Tag: anti-inflammatory

Recently, noni has been gaining popularity, and is often promoted as a plant that has a wide range of health benefits. Noni is a...

The cucumber (Cucumis sativus), while somewhat underrated, is extremely nutritious and definitely worthy of celebrating. Usually grouped together with vegetables, it is actually a...

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is an ancient rhizome known for its potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, as well as for having links to alleviating multiple...

Lychee fruits (Litchi chinensis) have grown on tall, tropical, flowering evergreen trees in Southern China since ancient times. These sweet gems are part of...

Who could have guessed that crustacean shells would prove so incredibly useful to humans? Late last spring, Harvard researchers designed a new biodegradable plastic,...

The tiny green bulbs that add just a touch of tang to many a Mediterranean dish are actually the unripened flower bud of the...

Kohlrabi is not very well known in the US, although it is prevalent in German and Eastern European cuisines. It is a member of...

Jatoba, officially known as Hymenaea courbaril, is a tall rainforest canopy tree. Some Jatoba trees reach towering heights of 90 feet. It is sometimes...

Maqui berries are one of the newest superfoods, a vividly purple fruit that grows wild throughout southern Chile, across hillsides and fields as well...

A study conducted by the ARS Beltsville Human Nutritional Research Center in Maryland, found that red cabbage has 36 anthocyanins, including eight that had...