Tag: antioxidants

If you haven’t heard the term “betalains” before, the odds are you’ll be hearing about it a lot more in the near future. While...

When you are craving chocolate and take a bite into your candy bar, it's a good chance that it's actually not "chocolate" you are...

Gazpacho is a cold tomato soup originating in Spain and is also very popular in many Mediterranean countries. It has six main ingredients –...

According to a study out of University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, out of all the nuts you can eat, walnuts pack the biggest nutritional...

If an Italian tourist took a stroll through an American supermarket, they might have a hard time recognizing many of the Italian "classics" so...

Scientists know that plants possess thousands of bioactive compounds, called phytochemicals, that impart health benefits when we eat them. These benefits range from protection...

Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating degenerative neurological illness that affects memory and behavior. Researchers in Germany studied the blood levels of antioxidants in patients...

Mention of parsley traces back to the first century A.D., by such notables as the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder, who praised it as a staple in soups and salad, and the father of medicine

The color green denotes life, signifying growth, renewal and health. The word itself brings to mind phrases like green living, green thumb, green with...

Perhaps it's those forbidding spiny barbs, but cactus, a centuries-old staple in Latin cuisine and available in the produce section of many supermarkets, has...