The Battle with Obesity: How to Overcome Weight Problems
Obesity remains one of the most prominent health problems battled in many developed countries today. Weight problems are often the result of too much energy consumption without balancing it with sufficient energy burning activities. Being overweight or obese exposes you to a number of life-threatening diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney problems, and cancer. [...]
Learn MoreHERBS FOR THE HEALTH: BAY AND BAY LEAVES
BAY AND BAY LEAVES Bay is a member of the Laural Family, Latin name Laurus nobilis, and can be grown into a handsome, evergreen tree up to 20 m (60ft) tall. Bay is usually found growing as an escapee in woods and wastelands outside its native range. Bay doesn’t have to be grown as a [...]
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HEALTHY HERBS: ONIONS AND SHALLOTS
ONIONS The onion, Latin name Allium cepa, is a biennial herb, which, in its first year produces a large bulb; flowers in its second. Onions are easily grown; either from seed or (more conveniently) from baby onion (known as ‘sets’). Onions were widley used by both the Romans and Egyptions and were probably around long [...]
Salt
The arch nemesis of anyone on a diet is salt. He is tricky, manipulative and doesn’t want you to say no. Everyone feels that they need salt to add taste to their food or that it will be bland without it. This is how salt tricks you and makes you hold onto water weight. Salt [...]
