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Health benefit – the humble but vital calcium

Health benefit – the humble but vital calcium Calcium is an important component of a healthy diet and a mineral necessary for life. The National Osteoporosis Foundation says, “Calcium plays an important role in building stronger, denser bones early in life and keeping bones strong and healthy later in life.” Approximately 99 percent of the [...]

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Health Benefit – the humble Cinnamon

Health Benefit – the humble Cinnamon By Cassandra Forsythe-Pribanic, PhD, RD Cinnamon is one spice almost everyone has in their kitchen cupboard. Whether it’s used to create hot, delicious, apple cider on a cold winter day, or is added to toast with butter and brown sugar, it actually has several health properties we can all [...]

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Health benefit – the humble Mango

Health benefit – the humble Mango Just thought as it is still nowhere near the summer that we wish for, I thought I’d just give you a few facts of the exotic, to brighten up your day ! Mango fruit is rich in pre-biotic dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, and poly-phenolic flavonoid antioxidant compounds. According to new research [...]

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Health benefit – the humble Lemon

Health benefit – the humble Lemon   ☛ Is lemon peel, the cheapest investment in your health? What we’ve been wasting: ❥It gives you more vitamins – Lemon peels contain as much as 5 to 10 times more vitamins than the lemon juice itself. To name a few: Vitamin C, Vitamin A, beta carotene, folate, [...]

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Health benefit – the humble Green/Yellow/Red Pepper !

Health benefit – the humble Green,/Yellow/ Red Pepper ! While bell peppers are a very popular vegetable, they have not always shared the health research spotlight with other members of the pepper family due to their very minimal content of the phytonutrient capsaicin, the well-researched pepper compound that gives hot peppers their “heat.” Once active [...]

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Health benefit – About Tomatoes

Health benefit – About Tomatoes What’s New and Beneficial About Tomatoes Did you know that tomatoes do not have to be a deep red color to be an outstanding source of lycopene? Lycopene is a carotenoid pigment that has long been associated with the deep red color of many tomatoes.  A small preliminary study on [...]

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Health benefits of cayenne pepper –

Health benefits of cayenne pepper ”           ■ Although inherently hot and intolerable even in small amounts, cayennes are one of the health-benefiting spice items concentrated with minerals, vitamins and certain phyto-nutrients. It is no wonder this wonderful spice has been found a place in modern as well as in traditional [...]

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Health benefits of green peas – the humble pea !

Health benefits of green peas – the humble pea ! Green peas are one of the most nutritious leguminous vegetables, rich in health benefiting phyto-nutrients, minerals, vitamins and anti-oxidants.                                        Peas are relatively low in calories on comparison with beans, and cowpeas. 100 g of green peas provide only 81 calories, and no cholesterol. Nonetheless, the [...]

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Health benefit – the humble brocolli

Health benefit – the humble brocolli When it comes to great-tasting nutrition, broccoli is an all-star food with many health benefits. While low in calories, broccoli is rich in many essential vitamins and minerals, in addition to fibre. Broccoli belongs to a family of vegetables called cruciferous vegetables and its close relatives include brussel sprouts, [...]

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Health benefit – the humble peppercorn !

Health benefit – the humble peppercorn !   A pinch of black pepper is added to almost every type of recipe imaginable. Once used as currency and presented to the gods as a sacred offering, it is fortunate that this most popular of spices is available throughout the year. Black pepper comes from the pepper [...]

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