Despite the fact that it’s sold by The Vitamin Shoppe, supplement storage containers like the one shown above are rarely the best choice.
For starters, they’...
Grilled, steamed, boiled or baked with butter and salt.
That’s what comes to mind for most Americans when they think of this vegetable.
In Vietnam, drinki...
You may not have heard of it before. Even if you have, there's a good chance you're not saying it correctly.
Well you may want to learn, because this food is...
Are blueberries and bilberries the same thing?
No. The bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) is a close relative of the blueberry (Vaccinium cyanococcus). Both are ...
Today, a lot of people can't even tell you what they are.
If you go back to the distant and no-so-distant past, you will discover this little red fruit has a...
If you eat a whole food, plant-based diet, it’s almost guaranteed you are getting plenty of dietary fiber. More than enough.
However, we live in a world wher...
The word "weed" in the name should clue you in... the Stellaria genus of flowering plants is not always desired.
Also known as the common chickweed, chickenw...
If you live in Ghana or Nigeria, you know exactly what "atadwe" are. Aside from being a common snack food, Ghanaian men believe they help them last longer in be...
What is it?
Purple tea comes from the same plant as black, white, and green tea (Camellia sinensis). The difference is that it has a natural genetic mutation...
Gymnema in Hindi is the word gurmar. It translates to English as literally meaning "sugar destroyer."
The same meaning holds true with other languages used i...
The Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) name of jiaogulan – also written as jiao gu lan – is hard to say and spell for an American, no doubt.
What's easy to u...
