Nutrition

Artemisia annua — also known as qing hao, sweet sagewort, sweet Annie and annual wormwood — is an ancient herb that practitioners of Traditional Chinese Medicine have utilized for an estimated 5,000+ years. Because it contains unique compounds such ...

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Within a so-called "balanced diet" you'll find macronutrients and micronutrients, both of which are essential nutrients we must get from food sources because our bodies cannot make them on their own. The three main macronutrients ...

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Samphire, also known as sea beans or sea asparagus, is a somewhat uncommon vegetable that you'll find served along with fish, lamb or pasta. Because this veggie grows near the sea, it absorbs minerals from ...

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You've undoubtably heard of (and enjoyed) lemon water before, but lime water doesn't seem to get the same amount of love. It should, however, because lime water is hydrating and offers a number of health ...

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Not only are nigella seeds used similarly to cumin, sesame and fennel seeds in cooking, but they're also the main ingredient found in black seed oil and kalonji, a natural remedy that has been used for centuries ...

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If you're a believer in "nose-to-tail cooking," you'll probably also be interested in what's called “root-to-stem” cooking. Both of these practices involve using as many parts as possible of the groceries you buy, grow or ...

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Before drugs like cough syrups and antibiotics existed, people turned to healing herbs and spices to help treat respiratory infections, pain, digestive issues and other ailments. One example of a plant that is used to ...

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Did you know that within the winter squash family there are more than 15 varieties of edible squashes that are commonly eaten? While most people are familiar with types like butternut, delicata and acorn squash, ...

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You know the long, silky threads that you throw away from peeling corncobs for cooking? That stuff is called corn silk, and it has actually been used in traditional Chinese and Native American medicines for ...

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A plant-based diet could be really good for you. But it depends on how you define “plant-based.” Plant-based diets aren’t always green. Far from it. And they aren’t always sustainable. And … surprise, surprise, many junk ...

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