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Green Bananas – 14 Incredible Health Benefits

Green Bananas – 14 Incredible Health Benefits

Green bananas, also known as unripe bananas, are bitter in taste (due to high tannin contents), hard to peel, and has starchy flavor, all of which make them unpalatable. To reduce the bitterness and starchy flavor, you can steam, boil… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness Nutrition, Food, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Lifestyle, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care
Add Fiber for Weight loss, and Polyphenols, too

Add Fiber for Weight loss, and Polyphenols, too

Having trouble losing weight? Add fiber for weight loss results. Research has shown that dieting without enough fiber will limit the body’s ability to burn fat. Though the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for women is 25 grams a day, consuming… 0 Shares | | Posted in Fitness, Food, Food, Health, Herbal Medicine, Holistic Medicine, Home, Lifestyle, Medicine, Nutrition, Nutritional Medicine, Personal Care, Weight Loss
The Many Important Roles of Fiber in the Body

The Many Important Roles of Fiber in the Body

Dietary fiber, also called roughage, is the structural framework of plants and one of the most abundant compounds in nature. While “fiber” is often used as a blanket term, there are actually two types of fiber: soluble and insoluble. Soluble… 0 Shares | | Posted in Health, Nutrition
Bladderwrack: The Ocean’s Greatest Source of Iodine

Bladderwrack: The Ocean’s Greatest Source of Iodine

Bladderwrack, also called black tang, rockweed, red fucus, and various other names, is an edible brown seaweed that grows along the coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and the North and Baltic seas. Like many other seaweeds such as… 0 Shares | | Posted in Food, Health, Nutrition