Health-conscious people know that for several years there has been a worldwide trend for drinking vegetable drinks, especially green smoothies. All green plants are also getting more popular, from spinach to kale and chlorella. Wheatgrass – the approximately two-week-old leaves (i.e. young leaves growing directly from the embryo) of the […]
Chia seeds – how long have they been known? The Aztecs were probably the first to use them. Primarily because of the feeling of satiety that is maintained after eating them. Modern research has shown that suppressing hunger for a longer period of time is not their only advantage. The […]
Amaranth, although known to mankind for centuries, still remained in the shadow of wheat and slowly began, wrongly, to pass into oblivion. Hardly anyone has heard about it, even less knew what a wealth of vitamins and nutrients it contains, and probably no one has even thought about using it […]
Baobab is one of the most famous African trees. It is also extremely long-lived – a thousand-year-old tree is not unusual and there are some which are estimated to be around 3000 years old. For most of the year, its branches remain leafless, which is why it is often referred […]
Green barley, which has been very popular lately, is the young, several centimeters long shoots of common barley – the same barley that produces barley groats and malt for beer and whisky production. They are usually available in powdered form (1 teaspoon of powder is dissolved in a glass of […]
The Abelmoschus esculentus or okra is a plant belonging to the mucilaginous family. It is native to the African continent, which makes its cultivation requirements relatively high. It enjoys high temperatures and plenty of sunlight. In other parts of the world, it is cultivated under covers in greenhouses or tunnels. […]
Acai berries are small, inconspicuous, inkjet-coloured fruits, which hide inside a true wealth of the best nutritional values. They have become a promise of health and beauty ever since they started to be known in the world. What is more, it is not just a marketing scam, but a completely […]
The small grains in which the power of protection against many serious diseases is enchanted are well known to each of you. You have certainly heard of linseed. It is one of the most easily accessible and very cheap products, so its properties are not appreciated. FlaxseedNutrients in flaxseedFlaxseed as […]
You want to be beautiful like Aphrodite – eat beets! It is said that the Greek goddess of love already knew their charity and she owed her beauty to the roots of this vegetable. After all, Aphrodite is a woman for whom every man has lost his head – if […]
Continuing the theme of super-food and remaining in the topic of grains – flax and sage, continued. As I promised recently – today I will try to give you some practical advice on how to store and then prepare and consume these seeds – that they would stay fresh for […]
I would like to discuss the subject of super-foods a little bit more. Today we will take chia seeds and our more local counterpart – flax seeds. In what thing they are similar and what differs them? Is it really Spanish sage far superior to flax in terms of health […]
Today’s text will be focusing on the interesting subject of super-foods. In previous articles we have already mentioned that we often look for rare, foreign fruits and vegetables, we focus only on the new, “innovative” products on the market with (susceptible) miraculous properties, forgetting the easily accessible and slightly neglected […]
If you have a decision under the slogan “I have to change my diet”, you must know the slogan: Superfoods. These are products that contain more than other antioxidants, vitamins and micro and macro elements protecting against degeneration of cells and diseases. This fashion is worth giving. The future on […]
Chlorella is a type of single-celled aquatic organisms that have relatively recently gained the status of “superfoods”, partly due to the total amino acid profile and high content of omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA. It has also been reported that it lowers blood pressure in humans, lowers serum cholesterol, […]
