Although buying dried herbs and spices can be convenient, the flavor is not as intense as fresh herbs, which can affect the flavor of your meals. Store-bought spices can also be costly, and they only last for a year at most. Replacing spices is necessary for the best-tasting … [Read more...]
Cancer Fighting Health Benefits of Red Onions
The next time you walk down the produce aisle of your grocery store, you may want to reach for red onions if you are looking to fight off cancer. In the first study to examine how effective Ontario-grown onions are at killing cancer cells, U of G researchers have found that … [Read more...]
Dietary potassium may help prevent calcification of arteries
Bananas and avocados -- foods that are rich in potassium -- may help protect against pathogenic vascular calcification, also known as hardening of the arteries. University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have shown, for the first time, that reduced dietary potassium … [Read more...]
How to Keep Pests from Your Garden
There’s nothing worse than heading out to your garden and realizing that pests have taken over—or even destroyed all of your hard work. Gardeners have to deal with all kinds of pests, from insects to rabbits to deer, depending on their area of the country. It can be … [Read more...]
75 percent of honey worldwide contaminated with neonicotinoid pesticides
A global sampling of honey finds 75 percent of it to be contaminated with neonicotinoid pesticides according to a new research study. The good news is that the concentrations detected are below the amount authorized by the European Union for human consumption and safe to … [Read more...]
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