Apples (Malus domestica) belong to the Rosaceae family, along with strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, cherries, quince, nectarines, pears, almonds, and ornamental trees and shrubs (such as roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns). Apple trees grew wild in Central Asia and western China beginning possibly about two to ten million years ago, around the time that the first humans were evolving. Horses, which […]
Pineapples (Ananas comosus) come from tropical plants in the Bromeliaceae family. The fruit actually consists of coalesced berries. Pineapples originally evolved in the inland areas of what is now Brazil and Paraguay. South American Guarani Indians cultivated pineapples for food. They called them nanã, meaning “excellent fruit.” The Guaranis and other tribes explored, raided, and traded […]
Persimmons are the edible fruit of a number of species of trees in the genus Diospyros in the family Ebenaceae. (In Greek, diospyros means “food of the gods.”) The Diospyros kaki tree is native to Japan, China, Burma and the Himalayas and Khasi Hills of northern India. In China, it grows wild at altitudes up […]
Corn flakes are a breakfast cereal originally manufactured by Kellogg’s. Corn (Zea), known to much of the world as maize, is a cereal grain. Cereal grains are member of the grass plant family, Poaceae, along with bamboo, wild rice (Zizania), wheat (Triticum), rice (Oryza), oats (Avena), barley (Hordeum), millet (Echinochloa) and rye (Secale). Their starchy seeds are used for food. Corn was domesticated by indigenous peoples […]
Chicken eggs are the perfect food…for the chick embryo developing inside them. Not so much for humans. There are many reasons to eliminate eggs from your diet. Here are a few: You don’t want to have a heart attack or stroke. Eggs are the highest cholesterol food known to man. An August 2012 headline from The […]
Dairy, especially cheese, is addictive. That’s why it’s so difficult to stop eating it. Why? The primary protein in dairy, casein, breaks down into casomorphins. If that sounds like queso morphines, good, because that’s what it is. The morphine-like addictive substances in milk keeps infants blissfully sucking on their mothers’ nipples until they grow big enough to move […]
Quinces are the sole members of the genus Cydonia. They belong to the Rosaceae family, along with strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries, plums, apricots, peaches, cherries, apples, nectarines, pears, almonds, and ornamental trees and shrubs (such as roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns). Quinces originated in the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, where an irregularly shaped variety still grows wild. […]
I often hear people criticizing vegan diets as “elitist” or “expensive.” Those of us who are vegan know that nothing could be farther from the truth. Legumes, rice, potatoes, corn, and other vegetables have sustained humans for millennia. They are very inexpensive compared to animal flesh and secretions. But people have to see for themselves […]
Lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus) belongs to the family Poaceae, along with bamboo, black rice, brown rice, wheat, corn, oats, barley, millet, and rye, plus many other grasses. Most of the species of lemon grass are native to South Asia, South-east Asia and Australia. Lemongrass was reportedly being distilled for export as early as the 17th century in the Philippines. It has been […]
Cherries (Prunus avium) share their genus with plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, and almonds. These plants are in the Rosaceae family, along with strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, quinces, apples, pears, and ornamental trees and shrubs (such as roses, meadowsweets, photinias, firethorns, rowans, and hawthorns). Cherries are native to the temperate areas of eastern Asia Minor, in the fertile area between the Black and Caspian Seas, and were […]
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