Nutritional guidelines recommend the consumption of at least five portions of fruit or vegetables each day for good health. Five portions mentioned here is not the target you should aim for, but the least amount that you eat. In that case, you may wonder if your daily diet of eating 5 apples, 3 oranges, ½ [...]
We all know an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but what about grapes and bananas? Perhaps the three will help keep three doctors away! If that be the case, why not eat your way to the answer of this teaser?
In order to keep our bodies working at their best, we need to provide them with the vitamins that they need. But it's very easy to neglect taking fruits and vegetables, which are packed with the important vitamins and nutrients we need to function. If you can maintain a healthy diet, you can get most [...]
Apples, along with cherries, peaches and almonds, are members of the rose family. The seeds of apples and these other fruits contain natural chemicals that are toxic to some animals. But are they poisonous to humans? Here's a look at the toxicity of apple seeds. Apple seeds contain small amount of cyanide, which is a [...]