The noni fruit is that tropical green fruit which, you know, smells really bad. It also tastes bland. Nonetheless, noni is a popular fruit in the health food world which is thought to have some important healing powers. It originates from Polynesia, where the noni tree is known as the ‘Tree of Life.’ Noni is… [Continue Reading]
Sitting outside on the veranda in Nicoya, you hear the plop as a ripe juicy mango falls to the ground. Costa Rica is the land of mango plenty, since the jungle climate makes it mango season all year round. Here, everyone has mango trees outside their house and they are everywhere in the jungle too,… [Continue Reading]
Like its relative, the cabbage, kale is a vegetable with a wide array of healing powers and makes an invaluable addition to the diet of anyone wishing to avoid chronic disease and slow the aging process. One of the most significant properties of kale, as with other cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, cauliflower, and broccoli,… [Continue Reading]
Are you looking for something that can protect against heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis and Alzheimer’s Disease, whilst helping you to lose weight? You can bet that all the drugs companies are. And yet the answer may be found in something as simple as a cup of green tea. Green tea, which is popular in the… [Continue Reading]
Are you deficient in essential fats? Do you regularly eat oily fish and nuts and seeds, or take essential fatty acid supplements? If not, you are quite likely to be deficient, which may affect your health. For optimum health we need both omega 3 and omega 6 fats in a ratio of approximately 1:2. Experts… [Continue Reading]
I’m writing this in Sardinia, the Italian island where people seem to live forever. It’s not surprising they want to hang around in mortal life for as long as possible, because Sardinia is pretty heavenly. One of the first things you notice here is the immaculate turquoise water, often said to be the cleanest in… [Continue Reading]
Something you may not know about cabbage is that it can protect against radiation. Hopefully, you will never need to use that information, but it says something about the amazing powers of this leafy green brassica. In studies conducted during the 1950s, during the height of Cold War phobia, cabbage was fed to animals which… [Continue Reading]
Hollywood beauties eat them. They are sometimes known as ‘fruit Viagra.’ A Chinese man called Li Qing Yuen who ate them daily is said to have lived to the age of 252. They fly off the shelves in upmarket health food delicatessens. So what are goji berries all about? Goji berries, also known as wolfberries,… [Continue Reading]
How often do you use ginger in cooking? If you are anything like me, not very often at all. Yet I have to ask myself why, given what a wonderfully zesty, warm and fragrant thing ginger is, and what exceptional health benefits it possesses. In fact, whilst researching this treasured root, I got so inspired… [Continue Reading]
Cranberries – you might know them as a sauce at Thanksgiving, or as a juice, or as a tart-tasting berry. You can also see them as a very useful berry which can improve brain function and protect against cancer, cardiovascular disease and other types of illness. The name ‘cranberry’ comes from ‘crane berry’, as the… [Continue Reading]
