The rainbow fruit salad is certainly one of the best summer fruit salads featuring sweet and bright honey and lime dressing. Refreshing and nutritious, it’s a definite must for warm summer days and when you have guests over. Prepare them this salad, and believe us, it will become their favorite, […]
In order to have a successful garden, we need to have good soil that will enable successful container growth. This is the staple of a good garden. Selecting the right potting mix for the plants we want to grow plays a major role in whether they will thrive well or […]
Often praised for its abundance of nutrients, kale has now become a part of the ‘Dirty Dozen’- a list of fruits and veggies that have the most pesticides, according to an analysis made by the EWG. Has kale become one of the most contaminated veggies? The group is known to […]
On a yearly basis, the Environmental Working Group publishes a list with the 12 produce items with the highest level of pesticide residue of veggies and fruits tested by the USDA. Believe it or not, in 2017, 178 distinct types of pesticides were discovered in the tested products. And, 70 […]
In hot climates, food cannot maintain its freshness for long. In fact, tomatoes will go off in two days and carrots and okra in four will be rotten. Hence, when we do not protect crops in the right way, we are losing produce. But, this does not have to happen […]
For some years now, the scientific world has been trying to collect conclusive studies for the connection between unhealthy diet and higher risk of cancer. Though it has been considered a contributing factor, studies have not been conclusive about whether a poor diet can lead to cancer, until recently. Namely, […]
Have you ever wondered why processed sugars and grains make you feel sluggish after eating them? The answer may be hidden in their pH value. Namely, these items are considered to be acidic unlike veggies and fruits which are mostly alkaline. Unfortunately, the more acidic foods we eat, the higher […]
Nowadays, we hear and read a lot about superfoods, but do we know what they stand for? Though not scientifically defined, superfood is an adjective used to describe foods that are considered superior in terms of health to other foods and are abundant in nutrients and consequently, good for our […]
According to researchers from the Philippines, the calamansi fruit is rich in anti-cancer properties. In the study, published in the Industrial Crops and Products Journal, the goal was to pinpoint the volatile composition, the cytotoxicity of the essential oil, and the amount of d-limonene in the fruit. This fruit is […]
Of course, we all agree that there is nothing better than eating ripe and fresh fruit right out of your hand; however, when this is not possible, the next best thing we can do is to put the fruits or veggies in the freezer. Freezing fruits and veggies helps prolong […]