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Lupine for Protein

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Most people know lupines from the edges of highways or gardens, where their pretty candles glow in shades of red, yellow and blue. Lupines are also used for nitrogen enrichment in the fields and as protein feed for animals. But very few people know that they also have something to offer for human nutrition. The […]

When Milk Becomes a Problem

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As early as 400 years before the birth of Christ, Hippocrates described painful gastrointestinal reactions after consuming milk. Flatulence, colic, diarrhea, nausea, bloating, chronic fatigue and blemished skin – all of this is associated with milk when you can no longer tolerate it for a very specific reason. Globally, around 2.3 billion adults and 600 […]

Don´t Carry the Christmas Dinner Into the New Year

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The holiday season is eagerly awaited, meeting up with people you love, catching up and sharing a meal together. Is there anything better? But for this day to be memorable it is important to get the menu right, exaggerations can compromise the enjoyment of those festivities. It’s common to see plentiful tables and a lot […]

Plant-Energy for our Life

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One of the main reasons we eat food is to provide us with energy. Without food we would die soon. Plants can assimilate solar energy through their leaves and convert it into chemical energy. Animals and humans cannot do this, they are dependent on food for energy. We are eating energy in the form of […]

Foods to Reduce Anxiety

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When talking about anxiety, we are not talking about a rare disorder, but something that affects 85% of the world population, according to recent studies by Psychiatrist Augusto Cury. Anxiety is a biological characteristic of human beings, which precedes moments of real or imagined danger. In this context, many unpleasant symptoms appear, such as: Fatigue […]

Mushrooms Can Do More than We Think

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I can hardly believe my eyes. Is there such a thing as mushrooms that grow through snow and ice? I came across them while walking through my garden. On a tree stump that barely protrudes from the ground, they grow in a nicely formed cluster. The ocher yellow hats and velvet brown stems stand out […]