Babaco - great fruit for low sodium diet

The babaco or mountain papaya, Vasconcellea ×heilbornii (syn. Carica chrysopetala, C. xheilbornii or C. pentagona) is also known as the champagne fruit because of its "effervescent" flavor. A native of Ecuador, but cultivated successfully even in comparatively cool places, like Guernsey, Channel Islands. The shrubby tree is smaller than its lowland relative, reaching a height of around 2m (6'), which makes it more suitable for growing in containers. As it is seedless, it is propagated

Babaco - great fruit for low sodium diet

Urgent: What you need to know about aspartame

Just a brief post to give you the link to a very interesting article about aspartame, a sweetener found in very many foods nowadays.

I have been avoiding it since it came out, not just because I don't like chemicals but also because I can't stand the taste. If you haven't, or you have friends who haven't, you will most likely find the contents of this article instructive.

Here's the link: http://www.naturalnews.com/035126_aspartame_side_effects_withdrawal.html

Pros and cons of organic essential oil

I've been asked to explain the difference between organic and non-organic essential oils, so that's what this post is about. Before I get into the subject I should remind you that whether you buy organic or not, it's important that you buy 100% pure essential oils. This is the grade you should always use, because it means the oil hasn't been adulterated with other inferior and potentially dangerous additives. Remember that aromatherapy oils are medicinal, and like conventional medicines

Pros and cons of organic essential oil

Acerola cherries the vitamin C booster

Acerola or acerola cherry, Malpighia emarginata (syn. Malpighia glabra, M. punicifolia or M. retusa), is also known as Antilles cherry, Barbados cherry, Puerto Rican cherry, West Indian cherry and wild crape (or crepe) myrtle. It is a fast growing deciduous sub-tropical tree native to northern South America, Central America and the Caribbean (but cultivated in many other places), some varieties of which can reach a height of 20' in their native habitat. Because acerola has large glossy

Benefits of acerola

Wormseed old remedy for amoebic dysentery, parasites and snake bite [updated]

Wormseed, Dysphania ambrosioides (though you will more than likely find it labeled as Chenopodium ambrosioides; the name changed only recently), is also known as American wormseed, chenopodium, epazote, feather geranium, goosefoot, herba Sancti Mariae, Jerusalem oak, Jerusalem tea, Jesuit tea, Mexican tea and Spanish tea. It's not related to garden geraniums (which have the latin name Pelargonium), nor to plants with the latin name Geranium. It's also not related to oak trees, tea tree or even

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Acai - not worth the air miles

The açaí berry, fruit of the açaí palm (Euterpe oleracea syn. E. badiocarpa, E. edulis) hit the news a few years back and has been popular ever since as a super-food. Other common names for the açaí palm include assai palm, cabbage palm, jussara and pina palm. The açaí palm is an attractive, tall, slender palm with 4-8 stems, reaching a height of 15-25m (50-90'). As it is a native of the Amazon, it is not suitable for most other areas (unless you live in a rainforest), but may

Acai - not worth the air miles

Essential Oil Blends

You might want to make essential oil blends for several reasons. One of these is to make a therapeutic massage oil or other blend to be used for health promotion, whether physical, mental or emotional. But there are many people who are interested aromatherapy oils not so much for therapy, but for the aroma part of the equation. Just because something smells nice, it doesn't mean that it's not good for you, but there's no intrinsic link between a pleasant fragrance and therapeutic

Essential Oil Blends