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Archive for May, 2009

Asparagus

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Asparagus
This highly prized vegetable arrives with the coming of spring. It has been cultivated for over 2,000 years and used medicinally since the sixteenth century.  Once you have eaten a portion of asparagus you will know that its major effect is that of a diuretic.  Not only does it increase the amount of urine [...]

Quinoa

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

Pronounced “keen-wah”. Quinoa was first cultivated in South America eight thousand years ago. It was of great nutritional importance in pre-Columbian Andean civilizations, the Incas called it their mother grain. This “grain like” seed is actually part of the goose foot family and is not a true cereal grain but is used like one. [...]