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Food Facts. New Health Concerns. What Everybody Ought to Know About Medicinal Uses Of These 22 Common Spices. List of dried foods. Dried foods[edit] Processed foods[edit] B[edit] C[edit] Instant coffee – a beverage derived from brewed coffee beans.

List of dried foods

Instant coffee is commercially prepared by either freeze-drying or spray drying, after which it can be rehydrated. E[edit] F[edit] Freeze-dried ice cream – ice cream that has had most of the water removed from it by a freeze-drying process, sealed in a pouch, and requires no refrigeration. The Top 10 Healthiest Seeds on Earth. They come in all different sizes, shapes and colours.

The Top 10 Healthiest Seeds on Earth

The seed is an embryonic plant itself and the origin of nutrition. A plant goes to great lengths to produce each seed and fill it with high concentrations of vitamins, minerals, proteins, essential oils and dormant enzymes. If you're looking for a high quality, nutritious and filling snack, seeds are tough to beat. Let's look at the ten healthiest seeds on Earth and how to consume them. A seed is life. How to Eat Seeds. Healthy Concepts with a Nutrition Bias. Most fruits are packed with antioxidants, fiber, potassium, and vitamins!

Healthy Concepts with a Nutrition Bias

Plus, they have all sorts of health benefits to go along with each delicious bite! Did you know there are a number of fruits that can be eaten whole…skin/rind and all! The seeds of some fruits are also edible and very tasty when roasted. It’s best to be aware of the amount of fruit you eat, especially if you are diabetic, overweight or have high blood pressure. Many fruits contain natural sugar which is better for you than the white stuff… but it’s still sugar! Check out the infographic below to learn more about the sweet and juicy benefits of 20 different fruits for health!

Embed code available at the end of the post. Many nutritional supplements and natural products for skin and hair care contain fruit extracts. Supplements are a good idea especially when the fruit you like to eat is out of season! Here are a few examples of nutritional supplements made with fruit extracts: *For natural antioxidant support. 20 Health Benefits of Turmeric. Last updated on September 4, 2015 Over the years, researchers have been learning more and more about the health benefits of turmeric and its active component, curcumin.

20 Health Benefits of Turmeric

It’s been eight years since we first published the 20 Health Benefits of Turmeric and I decided that it’s time for an update with links to the latest studies. 45 uses for lemons that will blow your socks off. Who knew lemons were so versatile!

45 uses for lemons that will blow your socks off

By John Summerly – Preventdisease.com 1. Freshen the Fridge Remove refrigerator odors with ease. Dab lemon juice on a cotton ball or sponge and leave it in the fridge for several hours. Make sure to toss out any malodorous items that might be causing the bad smell. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Here are the fifteen professions that drink the most coffee. Guess who's number one. In the (rare) event that psychedelics ever get legalized in some form, I wonder how many of these would switch over to micro-dosing LSD: The Promise of Psychedelic Research "The lowest effective dose of LSD is 5 to 10 micrograms (millionths of a gram), which Albert Hoffman, who first synthesized LSD, characterized as “an under-researched area” of use.

Here are the fifteen professions that drink the most coffee. Guess who's number one.

These subperceptual dosages, or “microdoses,” induce minimal perceptual, sensory, or cognitive changes or distortions. 10 Protein Packed Plants. The continuing debate over how much protein the average person needs* has done little to change our hunger for it.

10 Protein Packed Plants

And who can blame us? Protein is one of the basic building blocks of life. When most people think about protein, images of cheese, eggs and a leg of lamb pop into their head. Did you know though that every – yes, every – whole food contains protein? From your morning banana to your evening salad, finding plants packed with protein is easy to do. Plant-based foods are practically free from cholesterol, tend to be high in fiber, and are often alkalizing to the body. You may have heard the ongoing debate about “complete” or “incomplete” protein and “food combining”, but be wary; these topics are steeped in misinformation and myth.

The term “complete protein” refers to foods that have all nine essential amino acids present in the correct proportion for our bodies to build protein with. *More is not necessarily better when it comes to protein. 20 Healthiest Foods on Earth. Some foods pack more nutritional punch than others, and these 24 offer the most health benefits pound for pound of all food on the planet.

20 Healthiest Foods on Earth

They not only show up on our massive list of Superfoods, but they also make it onto plenty of top 1o lists across the internet, and several have long been known to provide plenty of nutrients and and goodies for the body. There are a few that you might not be familiar with, so consider this an introduction, and then you can get to know them better in the future… 1. Spinach.