includes several vegetarian offerings such as the stir-fired eggplant with tofu, Thai basil and roasted peppers. Gluten-free items are marked on the menu. Spirit House entrees continue the theme of Thai flavours. Homemade paneer cheese and grilled zucchini are accented with a spicy spinach and coriander purée. Crispy duck is bathed in a red curry sauce with long beans, lychees and pineapple. Green mango salad complements the tom yum glazed pork neck stewed in hot and sour flavours. Desserts…
We know that longevity occurs when people live more than one hundred years. For this, we ask ourselves, what is longevity?, what are the factors that influence longevity? and how do factors influence longevity? In the following paragraphs, we go to answer these questions and introduce more information about this. Many authors define longevity as "long life" or "a life of great duration", generally they are people who live longer than the promised faith of the people. For biologists, the word…
your body with the vitamins it needs to go all day at maximum power. The ingredients that you need for microwave ratatouille are 1 medium eggplant which you dice, 1 large onion that you chop, 3 garlic gloves that have been chopped, 2 cubed large zucchinis, 1 drained can of stewed tomatoes, 2 tablespoons of basil, 1/2 cup of quinoa, 2 tablespoons of thyme, and 2 tablespoons of…
vegan cookbooks, but I rarely use them. Using Google is faster and more flexible. Let the Internet be your cookbook. I like to use an iPad for searching and referencing recipes whenever I need to look something up, like a vegan omelette recipe or zucchini…
farmers who make sure that their products are healthy and edible. If the products are not labeled organic or verified non-GMO, then avoid the eight most common GM food crops which are corn, soybeans, canola, cottonseed, sugar beets, Hawaiian papaya, zucchini and yellow squash. Be familiar with fruit and vegetable label numbers. If the number is four digits, then the food is conventionally produced. If it is five digits and the number begins with an eight, it is genetically modified. However, do…
organism or crop containing genetic material that has been artificially altered so as to produce a desired characteristic.” (Oxford University Press (2016), oxforddictionaries.com) The seven most common GMO foods are corn, soy, yellow squash and zucchini, alfalfa, canola, sugar beets, and milk. About 85% of all corn is genetically modified to resist herbicides, which are used to kill weeds. We consume corn in many different ways. Corn syrup is one of the most commonly used corn products on…
as banana, coconut, oranges, dates, figs, pineapples, etc. as they are known to increase kapha. 3. Vegetables Most veggies are good to go in the case of a kapha type individual. The only ones you should avoid are juicy vegetables such as tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers and sweet potatoes. 4. Spices It is alright to take all kinds of spices. The only spice whose intake should be reduced is salt as it gives rise to kapha. 5.…
As of 2005, about 13% of the Zucchini (a form of squash) grown in the US was genetically modified to resist three viruses; that strain is also grown in Canada. In 2013, the USDA approved the import of a GM pineapple that is pink in color and that "overexpresses" a gene derived from tangerines…
My Mother Living with my mother was like living in that ridiculous travel channel show where they eat bizarre food and act like it taste great by resisting the temptation to wrinkle their faces. Seemed to me like there was a certain cell in their brain that was missing, I think it’s called ‘’eat this and you might die’’, cell. My mother is tall and blond with a beautiful smile and her laugh can make anyone happy. She wasn’t always into eating healthy and staying young and beautiful…
oats and granola. On average I have 7 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. In the three days that I recorded, the sources were apples, oranges, bananas, blueberries, dates, carrots, celery, cucumber, tomatoes, romaine lettuce, green pepper, zucchini, snap peas, potatoes. My servings of milk products were 2 per day. I have a plain, natural yogurt as a snack most days. The other sources would be Provolone and Cheddar cheese. I will often have 1% cottage cheese for lunch, although not on the…