How to Grow Mushrooms in Your Home
How to Grow Edible Mushrooms in Your Home
By Anna Lynn Sibal
Mushrooms are simply delectable. They add a rich and earthy flavor to any dish you put them in. They are also very nutritious – they contain high levels of protein and potassium, but have very little fat and are low in calories. [...]
Best Natural Antioxidant Spice
Best Natural Antioxidant Spice – Cloves
By Gabor Timis
Researchers have identified cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) as the best natural antioxidant spice, because they contain high levels of phenolic compounds, as well as having other properties.
Out of five antioxidant properties tested, cloves had the highest capacity to give off hydrogen, to reduce lipid oxidation, and was the best [...]
Peaches Contaminated With Pesticides
Tests conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found traces of more than 50 different pesticides on peaches destined for U.S. stores. Five of the compounds were found at levels higher than those considered safe by the Environmental Protection agency, and six of them were chemicals not approved for use in the United States.
The peaches [...]
Sperm Count Fertility Higher If You Eat Organic Food
Danish researchers compared the sperm density of members of an organic farming association (OFA) with that of three different occupational groups and found that that the organic farmers had significantly higher sperm counts (1).
This research was reinforced in 1996 when members of another Danish OFA were compared with a control group of 797 healthy [...]
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