If you have planted zucchini in your garden, you should be swimming in it by now. But unfortunately for me, my plants are a little slow as even plants need good nutrition. I discovered that mine were not producing as much zucchini because my soil is a little low in calcium. Inquiries into the issue […]
In my last post on the Scientific Consensus Conference on the Healthy Pasta Meal, I called pasta a fast food. Well, cooking up a pasta dish doesn’t get much faster than this one. It’s a traditional combination from Puglia, a region of Italy that offers some of the best examples of cucina povera – the […]
Happy Mother’s Day! Yes, mothers do indeed seem to impart the wisdom of the ages. The number of sayings that are now shown to have a foundation in science appears to be endless. But there is one that many of our mothers got wrong: the clean your plate or finish your food as there are […]
As with so many ills, the risk of conditions which can rob you of your vision rises with increasing age. And up there at the top of the list is Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the elderly. While new treatments are currently being developed, prevention is key. Nutrition plays a […]
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