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Problem is set to worsen after a massive snowstorm in the United States and floods in Australia. World food prices have hit their highest level on record in January, the United Nations has said. It said on Thursday that its Food and Agriculture Organization Food Price Index rose for the seventh month in a row [...]
Cranberries grow on vines bogs, which are flooded with water prior to harvesting. They may help lower cholesterol. (Andy Manis, Wisconsin Cranberry Growers ) Cranberries are native to North America and were originally called the “craneberry” by Pilgrims because the small pink flowers that bloom in the spring resemble the head and bill of a [...]
Ayurveda is all about leading a balanced life, in harmony with changing climates. The three factors that rule your well-being are what, when and how you eat, so that your doshas are in harmony. The revered Ayurvedic text Charaka Samita describes three biological humors or psycho physiological energies called doshas which make up one’s constitution: [...]
Sipping a hot cup of coffee daily could give you more than a healthful lift of energy. The drink helps people live longer by warding off heart disease, a study has revealed. Researchers at the University of Athens have carried out the study and found that drinking a cup of coffee everyday improves elasticity of [...]
With heavy September rains ruining much of the Napa, or Chinese, cabbage crop, prices have jumped fourfold to more than $10 a head. Freakish fall weather has resulted in a national kimchi crisis, causing South Korean consumers to clutch their purses, hearts and stomachs as they seek to deal with a shortage of the oblong-shaped [...]
Large-scale crop failures are likely to become more common in the wake of climate change and lead to spiralling prices. Rising temperatures could trigger events such as the wheat crisis in Russia this summer which pushed up food prices, researchers from the Universities of Leeds, Exter and the Met Office said. Scientists warned that rising [...]
A British study suggests that a diet of burgers, chips and cake programmes your brain to crave even more for foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat content – just like drugs. Over the years, junk food can become a substitute for happiness and can lead bingers to become addicted. Paul Kenny, a [...]