by webguy | Apr 22, 2012 | Health
Grapefruit is high in enzymes that burn fats, has high water content and has less sodium. Combinations of these three characteristics make grapefruit a perfect food for increasing your body’s metabolism. Try eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice every day and...
by webguy | Apr 21, 2012 | Health
Asparagus has an abundance of an amino acid called asparagine that helps to cleanse the body of waste material. As a result, some people pass out smelly urine after eating asparagus. Don’t worry if this happens to you. Just be glad that your kidney is...
by webguy | Apr 21, 2012 | Health
Radishes and their greens provide an excellent source of vitamin C. Â Radishes leaves contain almost six times the vitamin C content of their root and are also a good source of calcium. Â Red Globes also offer a very good source of the trace mineral molybdenum and are a...
by webguy | Apr 21, 2012 | Health
Mushrooms have been used for thousands of years both as food and for medicinal purposes. They are often classified as a vegetable or an herb, but they are actually fungi. While there are over 14,000 mushrooms, only about 3,000 are edible, about 700 have known...
by webguy | Apr 21, 2012 | Health
Lettuce is one of the most delicate salad plants in this world, which is grown as a leafy vegetable. The vegetable is usually consumed as cold and raw, in salads, hamburgers, tacos and a number of other dishes. Six different types of lettuce: Â Butterhead (Boston or...
by webguy | Apr 21, 2012 | Health
Okra, also known as “lady finger” or “gumbo”, is a highly nutritious green edible pod vegetable.  Botanically, this perennial flowering plant belongs to the mallow family and named scientifically as Abelmoschus esculentus. Very low in...
