Big article in the LA Times on “The power of produce”
Whether it fights cancer depends on which you eat, how you eat it — and your genes.
Fruits and vegetables are packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fiber and scores of phytochemicals that scientists are just beginning to understand, and studies [...]
I have been told by not unreliable authorities that there was a time early in my life when I loved fruits and vegetables. At some undefined point between then and my first coherent memories, my love affair turned bad. I grew to loathe virtually all of them. If it was grown, I likely [...]
Word of the day: leguminous
adjective Botany
of, relating to, or denoting plants of the pea family ( Leguminosae). They have seeds in pods, distinctive flowers, and typically root nodules containing symbiotic bacteria able to fix nitrogen.
Despite the old song, I don’t believe beans are a fruit — it’s just harder [...]
Saturday, August 18, 2007
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