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8 Foods That Can Be Your Spiritual Antidote

Amid your busy daily life, you often face various pressures and conflicts. Behind these seemingly trivial matters lie deeper issues of poor communication and accumulated stress. Dr. Lobsang Gyaltsen presents an interesting viewpoint regarding food in his book Preventive Medicine: The Tibetan Art of Healing Body and Mind. You can improve physical health, bring peace ...

Emma Lu

A paste made from black sesame seeds.

Foraging in the Modern World: A Guide to Responsible Harvesting

A few hunter-gatherer societies still live on what they get off the land. But for most of the population worldwide, foraging is a lost art that disappeared a few generations ago. Fortunately, foraging is making a comeback. Foraging is the age-old practice of gathering edibles from your surroundings. It involves searching for fruits, herbs, berries, ...

Nathan Machoka

Dandelions.

A Simple Cancer Prevention Recipe

With the high prevalence of cancer, the medical profession has made efforts to conduct research in this area. They have found that fucoidan, an extract from brown seaweed, can inhibit the growth of cancer cells and reduce its recurrence. The study also confirmed the usefulness of fucoidan in Chinese medicine as an additional treatment to ...

David Jirard

A seaweed salad.

Can Seaweed Save the World?

Seaweed is increasingly seen as a solution to many of the world’s most pressing problems. Interest in farming it has exploded. There’s such a wide range of applications, from fertilizers to foods, bioplastics, textiles, supplements, and carbon sinks. It’s hard to think of another substance with so much potential. Can seaweed save the world? It’s ...

Troy Oakes

Underwater shot of deep green seaweed attached to rock in shallow water of a tidal pool.

Seaweed: The Newest Trend for Veganism

Due to their strict dietary choices, vegans can find it challenging to get adequate protein and other essential nutrients from eggs, dairy, and meats. This is why seaweed, including kelp, can be an excellent alternative for vegans, as it has been proven to have dietary advantages. People who subscribe to a vegan diet don’t eat ...

Viena Abdon

A dish of kelp.

The Best Foods for Calcium

Taking in enough calcium when you are young prevents its deficiency when you get old. Foods that are rich in calcium Tahini Many people think that milk and dairy products are the foods with the most calcium per ounce, but actually, it is tahini. This condiment made from ground sesame seeds is rich in protein, ...

David Jirard

Foods rich in calcium strengthen your teeth and bones.

The Largest Seaweed Bloom in the World Discovered

Scientists, led by the USF College of Marine Science, used NASA satellite observations to discover the largest bloom of seaweed in the world called the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt (GASB), as reported in Science. They confirmed that the belt of brown macroalgae seaweed called Sargassum forms its shape in response to ocean currents, based on ...

Troy Oakes

Piles of Sargassum seaweed.

A Newly Discovered Type of Opal Formed by Common Seaweed Found

Scientists have discovered a completely new type of opal formed by a common seaweed that harnesses natural technology by self-assembling a nanostructure of oil droplets to control how light reflects from its cells to display a shimmering array of colors that, until now, has only been seen in the gemstone. The findings, published in Science Advances and ...

Troy Oakes

Seaweed opal.

9 Summer Foods to Beat the Heat

Chinese believe that the hottest days in summer easily cause discomfort and chronic ailments. Consuming certain summer foods ahead of such periods, however, can counteract this and prepare the body for combat. 9 summer foods for hot days 1. Mung beans Summer is the season for eating more summer foods like fruits and vegetables. Mung ...

Emma Lu

Dragon fruit cut in half.