) belongs to the family Rosaceae. It is amazing that strawberry seeds, unlike seeds of other fruit bearing plants, are not inside the berry, but outside it. Since ancient times, the strawberry has been prized for its healing powers. Wild strawberry is a tiny and fragrant berry. Modern cultivated strawberry has large juicy ... Continue reading...
Sun, May 18, 2008
The latest studies amazingly show that lard isn’t harmful, as it was thought, but healthy! The lard contains the arachidonic acid that relates to polyunsaturated fatty acids (Omega-6). Omega-6 is part of heart, brain and kidney tissues and essential for their proper functioning. The lard has anticancer effect as the most Continue reading...
Sat, Apr 12, 2008
The results of studies at Copenhagen University involving 230 000 people have been published lately. The Cochrane Collaboration informed that antioxidant vitamin supplements (such as vitamins A, E, beta-carotene and selenium supplements) bring no health benefits and they do not cut the risk of dying as most people think. Instead, these studies show that the ... Continue reading...
Thu, Apr 10, 2008
Yoghurt and kefir are dairy products produced by ripening of milk. Yoghurt is prepared by fermentation of milk with the bacteria which is called “Bulgarian bacteria”. The reason why the bacteria got its name was that people live noticeably longer in yogurt-loving parts of Bulgaria. Kefir is a milk drink fermented using kefir grains (these ... Continue reading...
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