Eating garlic on an empty stomach in the morning is a common practice, especially among those who consider themselves health-conscious. It is believed that taking garlic before any food allows for the health-promoting properties of the cloves to produce their most potent effect. But despite scientifically-proven health properties, garlic is not medicine and its effects … Read more about Garlic on an Empty Stomach
Garlic is one of those foods that are apparently universally healthy, but which you should absolutely avoid with gastritis and other digestive conditions such as stomach ulcers, GERD or acid reflux disease. Despite this, eating raw garlic, especially on an empty stomach, or taking garlic pills for the treatment of all kinds of medical conditions, … Read more about Gastritis and Garlic
Purple, green and white asparagus are actually the same plant: Asparagus officinalis. They are merely different colored variants of the same vegetable. The different colors also order differences in nutrition and therapeutic properties. For example, purple stems have anthocyanin antioxidants vs green stems which have chlorophyll and carotenes vs white stems which have neither purple … Read more about Green vs Purple vs White Asparagus
What is pink asparagus? There’s really no such thing as pink asparagus, meaning this particular color variant of the vegetable is not officially recognized as a variety in its own right. What we commonly call ‘pink asparagus’ is actually low-grade white asparagus, that is substandard white asparagus that is not completely white. To produce white … Read more about Properties and Benefits of Pink Asparagus