Added May 7, 2013, Under: How To, Nutrition, Top 10
Did you know that lemon peel has as much as five to ten times as many vitamins as the lemon juice itself? If you do not have access to a lemon tree, don't forget to use organic lemons rather than regular ones.
Top 10 uses for lemon peel
1. Anti-cancer, anti-fungi and antidepressant
2. A natural acne treatment
3. Good for bone health, oral health and hygiene
4. Help with weight loss
5. To get rid of internal parasites and worms as well as helping with ...
Added May 5, 2013, Under: Health, Nutrition
I tend to think of the seeds in fruits as being edible too. So I am happy to juice a whole apple, pips and all. Recently I came across a comment from someone on a reputable health forum who said she liked to eat several apple seeds each day because of their iodine content. I thought I would find out more.
Why do we need iodine?
Iodine is used by your thyroid gland to help regulate metabolism and development of both skeleton ...
Added April 21, 2013, Under: Health, Nutrition
Pine nuts are the edible high protein seeds harvested from the pine cones that grow on pine trees, with some 20 species of pine producing seeds large enough to be worth gathering. The smaller seeds will be eagerly collected and eaten by small animals.
The pine family of trees produce both male and female pine cones, although nuts are only found in fertilized female cones. In humans, the eating of pine nuts dates back to ancient Greek and Roman times when they were commonly ...
Added April 19, 2013, Under: Environment, Nutrition, Top 10
With summer fast approaching in the northern hemisphere, you might like to start your very own herb garden. This can be a sunny corner of your back yard or front garden, or it can be a container herb garden on your balcony or window ledge (just as long as your herbs get a good few hours of sun each day). Just choose yourself a suitable and sunny spot.
Herbs come in such a wide range of beautiful colors and textures that ...
Added April 13, 2013, Under: Exercise, Nutrition
We all know those ads that pop up on your computer screen extolling you “to click here for 5 tips for a flat stomach” and you end up somewhere completely unconnected.
Here is the genuine article and we give you not 5 but 12 tips!
Don't expect overnight success – it does take some time and perseverance – remembering that irritating maxim that all good things come to those who wait...
1. Drink a glass of water before eating and not during your ...
Added April 10, 2013, Under: Health, Nutrition, Vitamin D
If you are not so young any more and you feel those knee joints playing you up (or even hip or back problems) consider taking gelatin as a natural remedy for improving joint health. Gelatin is made from collagen and is thought to help rebuild the cartilage in affected areas. Collagen is the major structural protein in connective tissue and is the most abundant protein in the human body. In fact, when you put some of these together - gelatin/collagen/bone-cartilage ...
Added March 24, 2013, Under: Headaches & Migraines, Health, Nutrition, Pregnancy
This stalky, grassy plant with its lemony scent grows in many tropical or temperate climates, especially in Southeast-Asia, and is aptly named Lemon Grass. You can grow it elsewhere too – we had a prolific plant in our street garden in Cape Town and it grew so well, providing good cover and habitat for birds and chameleons, that we had to cut it back from time to time when it started to dwarf everything else in the garden.
A common ingredient ...
Added March 18, 2013, Under: Headaches & Migraines, Nutrition
We have been programmed into thinking that plenty of dairy in our diet is what we need for our calcium intake when in fact there are better and safer ways.
1. Almonds – these give you plenty of vitamin E, manganese riboflavin and magnesium while being a great source of some of the B vitamins plus the all important calcium, iron and zinc.
2. Bok choy - This leafy vegetable is a good source of minerals, particularly calcium, phosphorous, potassium, manganese, iron and magnesium. Potassium is an ...
Added March 16, 2013, Under: Environment, Nutrition
Are you making the change to eating more fresh fruit and vegetables but not quite there when it comes to going the organic route?
Here are 5 reasons why you should consider making this giant leap.
1. Organic foods may be more expensive at the till but there are hidden costs in conventional food – the cost to our health, the cost of subsidies borne by taxpayers, the cost to the environment and much more.
2. An unbelievable amount of artificial poisons and ...
Added March 13, 2013, Under: Environment, Nutrition, Technology, Top 10
Growing your own vegetables is one of the fastest growing pastimes in the USA and what could be more healthy for you and your family? It is such good news that vegetable gardens have made a come back with even the White House joining in and web sites and YouTube tutorials devoted to this subject. We have written about the dark side before but...
Here are the top 10 good reasons to grow your own
1. GET THE NUTRITION YOU NEED AND ...
