The Apple Tree of Life? Adding leaves to juice ups health potential Adding apple tree leaves to cloudy apple juice to boost polyphenol content could prove a reliable and cheap way for manufacturers to produce functional beverages with disease-preventing potential, according to a new Polish study. As common constituents in the human diet, with fruits and vegetables as the major dietary source, polyphenols are organic chemicals with a range of potential health benefits due to antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, with recent animal studies, for instance, showing protective activity with respect of carcinogenesis. Apples are particularly high in polyphenols, and as Kolniak-Ostek et al. write in this study: “Cloudy apple juice, one of the most common components of fruit intake in Europe, may play an important role in maintaining human health. Phytochemicals of fruit juices have strong antioxidant and anti-proliferative properties. Harsh processing techniques But Kolniak-Ostek et al. ‘Good and cheap’ bioactive source
Wilderness Survival, Tracking, Nature, Wilderness Mind Food Foraging: Wild Edible Plants & Mushrooms The Forager's Virtual Wild Food Field Guide - Wild Food Basics The Forager's Wild Food Basics Though only a small percentage of North American mushrooms are deadly, your first mistake could be your last. There are many dangerous plants that can be confused with edibles too. For that reason, we encourage people to learn as much as they can about the interesting sciences of mycology and botany, and to read The Forager Press, LLC disclaimer before experimenting with eating wild foods on their own. Fortunately, many of the finest wild edibles are easy to identify with a little practice and the assistance of a field guide or two. It is possible however, to have an allergic reaction even to a properly identified and typically edible species. We strongly discourage the use of any wild mushroom or plant for the purpose of intoxication. On the Ethical Collection of Wild Edible Plants and Mushrooms There are places where you're not supposed to pick anything or where some plants are protected. Respect nature and she will continue to provide. Why Eat Wild Food?
15 Easy Juicing For Health Tips. Making Friends With Your New Juicer May I let you in on a little secret? I had to clean some major spills when I was first introduced to juicing! I somehow managed to forget to make sure that the juice jug was in its proper place before starting to feed the juicer! So, I had red beet juice spouting all over the counter and floor. Can you imagine the mess? Well, after two or three major mishaps, I guess one learns... Cold juice tastes better than lukewarm juice. Don't start out with a whole bunch of strange tastes. How about juicing recipes for kids? Try to cover the whole spectrum of colors when choosing vegetables. The higher the water content of the fruits or vegetables, the better they will perform in your juicer. Leafy greens can be rolled into tight little balls. You can almost totally prevent the machine from clogging up if you remember to switch from the softer produce to the harder stuff, before going back to softer chunks. Are there particular veggies that you or your kids simply don't like?
How to Master a Subject Hi there, thanks for stopping by. If you're new here, and want information, tools and resources to mentor yourself, subscribe to my RSS feed or get my posts by email. Also visit the Start Here page to find posts that others found useful. Recently I had a blog post on How to Master a Subject. If you do not already know what your interests are, or if you want to test what you think, the first step in this process is to conduct a Personal SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats). Personal SWOT Analysis Answering the questions in the above table creates an inventory of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, which will determine possible areas to achieve mastery in. Please keep the conversation flowing, click on the comment link below and leave a note for me. Related Articles How to Master a SubjectHow to Fill the Information GapHow to Fill the Information Gap Part TwoHow to Fill the Information Gap (when you don’t know there is a gap) Part Three
Wild Food School - Urban Foraging Guide & eBooks Urban Foraging & Cornwall Forager Guides - FREE Foraging for food - even in a city - can be fun. But where do you start? Well the FREE WFS Urban Foraging Guide will help you get on the right tracks. Covering about 50 plants, trees and shrubs which have something to offer the urban forager, and with images of about 20 main edible species. This Foraging Guide is in PDF format and is designed to allow you to print out the pictures on standard 10 x 15 cm. photo paper and then bind them together (laminate the pages if you want). Correctly printed out you will find plant picture and text side by side like the example below. Click wfsURBFORAGER.pdf to downloador right click and Save. ** If you're more interested in dealing with food and water in disaster and emergency survival situations (also in urban areas) you might like to take a look at the new book Armageddon Kitchen and Doomsday Kitchen over on this page >>> ... Wild Food School Homepage
How To Make Your Own Ginger Beer Latest Drink Recipe Hot Toddies Suck – Long Live the Hot Toddy Here’s a fun little game you can play. Go ask someone – preferably someone not wearing arm garters or quoting Jerry Thomas – and ask them what’s in a Hot Toddy. The funny thing is that if you look at the earliest Hot Toddy recipe as it appears in Jerry Thomas’ 1862 Bar-Tender’s Guide, it contains none of these things. 1 tea-spoonful of fine white sugar 1 wine-glass of brandyDissolve the sugar in a little boiling water, add the brandy, and pour boiling water into the glass until it is two-thirds full Grate a little nutmeg on top. Water, sugar, brandy, nutmeg. So, sure. The technique is simple: fill a shaker tin halfway with very hot water, and build the drink sans water in a second tin nestled in the bottom shaker. Easy to do, and a hell of a lot safer to do at home than heating alcohol on the stovetop (note: do not heat alcohol on your stovetop). Hot Toddy Ginger Syrup That’s it. More Recipes » Most Popular Articles Egg Nog
List of leaf vegetables History[edit] Humans have used leaves as food since time immemorial. Different types of leaves, depending from the place and the season, were part of the human diet since prehistoric times. Precautions[edit] Moderate quantities of edible leaf vegetables that are proportionate to amounts in local dishes, according to culture and place, are harmless unless there are allergies to chemicals in the leaves. Some species, such as spinach and amaranth, contain oxalic acid. The fact that a certain leaf is part of the traditional cuisine of a country or an area is no guarantee that it is harmless as food. Emergency food[edit] Another category comprises edible leaves - from plants such as alfalfa, Ruppia maritima, rice or wheat, and cultivated legumes - that are used as emergency or famine food. Generally, the types of leaves that are eaten during emergency times only are not considered normally consumed leafy greens and have not been included in the list. List[edit] Key References[edit]
44 Skills Every Successful Person Should Learn I don’t support the idea of being a jack-of-all-trades. I’ve always believed in mastery and focus. I however think that people who want to be successful should consider learning certain skills that can serve as valuable assets at the workplace as well as in life in general. Here I’ve listed 44 skills that I believe can work as little supplements of success. I’ve also included links to some great sources of information that I’ve personally found useful. Speaking effectively. Many of the skills I’ve mentioned aren’t skills that you need to spend 20 years of your life to learn. The list is far from perfect so I would love to hear your tips too.