Benefits of Grape Seed Oil in Cooking... Grape seed oil is a wonderful byproduct of wine making.  Seeds are pressed extracting their oil and then bottled and sold in various health stores and grocery stores. Professional chefs and even those who like to cook like grape seed oil because of its neutral taste, making it a popular salad dressing.  Chefs also favor grape seed oil over olive oil when it comes to cooking food in very high temperature as it has a...

What are the Benefits of Expeller Pressed Oils?... Expeller pressed oils are oil that has been extracted from nuts, seeds, grain and other natural sources by expeller pressing.  This simply means that they have been squeezed by an expeller machine until all the oil has been pressed from the source. Expeller pressed oils are usually expensive, probably due to the fact that nuts and seeds only yield 66% oil when they are 100% natural.  Expeller pressed oil manufacturers...

Farming on a Modern Kibbutz... Farming is an everyday life occurrence that has become very notorious throughout the years. It is the one of many things we humans do to make our Agriculture at an all time high. What’s a “Modern Kibbutz” you ask? Kibbutzim are a living example of the mutual spirit that has been central to green living communities. It is a combined community in Israel that was traditionally based on farming. Kibbutz is a form of...

Artificial Sweeteners and Public Health... Having a palate for sweet is natural since sweetness, characteristic of certain natural carbohydrates, means quick energy for the body, including the brain that needs a steady supply of glucose for normal functioning. Sugar is the dominant source of the natural sweetener, the carbohydrate, called sucrose. The pleasantness of sweet taste, however, is frequently the cause of exceeding the healthy quota of carbohydrates;...

Vitamin D intake, taking advantage of its cancer f... We all need Vitamin D.  It is vital for healthy bones and teeth, it reduces inflammations and prevents illnesses like heart disease, two types of diabetes, ovarian cancer, colon cancer and breast cancer. The Recommended Daily Allowance or the required amount of Vitamin D we need everyday vary according to age.  Young children up to age 18 can have as much as 200 IU per day.  Adults aged 18 up to 50 also need 200 IU. ...

Weed lawn pesticides causing Hermaphrodite Frog ab... The alarming number or hermaphrodite frogs found in states like Connecticut and California has scientists searching for an explanation.  Frogs which lived in suburban areas were also found to become more susceptible to reproductive abnormalities than those that live in rural areas. Scientists at UC Berkley have discovered a link between sex changed frogs and the herbicide Atrazine.  Atrazine is one of the most commonly...

MIRI Method. How rice farmers can conserve water... Rice is an important staple in the diets of billions of people in the world. The planting and cultivation of rice has been practiced by humans for thousands of years. New methods are always being discovered not only to produce a better quality of rice but also to help farmers efficiently plant and harvest the crop. Multiple Inlet Rice Irrigation or MIRI is a new method used by farmers to irrigate rice paddies. The...

Teflon and aluminum cookware. Did you know?... We have been using Teflon to cook our food for almost 50 years. The first Teflon coated pan was launched into the market in 1961. In terms of cookware success, to date there are billions of Teflon coated pans, spatulas and other cooking utensils out in the market today. Health related questions regarding where we cook the food we eat abound in the internet. Apparently, not only is Teflon in question but also aluminum...

European Union votes to ban toxic farm pesticide... Issues are still ongoing while European Union, together with its 27 member states, votes to ban toxic farm pesticide that includes neurotoxic and immunotoxic most especially those that can disrupt the endocrine, genotoxic, carcinogenic and toxic to reproduction. The committee also proposed the use of sustainable farming methods instead of the conventional ones. Endosulfan, being a neurotoxic organochlorine insecticide,...