Continuing the series of articles about a family’s attempts to become less dependant.
Back again, at harvest time and here is my End of Summer report.
Tomatoes – did well, we had some 40 plants which no matter that we staggered the planting of, all seemed to produce their crop at the same time. That said, we [...]
GOJI BERRIES
Lycium barbarum, also known as goji berries, grow naturally in the mountains of Tibet, in the heart of the Himalayas, and in several provinces in southern China. The literature on traditional Chinese medicine, the most notable about this food, reports that these berries have been consumed for hundreds of years and attributes them with [...]
AKA The Carob
The next time you grumble at the miserly 16c that we can receive for a kilo of dried carobs, just pause to reflect that it has been a life-saving staple of the Mediterranean countries for millennia, also known as St. John’s Bread, reputably because John the Baptist is said to have survived on [...]
CLEANING, PREPARING AND cooking a nutritious meal can cause the loss of a significant portion of the nutritional properties, but also during storage some foods can change their nutritional content. The environment in which we find foods can have a decisive influence on the amount of nutrients that they offer.
Light affects the nutritional content of [...]
If increasing muscle mass is one of your goals, then think twice before you go out for a night of heavy drinking. Consuming alcohol in large quantities has a direct effect on your metabolism, causing fat to be stored instead of being utilized as an energy source.
Alcohol contains seven “empty” calories per gram, meaning that [...]
BY ARANCHA COROMINA
THERE IS AN ever growing variety of processed and packaged foods, and it’s becoming more difficult to decide what to buy.
Packaged food labels provide useful information to consumers that allow them, besides knowing the main characteristics of the products they eat, to get a rough idea of the relationship between price and quality [...]
Honey is one of the most remarkable foods that nature has developed. Simple sugars found in honey are easily absorbed into the body, therefore recognised by athletes and sports people as a source of instant energy. It is also beneficial in helping to reduce shock to the body when extremes of temperature [...]
Last month, we read about the honey bee and how without bees, there would be no flowers and therefore, ultimately, no food. Pollination is a vital part of the life cycle and our world would not be the same without it.
Bees need to be nurtured and we need to learn more about how [...]
When we see adverts that talk of the importance of sugar to our health, they are playing with words and are misleading.
They use terms like sugar and glucose as if they were the same. When they say that sugar is necessary because it gives us energy, they are actually saying that blood glucose (known colloquially [...]
CUCUMBERS CONTAIN MOST of the vitamins you need every day. The list is long: Vitamin B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, Folic Acid, Vit C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc!
The versatility of the humble cucumber is incredible. Here are just a few suggestions on what the cucumber can do for you!
If you´re [...]
