Crabcakes are a popular food found along the eastern seaboard. You’ll want to consider the nutritional contents of crab cakes to decide whether you want to include them as part of a healthy diet.

Crabcakes do usually have some sort of vegetable, often carrots or celery. These are an important addition to crabcakes for a number of reasons.…[Read more]

“Is Eel fish good for pregnant women?” This is the question that pop- up from my mind upon reading my post the second time.

And yes, it is safe to consume eel while expecting, but in moderate quantities. As eating anything in excess, during this delicate phase, can spell danger for both you and your baby. Also, make sure you fully cook the eel…[Read more]

Japanese’s belief that eels will keep them healthy and beautiful is not just some misled belief to keep the market buying and eating eels. According to more modern studies, eels are one of the most nutritious food a human body can take.

Not only are eels rich in protein, they are also rich in unsaturated fat, calcium and many others, to say t…[Read more]

This fish has a light, kind of sweet taste, when you eat it in Unagi, a popular Japanese dish. Kind of similar to salmon but with a firmer meat. Personally, once I soak it in soy sauce, I can’t really tell much difference between a raw eel and a raw salmon, anymore.

Some people might say it tastes a bit bland, but if you like eating squid, l…[Read more]

Banana facts

Bananas may have been the world’s first cultivated fruit. Archaeologists have found evidence of banana cultivation in New Guinea as far back as 8000 B.C.
Bananas are produced mainly in tropical and subtropical areas of Africa, Asia and the Americas, as well as the Canary Islands and Australia.
Bananas do not grow on trees. The…[Read more]

Great article. Behind the laziness of the cat, we can learn many things from them that we can apply it to ourselves but not the laziness.:-)

Be clean, be persistent, have focus in everything we do, and enjoy life.

There are organic farms here in Benguet, actually. Benguet State University is implementing organic farming and hopefully, they will maintain it.

However, nonorganic farming is very common. Farmers here in our place usually use pesticides and chemicals that are not organic.

Although the vegetable products have good qualities that are good…[Read more]

The ancient Chinese, Indians, Egyptians, Babylonians, and Native Americans were all herbalists. The oldest known list of medicinal herbs is Shen Nung’s Pen Ts’ao or Shennong Ben Cao Jing (c. 3000 B.C.), a Chinese herbal that is probably a compilation of an even older oral tradition.

The ancient Greeks and Romans were also renowned her…[Read more]

Health benefits of poppy seeds are the following:
Poppy seeds contain many plant derived chemical compounds that found to have anti-oxidant, disease preventing and health promoting properties.

Their unique nutty aromatic flavor is because of many fatty acids and essential volatile oils, which comprise about 50% of net weight. The seeds are…[Read more]

It’s better to go for dry food during the rainy season than that of wet as fungal infection and bacteria can grow pretty fast in the wet food items.

You can consume food such as oats, chickpea, corn etc during monsoons to keep yourself healthy and sound throughout the season. The watery meals are really prone to cause bloating among many p…[Read more]

Rainy season brings pleasure and happiness with the drops falling from heaven. The season that attempts bringing a cool climate is always commendable. But with very relaxing ambiance, you can also be affected with many different diseases.

Thus, you need to be really cautious about the food you are consuming. Physicians and experts from the…[Read more]

Bitter melon is a source of many different antioxidants that make it a powerful defense mechanism against illness in the body. Antioxidants scavenge the body for free radicals, dangerous compounds released during cell metabolism that can cause any number of different illnesses. By adding bitter melon to your diet, you can greatly improve your…[Read more]

As I was reading some articles regarding bitter melons, I found out this very important thing to be remembered.

A Few Words of Caution:
The chemicals in bitter melons are powerful health tools, but should be respected as well. Pregnant women should not consume bitter melon, because it can stimulate excess menstrual bleeding, and more research…[Read more]

Bitter Gourd is one the vegetables that I don’t like when I was a child. I don’t like the bitter taste. But as I grow up, I learned to love the aesthetic taste of it.

And bitter gourd is beneficial because it is rich in nutrients needed by our body.

There have been a number of studies that showed bitter gourd as a means of getting relief…[Read more]

Antioxidants come up frequently in discussions about good health and preventing diseases. These powerful substances, which mostly come from the fresh fruits and vegetables we eat, prohibit (and in some cases even prevent), the oxidation of other molecules in the body. The benefits of antioxidants are very important to good health because if free…[Read more]

Guava leaves have taken the internet by storm with claims of it being a miracle solution for hair loss. It is also gaining popularity as a hair thickening ingredient that promotes rapid hair growth. But how exactly are guava leaves beneficial for your hair?

More often than not, hair fall is a direct result of unhealthy scalp conditions. Guava…[Read more]

Simple stewed tamarillo is also one of the best desserts you want to try. The below recipe is Anabelle White’s Recipe.

This is such an easy recipe and you can adjust it as per you want. Extra or less sugar, more or less water – I add more water than most as I love the intensely flavoured liquid left at the bottom of the bowl. Use it over your c…[Read more]

Tamarillo can also be an ingredient in a dish, like Chicken Tamarillo.

Ingredients

1 (4-pound) chicken
1/4 cup olive oil
1 1/2 Spanish onions, julienne
1 red bell pepper, julienne
1 green bell pepper, julienne
5 garlic cloves, chopped
1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes (recommended: San Marzano)
3 ounces Worcestershire sauce
4 ounces…[Read more]

Tamarillos are one of the very low calorie fruits. 100 g of fresh fruit contain just 31 calories. They contain slightly more calories, fat, and protein than tomatoes. (100 g tomato has 18 calories). Nevertheless, they have good amounts of health benefiting plant nutrients such as dietary fiber (3.3 mg or 9% of RDA), minerals, anti-oxidants, and…[Read more]