To explain the ingredients used in recipes, here is an article on umeboshi. Umeboshi is the japanese word for salted plum. Besides their dramatic flavor, Japanese pickled plums have remarkable medicinal…

It appears that moms are right when they make us consume ginger for flu. A research indicates that ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc), long believed to have the ability to ward…

Ginger for health is used very often and widely throughout the world. Ginger root has a detoxifying, analgesic, antiviral and antibacterial effect. It is all thanks to gingerols, which in…

Plants accumulate all the best in their seeds for the next generation: proteins, vitamins, microelements. Let’s find out what are the benefits of health benefits of sprouts. However, eating seeds…

Let’s test GABA rice. It did not smell like GABA rice, but that is OK, it smells like normal brown rice, because the green tea kills the bacteria during the…

Not only are sesame seeds a very good source of manganese and copper, but they are also a good source of calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B1, zinc and dietary fiber. In…

Mustard greens (Brassica juncea) are high in Vitamin A and Vitamin K. You can stirr fry them, or cook with onion, and also  pickled mustard greens are delicious. This plant is also…

Recently, there has been much research into the health benefits conferred by the essential oils found in basil. Scientific studies have established that compounds in basil oil have potent antioxidant, anti-cancer,…