Top 5 Vegetables to Grow over Winter

The vegetable garden is the pride and joy of every ardent gardener. Just because the weather outside has turned cold and winter is coming, that doesn’t mean you can’t grow veggies in your garden. If you think that winter and gardening don’t mix well, you should think again. There are a number of hardy veggies […]
Garlic and Onions as Medicine: Or Is It Just Old Wives’ Tale?

They are almost never the star of a dish, but just like salt, it’s hard to imagine cooking and food without them. Love them or hate them, garlic and onions are among the best things that ever happened to the human diet! Your pizza, sandwiches, slaw, stews and salads won’t be the same nor as delicious […]
Human Beings Are Great Runners Because We’re Stupendous Sweaters!

We’ve understood for a long time that being bi-pedal gave our forebears a significant survival advantage. Being able to see prey and predators long before they see you certainly helps determine who or what ends up on the dinner plate. But now we’ve found that our best survival trait in those early times may have […]
Century-old Eye Salve Kills Bacteria Better than Modern Antibiotics

Got an infection? Check your kitchen! You may have the ingredients needed for a 1000-year old recipe of a home remedy. Quack medicine it is not, although it may sound it, given its composition of equal amounts of crushed garlic and onion or leek, 25ml of English wine and bovine salts dissolved in distilled water. […]
Who’s getting your 40 winks?

The pace of life is accelerating. Most of you have more to do every day and it’s taking its toll on your sleep! Except in the case of Sleeping Beauty – who slept for 18 years, sleep is probably one of the most underrated of all human activities. We tend to take it for granted. […]
A Minute of Exercise, Forever off the Hips

The age-old excuse of ‘I have no time’ is to exercise as the ‘the dog ate my homework’ is to school. It’s simply not true, most of the time anyway. Martin Gibala, a physiologist from McMaster University confirms that time is not the end-all and be-all for an exercise program to be effective. In a study he conducted, […]
There’s a Good Side to El Niño!

There can be no question that the current El Niño – the worst on record – is having a devastating impact. Large parts of Asia, the Americas and Australia are experiencing extreme drought. So how, I hear you ask, can there be a good side to El Niño? The answer is sugar and palm oil! Less of […]
Are All Sugars Created Equal?

I miss having a waistline and I thought I’d get reacquainted with mine. Let’s not get into the argument about women loving themselves, big body and all. I do love myself. That’s why I need to fit into my Speedos for the summer. But my real motivation is better health! When you don’t like the number […]
Sweet Obsession – The Bitter Side of Sugar

My family has been beset with substance abuse! Not of the narcotic or the alcohol variety but one that’s in every kitchen – it’s sugar! It’s a silent killer. It’s within reach of your children. And it can be bought over the counter! We know its effect on the waistline because we can see it. […]
There’s Life in Your Coffee!

Have you ever pondered life over a coffee? It turns out there may be more to life or your coffee than you imagined! Not yours, but entire bacterial communities of it. And they’re in your coffee. A study conducted at the Universitat de València in Spain on coffee waste and coffee machines, has found communities […]