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Ever wonder how the world’s most popular brand and fruit stack up against each other? In 2009 Apple created $32 billion worth of iPads. The fruit market saw an almost identical cash flow from sales of apples. The similarities don’t stop here, as shown in a nifty infographic by Mbaonline.com. Mbaonline ai... |
15 January 2012
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To paraphrase a very old joke: what looks like a strawberry, but is white, has red pips and tastes like pineapple? The answer to that question is pineberry, a fruit related to the strawberry but with clearly a more exotic feel that Waitrose will make available for spring, offering all those looking to eat healthily y... |
31 March 2010
13:31 GMT |
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The California Strawberry Commission has announced its free Strawberries application for iPhone and iPod touch. Featuring more than 50 mouth-watering strawberry recipes, the app has been developed by a group of people who relentlessly scoured the web for the most scrumptious strawberry recipes from some of the top fo... |
14 January 2010
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Crash diets are not uncommon, no matter how much nutritionists and health experts warn of the health risks they entail in the long run and the almost certain weight re-gain once the slimmer comes off them. Still, nutritionist and author Dr. Susan Roberts says crash dieting can lead to greater weight loss without the ... |
1 June 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Seasonal allergies affect about 20 percent of the US population, research has shown. As it must already be known, they manifest by sneezing, itchy eyes and nose, and sinus congestion. Of these people, another 25 percent also suffer from oral allergy syndrome (OAS), which is not the same with food allergy, but does co... |
28 April 2009
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Summer is almost upon us and, at the same time, so is that dreaded moment when we must take out our old swimsuit or go out to buy a new one, and notice that, perhaps, we’re not in the same enviable shape we were last year. Since fasting or going on a crash diet is not a healthy option, as nutritionists have rep... |
26 March 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Apple's logo has been spotted on cardboard boxes carrying fruit distributed by Italian fruit seller Vanzetti. The logo is similar to the extent that it has the same single leaf pointing left on top of an already bitten apple.Leaving aside a few chromatic discrepancies (I find that it looks even better than the o... |
10 March 2009
11:58 GMT |
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What they used to say about one apple a day keeping the doctor away can now also be applied to red grapefruit. Not only is it recommended in diets and in the case of a vitamin deficiency but, as it turns out, grapefruit is also good for the bones. A new study focusing precisely on the beneficial effects of the grapef... |
23 December 2008
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Entomologists have recently discovered a variety of bloodsucking moths in Siberia, strikingly similar to the common species that feeds on fruits. The only thing that differentiates this moth species from the regular Calyptra thalictri one is a hardly noticeable variation in the wing patterns. And, of course, the fact... |
29 October 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Today, it's all about making the most of your passion for fruit - that and the fact that the fast-approaching summer is a perfect excuse to treat ourselves to delicious, easy-to-make dishes and desserts that use fruit as their basic ingredient. We'll first have a look at an easy-to-make appetizer (that can ... |
14 May 2008
04:25 GMT |
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1. Hornbills are famous for their huge bills, flattened and curved, with toothed edges and bony helmets over the upper jaw. These large birds have a common origin with the hoopoes. Today, hornbills inhabit only tropical Africa and Asia, but the oldest known species, the Geiseloceros robustus, lived in Saxony (norther... |
8 May 2008
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We can't even begin to imagine life today without pizza or ketchup. However, the fact of the matter remains that these food items are recent culinary acquisitions of the European cuisine. A history of tomato cultivationWild tomatoes originate from the Andes Mountains. Ancient Indians ate them, but they did not c... |
7 May 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Most plants are loaded with compounds generically called secondary metabolites that act as a defense method for them in that they are toxic for animals. Caffeine is such an example. Many plants we eat may be loaded with toxins, except for the parts we actually consume, like is the case of the potato or tomato. Nevert... |
24 April 2008
03:28 GMT |
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The common fig (Ficus carica) is one of the oldest trees cultivated by humans and mentioned even in the Bible. It is a rather small tree, up to 10 m (33 ft) tall and ramified from its base. The crown is large and with relatively few branches. The green hairy buds contain milky and sticky latex. The leaves are large, ... |
23 April 2008
10:31 GMT |
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You may have heard about breadfruit trees. This is the sausage tree, to complete the hot dog. When thinking about the trees of the African savanna, baobabs, acacias and eventually mopane trees come into your mind. But one of the most original trees of the African savanna is the Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana), a tree... |
25 March 2008
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What's the connection between the red leaves of the fall and human obesity? Anthocyanins are red/purple/reddish pigments encountered in grape skins, blueberries, blackberries, purple corn, and other plant matters, but they give the reddened colors of the autumn leaves as well. Now, a team from Arkansas, led by R... |
12 February 2008
05:46 GMT |
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1. Despite the name of banana tree, Musa paradisiaca is a 7-8 m (23-27 ft) tall and robust grass, with a tree-like aspect. It has a false trunk made of the well developed sheaths of the leaves wrapping each other (the proper stem is very short). Upper leaves are very large, over 2 m (6.6 ft) in length and 40 cm (1.3 ... |
26 January 2008
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Living like Brad Pitt will prolong your life by 14 years! Exercising, not drinking too much, eating your fruit and vegetables and not smoking can have this impact on you, as found by a research made by the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council of Norfolk (UK) between 1993 and 2006 and published in ... |
8 January 2008
04:15 GMT |
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1.Have you ever wondered which is the largest fruit in the wild? It grows in the Seychelles Archipelago (in the Indian Ocean) and is produced by a 34 m (113 ft) tall palm tree called sea coconut tree (Lodoicea maldivica), encountered only on two islets: Praslin and Curieuse. The nut has a diameter of 50 cm (1.6 ft) a... |
17 December 2007
14:07 GMT |
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The taiga or northern coniferous forest harbors about 50 plants producing berries, most of them edible. These fruits are vividly colored, have a strong aroma and are rich in vitamins and minerals. They also contain fibers that help stabilize the blood's sugar level and lower the cholesterol level. Their flavone ... |
7 December 2007
12:31 GMT |
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Could you imagine life without pizza or ketchup? If the answer is no, then you should learn some things about the tomatoes. Wild tomatoes originate from the Andes Mountains. Ancient Indians ate them, but did not cultivate them. But when the tomatoes had reached Mexico, the Aztecs were very pleased of it and called it... |
30 November 2007
14:06 GMT |
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Columbus and his crew were the first Europeans to taste the pineapple in the Caribbean in 1493. The king of Spain liked its taste very much and the fruit was spread worldwide; by 1548 it was already cultivated in the Philippines. By the 18th century, pineapple was considered a luxury fruit on the European royal table... |
23 November 2007
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Despite the fact that everybody believes it's easier to lose weight if you avoid eating meat and fish, because of the satiating power of the animal proteins, it is sure that ovo-lacto-vegetarian slimming can be as much or more effective than carnivorous diet. This diet allows the consume of a great variety and q... |
16 November 2007
15:51 GMT |
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There are pumpkins that could make a nice Halloween 'lamp' for an elephant. By selection, patience and a little bit of luck and the passion of the cultivators of the variety of Atlantic Giant pumpkins have obtained squashes weighing up to 760 kg (1,689-pound). But remember: these are man-selected plants, wh... |
12 November 2007
15:36 GMT |
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These are the New World's native wild boars: the peccaries. And till now, the largest pig-like species have stood hidden from scientists in the southeastern Amazon region of Brazil. It is the largest peccary in the world, about the size of a large dog.The new species, the forest giant peccary (Pecari maximus) wa... |
5 November 2007
03:56 GMT |
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Pheromones have proven tricky in some cases. They allowed farmers to grow ecological apples and pears for decades. The farmers have to place in their orchards hundreds of plastic dispensers spreading a sex pheromone, which attracts and disrupts codling moth mating. A new research made at the Agricultural Research Ser... |
22 October 2007
06:14 GMT |
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Plants can be compared to nice human bodies: their colors reflect the plant's health. A plant's main pigments are of two types: caretonoids, the 'precursors' of the vitamin A that give yellow-orange-red hues and anthocyanins that create blue-red hues. A new research has made a crucial advance in ... |
3 October 2007
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Can you imagine life today without the lemon and orange juice? Europeans and Arabs brought the citrus fruits during the Middle Age from the Far East and India, that's why it was believed for a long time that South/Southeastern Asia is the place of origin for these fruits. But a new research made at the Center fo... |
2 October 2007
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They say 'love goes through the stomach' or through a shopping spree, for that matter, 'enjoying' the man's 'loaded' credit card... But since chimps don't go shopping, the only available sector remainsthe food. A study made on wild chimps in the West African village of Bossou... |
14 September 2007
03:46 GMT |
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The dream of many producers is to obtain naturally long lasting fruits. Until that dream becomes reality, they will fill the fruits with all kinds of additives to look healthy and fresh, even if they stay on the shelf for months. But what makes apples (and other fruits) go brown when cut or bruised? From that very mo... |
6 August 2007
07:16 GMT |
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We all have heard from infancy that citrus fruits are the "fountain of health", a rich source of vitamin C and antioxidants. But, oops, American scientists have found that daily intake of grapefruit increases the risk of developing breast cancer by about 30 %! Breast cancer is the most common form of female cancer, a... |
16 July 2007
14:31 GMT |
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Linden trees produce one of the most suave and persistent scent that a tree can produce but one of its relatives is the skunk of the fruits' world: the durian fruit, the product of the trees of the genus Durio. In Southeast Asia is named the "King of Fruits," even if airlines, subways, hotels and public transpor... |
12 June 2007
02:06 GMT |
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Acai, bacuri and cupuacu. These words may mean nothing to you, but in Brazil they sound more familiar, as they are three exotic fruits from the Amazonia. The nutritious acai is produced by a slender palm tree, acai palm or manaca (Euterpe oleracea), which thrives in the wet marshes and alluvial plains of the lower Am... |
21 March 2007
12:08 GMT |
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Watermelons are believed to have originated in India, where they are extensively used for their sweet taste and beneficial properties upon our health, but some experts say that they may have also come from tropical Africa. Watermelon is the fruit of a vine-like herb and has a dark green skin and rich red flesh.Waterm... |
18 July 2006
06:06 GMT |
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Even if most of us consider that we can eat as much fruits, vegetables, foods or take supplements rich in vitamins as we like, because they can only be efficient on our body, the researchers state that excessive amounts of vitamins can be harmful. The cause is the following: some vitamins accelerate the incoming proc... |
25 June 2006
09:51 GMT |
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