Nutrition

How and why making vegetable juices (& recipe!)

How and why making vegetable juices (& recipe!)

Last week, I shared with you a green smoothie recipe. Today I would like to write about vegetable juicing. Vegetable...

Is it worth it to buy organic foods?

Is it worth it to buy organic foods?

There has been quite some debate about the benefits of organic versus conventional foods. But what has science actually been...

2 well-known wild plants that you might consider as “weeds” but are actually very healthy

2 well-known wild plants that you might consider as “weeds” but are actually very healthy

  If you live in the northern hemisphere, you might have realized that now the weeds, or wild plants, are...

Why do I eat 2 Brazil nuts per day?

Why do I eat 2 Brazil nuts per day?

Brazil nuts have several of the same nutrients of other nuts, including healthy fats, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fiber. However,...

Bear’s garlic (Allium ursinum): seasonal food and medicinal plant

Bear’s garlic (Allium ursinum): seasonal food and medicinal plant

Bear’s garlic (Allium ursinum), also known in English as wild garlic or ramsons, is a wild edible herb that is...

Artificial sweeteners – are they better than sugar?

Artificial sweeteners – are they better than sugar?

Artificial sweeteners are used as alternative to table sugar. I wrote a few months ago two articles about the detrimental...

Quality of produce grown without soil

Quality of produce grown without soil

When we buy fruits and vegetables, sometimes it is not clear whether they come from plants that have ever touched...

Omega-3 EPA and DHA: problems of fish consumption and better sources for our health and the environment

Omega-3 EPA and DHA: problems of fish consumption and better sources for our health and the environment

This article is the third from a series of 3 scientific facts based articles I wrote about omega-3. If you...

Omega-3: conversion of ALA into EPA and DHA

Omega-3: conversion of ALA into EPA and DHA

In the previous article, I wrote about the benefits of four types of omega-3: docosahexanoic acid (DHA), eicosapentanoic acid (EPA),...

Why are omega-3 fatty acids so important?

Why are omega-3 fatty acids so important?

You have probably already heard that omega-3 fatty acids are very important and that you should be including them in...