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How to Grow Jackfruit
Table of Contents Jackfruit Basics Growing Jackfruit from Seed Nutritional Benefits of Jackfruit Low-Glycemic Boon for Diabetics Jackfruit Recipe Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a unique tropical fruit with a distinct musky smell and deliciously sweet taste. Jackfruit can grow to enormous sizes with specimens measuring between 4 and 24 inches in length and 10 to 30 inches in diameter. Weighing between 10 and 100 pounds, it’s the largest tree-borne fruit in the world. Jackfruit is widely grown throughout Asia and India but can...
read moreScallions Are Easy to Grow in Your Kitchen or Garden
Table of Contents How to Identify a Scallion Growing Scallions in the Garden Regrow Scallions Inside for All-Year Flavor Scallions May Be Either Perennial or Biennial Pick, Store and Slice Your Scallions for the Best Flavor Scallions Add Flavor and Nutrition Tasty Ways to Use Scallions Scallions are a member of the Allium family, joining garlic, leeks, shallots and onions. They’re often used to add a bit of color or a garnish to a dish but are often overlooked for their nutritional value and overshadowed by other ingredients. Like...
read moreLow Cholesterol May Raise Your Alzheimer’s Risk
While cholesterol has been vilified as something that should be as low as possible to prevent heart disease, it’s actually a crucial component for good health and too low a level can have serious repercussions for your health. Cholesterol is found not only in your bloodstream but also in every cell in your body, and is necessary for the production of cell membranes, virtually every steroid hormone, vitamin D and bile acids that help you digest fat. Cholesterol also plays an important role in the formation of memories and is vital for...
read moreAntibiotics for 2 Months Increase Stroke and Heart Attack Risk
Using antibiotics for an extended period of time during middle-age or later may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in women. The finding comes from a study published in the European Heart Journal, which revealed women aged 60 and over who used antibiotics for two months or longer had significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease, including heart attack and stroke, compared to women who did not.1 According to a press release2 by the researchers, the results held true even after adjusting for other related factors, like...
read moreHorsetail May Help Improve Your Skin and Bone Health
Table of Contents How Can You Benefit From Horsetail? Here’s How You Can Use Horsetail Herb How to Grow Horsetail in Your Own Backyard How to Correctly Harvest and Store Horsetail Herbs Get This Herb’s Health Benefits by Brewing Horsetail Tea Contraindications and Possible Side Effects of Horsetail Horsetail, or equisetum, is a group of grass plants from the Equisetaceae family, a plant family that has been around for about 400 million years.1 Because of this, Equisetum has been deemed as a “living fossil,”2 because...
read moreWhy Splenda Is Not So Splendid, and Safety Has Been Questioned
Are artificial sweeteners such as Splenda still part of your daily diet? If so, I would strongly recommend reconsidering. It’s important to realize that while artificial sweeteners have no (or very few) calories, they are still metabolically active,1 and not in a beneficial way. For example, research2,3 published in the online version of the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health August 21, 2018, shows sucralose — sold under brand names such as Splenda, Splenda Zero, Zero-Cal, Sukrana, Apriva, SucraPlus, Candys, Cukren and...
read moreThere Is Toxic Fungus in E-Cigs
Smoking conventional tobacco cigarettes takes a large toll on health. They contain thousands of toxic chemicals that are released into your lungs and the air with every puff. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention1 calls it the “single largest preventable cause of death and disease in the United States.” Traditional combustible cigarettes kill more than 480,000 Americans every year. In addition, smoking-related illness creates a financial burden of more than $300 billion, including direct medical care and lost productivity. According...
read moreWhy Children Are Getting Fatty Liver Disease
Fatty liver disease is caused by excess fat in your liver. The medical term is hepatic steatosis. Your liver normally contains some fat, but when greater than 10% of the weight of the liver is fat, it’s called fatty liver. There are two main types: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcoholic fatty liver disease, also called alcoholic steatohepatitis.1 NAFLD may be suspected if a blood test shows higher levels of liver enzymes than expected. While the disease is found more frequently in adults, researchers are finding NAFLD is...
read moreVaccinated Flight Attendant in Coma
In the midst of rising hysteria over measles outbreaks in the U.S., media outlets have featured a story about a 43-year-old flight attendant who’s been in a coma for days due to encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, which is a rare complication of both measles and the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine. While spinning the story as a reason to be very afraid of measles, and typically spreading the rhetoric that the best way to stay “safe” is to get vaccinated, it’s only mentioned in passing that the flight attendant...
read moreGenetic Editing Goes Rogue
Advancements in genetic editing claim to offer a precise way to modify an organism’s DNA, opening new doors to treat diseases, improve food crops, manufacture fuel and chemicals and more. The possibilities seem virtually endless, but emerging research suggests the edits may not be as precise as once thought and may lead to significant off-target mutations, with completely unknown consequences. As increasing off-target implications are uncovered from gene-editing tools such as CRISPR, or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic...
read moreMonsanto Argues Roundup Cancer Victim Should Receive Less Money Because of Imminent Death
August 10, 2018, a jury found Monsanto (now owned by Bayer AG1,2) had “acted with malice or oppression” and was responsible for “negligent failure” by not warning consumers about the carcinogenicity of its weed killer, Roundup.3,4 The plaintiff in this historic case was 46-year-old Dewayne Johnson, who is dying from Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Johnson sprayed about 150 gallons of Roundup 20 to 40 times per year while working as a groundskeeper for the Benicia Unified School District in California, from 2012 through late 2015.5 His lawsuit, filed in...
read moreWeekly Health Quiz: Zinc, Stress and Back Pain
1 The following nutrient has been shown to contribute to improved behavior in children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Zinc A number of studies have found children afflicted with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to be zinc-deficient than other children, and zinc supplementation has been shown to contribute to improved behavior in children with ADHD. Learn more. Vitamin C Carbohydrates Lectins 2 Cellular repair and regeneration occurs during which of the following fasting phases? Within...
read moreHow Ginkgo Biloba Fights Acne
For decades, ginkgo proponents have sworn by the supplement for its ability to sharpen memory and improve overall brain function. New research expands on those attributes with evidence showing that the ancient Chinese herbal has another claim to fame: Although extracts have been made from the dried leaves of the plant,1 extracts from the seeds (aka “nuts”) were found to be useful as a topical solution for acne. What scientists have already ascertained about ginkgo sets it apart from other trees for several reasons. The deciduous...
read moreElderberry Confirmed as Immunity Booster
Elderberries have been used for hundreds of years for their health benefits. Many believe the high number of antioxidants in the berries contribute to its ability to fight the flu, support the immune system and relieve colds. Elderberries are the fruit of the Sambucus tree, the most common of which is Sambucus nigra.1 The plant, also known as black elderberry, European elderberry and European elder, has documented origins dating as far back as 2000 B.C. in Switzerland, where there is evidence that the ancient Swiss cultivated it. However,...
read moreGrass Fed or Lab Fed — Which Is Better for Your Health and the Environment?
Industrial agriculture is one of the most unsustainable practices of modern civilization. Like water running down an open drain, the earth’s natural resources are rapidly dissipating as industrialized farming drives air pollution, water pollution, aquifer depletion, deforestation, rising carbon emissions and the depletion, erosion and poisoning of soils.1 The long-term answer, however, lies in the transition to sustainable, regenerative, chemical-free farming practices — not in the creation of food manufacturing techniques that replace...
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