Health & Food

NETHERLANDS: While studying prostate cancer and examining a new combination of CT and PET scans, researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute discovered a new set of salivary glands, about 3.81 cm in length, in human throat.

Feeding your body certain foods may help keep your immune system strong.

Kale or borecole is a type of cabbage with green or purple leaves, in which the central leaves do not form a head.

Dandelion is a family of flowering plants that grow in many parts of the world.

Running on the treadmill isn’t the only way to fight high cholesterol, changing your diet plays a major role too.

Rich in healthy antioxidants and bioactive plant compounds, Moringa oleifera is a fairly large tree native to North India.

Kidney beans, also known as rajma in Hindi, contains quite a lot of protein compared to other plant-derived foods. These are especially B complex vitamins and be listed as B1 or thiamin, B2 or riboflavin, B3 or niacin, B5 pantothenic acid, B6 or pyridoxine, B12 or folate.

Cayenne pepper is a hot chilli in the Capsicum family, which was discovered by Christopher Columbus while travelling across the Caribbean.

Tamarind (Imli) is a hardwood tree which is a widely used spice-condiment in most south Asian cuisines including Indian and Thai cooking. It’s native to Africa but also grows in India, Pakistan and many other tropical regions.

What is AVOCADO? The Avocado tree of the Lauraceae family is native to America and is cultivated from Ecuador to the Mediterranean climate.