“Siberian cleanse”
May 30th, 2012 → 12:51 am @ Shanti
“Siberian Cleanse” This unique system for the restoration of the body was imparted to a woman by a female Siberian shaman many years ago. She said, “If you do this every year, you will never grow old.” To what extent this is true is complicated for us to judge at the present. But we can […]
G.I. or Glycaemic Index
May 20th, 2012 → 2:13 am @ Shanti
GI. or Glycaemic Index. The Glycaemic index, is a figure put on a particular food or drink, to indicate by how much the glucose level is raised in our blood, by that food. Glucose is valued at 100. Any other food, with a GI value lower than 100, is rated as high, medium or low […]
ZUCCHINI
May 10th, 2012 → 1:30 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” ZUCCHINI Zucchini, also known as courgette are a juicy summer vegetable and come in a number of varieties and colours. Some varieties are the Golden zucchini, Tatume a large oval shape, The round ones, Costata romanesco a long narrow variety, Yellow crook-necks, which are more crunchy and there are […]
YAMS
May 10th, 2012 → 1:25 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” YAMS The yam is a vegetable mainly grown in Africa, where is has been a staple food for the indigenous people for many years. Now the yam is grown in many tropical areas around the world and the yam comes in many varieties and colours. Even though some varieties […]
TURNIPS
May 10th, 2012 → 1:20 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” TURNIPS Turnips are a vegetable used all over the world. They belong to the brassica family, like cabbages. Even though the roots are eaten, often he best part of the vegetable, the tops, are discarded. These greens are very valuable like the cabbage greens. They are rich in vitamins, […]
TOMATOES
May 10th, 2012 → 1:15 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” TOMATOES What would we do without tomatoes, hey? We surely eat them in one form or the other almost every day. As the saying goes: “An apple a day, keeps he doctor away,” but a tomato a day does a lot more. The tomato belongs to the nightshade family, […]
SWEET POTATO
May 10th, 2012 → 1:10 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” SWEET POTATO Sweet potato is a far better vegetable to eat than a regular potato. They are much richer in all departments and should be part of our regular diet for many reasons, because they are rich in anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals and dietary fibre that are essential for […]
SPINACH
May 10th, 2012 → 1:05 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food”. SPINACH Spinach is another one of those wonderful vegetables, that are full of goodies. Spinach is not Silverbeet (or Swiss chard), often called spinach by some people. The spinach is a smaller leaf an d smoother in form, where the silverbeet leaf is large and sort of crinkly and […]
SILVER BEET / SWISS CHARD
May 10th, 2012 → 1:00 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food” SWISS CHARD / SILVERBEET Silverbeet is not spinach, as mentioned in the article “Spinach” on page 28. This leafy vegetable is tall, crinkly and crisp and the colour is a very dark green. The name silverBEET, comes from the family it belongs to, the beets. Young leaves can be […]
