What’s with Olive?

Olives are fruits that are often mistaken as vegetable because it is often used in vegetable salads. There are variations of its colors and the ones that are popularly used in many dishes are the black olives. Bright brown, dark brown and green olives look more like fruits than the black-colored ones. The fruit is [...]

How to lose weight with the Acai berry

Many people are unfamiliar with the acai berry. Many who have tried it describe its taste as a blueberry dipped in chocolate! This tasty fruit comes from the acai palm tree and has actually been used for hundreds of years. Many Native Americans have relied upon it for sustenance. These berries have found themselves recently [...]

Effects of Garlic you Would Rather Have: Bad Breath or Good Health?

Garlic is one of the most common ingredients we can find in our kitchen. It is used in many different types of recipe to enhance the flavour. Many people hates garlic because it creates bad breath but despite its garlic odour, it is a very good flavouring to every dish and added to that, it [...]

What Can Dragon Fruits Give You?

The dragon fruit is getting a lot of attention these days because of the many health benefits it offers. It is commonly known as Pitaya and is very much cultivated in many countries of Asia such as Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia. It originally comes from Central and South America. It is predominantly [...]

The Healthy Fatty Fruit: Avocado

Many people often confuse avocados as a vegetable because it is often mixed with vegetable salad and when used to make guacamole, the green flesh looks like a veggie. Avocados are actually fruits and they are considered large single-seeded berry. It is sometimes called alligator pear because it is often in pear shaped and because [...]

Quinoa for Good Health

Rice is considered as one of the staple food for many cultures. A lot of people cannot live without rice on their table when they eat. Although some cultures can survive without this type of grain, they have substitute crops such as wheat, oat and corn to include in their daily diet. With the growing [...]

An Avocado a Day Helps Keep Unhealthy Fats Away

Avocado is not known to many because it has several names. For some countries it is called “butter fruit”, “alligator pear”, and “Abacate”. It is believed to originate in Mexico and nowadays, it is already grown in several countries because it can easily adapt in many types of weather except winter. You can grow it [...]

White Sugar, How Bad Is It for You, Really?

White Sugar is a staple in many homes for cooking and baking as well as a standard ingredient in many of the foods we consume. Refined sugar, as it is also called, is not only added to sweets, it is it also added in many of the foods people eat daily. You may be surprised [...]

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