9 foods to make love better
Aphrodisiac foods really exist and were discovered million years ago through cooking experiments. Scientists identified the best nine foods to boost sex drive.
Paola Magni
Digital Editor
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Michelle Obama’s organic garden wins America’s hearts
In the US, 72 percent more organic food on our tables. California ranks first in the top ten organic States, but the market is booming all across the country.
Marmalade and jam, the other face of fruits
Marmalades and jams can be spread on toasts or tarts, but are also luscious with cheese and other peculiar savoury matchings. Here is a selection of easy and delicious recipes.
The committee of environmental associations says no to glyphosate
Weed killer glyohosate is harmful for the health and environment: the Committee of Environmental Associations and Organic Farming asks the Italian Government to banish it.
Vegetable milk, good for everyone
Vegetable milk is tasty and can replace cow’s milk in many preparations. They are obtained from legumes and cereals and are particularly suitable for those who suffer from lactose intolerances.
Rossa di Toscana onions, treasure trove of antioxidants and anti-cancer properties
In the red onion rossa di Toscana, grown in Cannara, the Università di Perugia found large amounts of polyphenols which can induce the proliferation of anti-cancer immune system cells.
Figs, simply delicious
Figs, which are so sweet and tasty, have many beneficial properties, known since ancient times. Don’t do without them in September.
Vegetable preserves, summer souvenir
In oil, vinegar or au naturel, vegetable preserves allow you to taste all year long the produce of summer orchard.
Greenpeace calls for total ban on neonicotinoids in agriculture
Un nuovo studio conferma la nocività dei pesticidi neonicotinoidi per le api. Greenpeace ne chiede la messa al bando per tutti gli impieghi e tutte le colture.
Indian cuisine, well-balanced flavours
Ayurveda, one of the most ancient types of folk medicine, includes a theory on nutrition based on six fundamental flavours and three kinds of individual temperaments. The six flavours are sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent; the three types of dosha are Vata, Pitta and Kapha (or a combination of these) and are generated