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Dieting is a necessary evil for many people. When we think about dieting, it is usually assumed that people need…
Corn is a delicious cooking vegetable if you grill it in the oven or on a barbecue. Chewing on a…
When there were no potatoes in Europe, people ate a lot of parsnips. This is a large yellowish white carrot.…
Some people feel that they are absolutely not creative, but creativity is often and wrongly linked to the artist as…
Waking up with a pounding headache after a night out: that is the recognizable feeling of the hangover that most…
Angelica was used in the Middle Ages, around 1450, to make a medicine against the dreaded plague. At the time,…
Zinc is an important mineral. It is in every human body cell. Zinc helps the immune system. Sufficient zinc makes…
Phosphorus is an important mineral that makes up 1% of our body weight. Phosphorus is in every body cell. Phosphorus…
Cholesterol often conjures up frightening images: heart attack, arterial narrowing, obesity. However, cholesterol is more than that. Did you know…