Fruits and vegetables offer the right thing at the right time: they freshen us up in the summer and warm us up in the winter. Seasonal foods provide the right amount of calories depending on the climate, as well as all nutrients suitable for facing current season, thus helping us to prevent the typical ailments
Orange, tangerine, lemon and grapefruit trees should be cultivated in a sheltered position even without a greenhouse. They are long-living plants that pay you back for your care with scented white flowers in the spring and summer and, later, with colorful and delicious fruits. Moreover, these trees have evergreen leaves that give a touch of
Ingredients 1.5 kg of fresh chestnuts peel of 1 lemon peel of 1 orange 800 g of brown sugar 2 vanilla pods 1 shot glass of rum Preparation Cut the shell of the chestnuts and boil them for 1 hour in abundant water with the lemon and orange peel. Put the sugar in a
The Shiitake (Lentinus Edodes) is an edible mushroom native to the Far East which was consumed in Ancient China even before the spread of rice cultivation. It was also one of the main ingredients of Japanese cuisine for centuries. Its name is composed by the Japanese words Shii (oak tree) and Take (mushroom), because it
Turmeric is a tropical root already well-known in medicine for its many healing properties and its long and culinary tradition in the East. Lately, it has been object of study for its anti-ageing properties: laboratory analysis conducted by Italian researchers at CNR in Catania, the University of Catania and the University of Pavia as
Cocoa, coffee, chocolate, rice and pasta are better if produced by cooperatives in the Global South. Here is why. For example, let’s take a fair trade chocolate bar: it costs a little more than cheap chocolate bars (and a little less than expensive chocolate bars). The package reads that it comes from a cooperative
Useful for those who want to stay awake and active, adored and appreciated for its intense ans sensual aroma, coffee is also infamous for the disorders it can cause to those who consume large amounts of it. The “cons” of coffee are widely known: depending on the sensitivity and the amount consumed, it can alter
Turmeric: it owes its bright yellow colour to curcumin, a powerful antioxidant with anti-ageing properties. In ethno-medicine it is considered one of the plants with the most healing properties (mainly the fresh root): it is an anti-inflammatory substance par excellence, it detoxifies the blood, it prevents the development of tumours and it protects the liver.
Turmeric, a spice already studied by scientists for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, is also a powerful anti-tumour ingredient. An American study shows that this yellow root slow the growth of melanoma, the skin cancer caused by long sun exposure, and boosts apoptosis, i.e. the death of cancer cells. Turmeric is available pure in
It is well known that carrots are so good for you; this vegetable, which is rich in beta-carotene and other carotenoids, is considered one of the best anti-cancer foods, due to its antioxidant, immune stimulating and anti-aging properties. They also help regulating the intestine, they improve night vision and make your cheeks red because the
