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Eggstra Information About Egg Nutrition

Eggs have been in the news for years. First they were cited as an unhealthy diet choice for those prone to heart disease, and now they are endorsed as a nutritious low-carb and high-protein food. The most common breakfast staple in many American homes, eggs have long been a universal symbol of birth and fertility. [...]

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Healthy Benefits and Facts of Plum Fruit

Plums are hard-pitted fruits like peachs, cherrys, almonds, and apricots. About 12 plum species are cultivated throughout temperate regions for their fruit and as flowering ornamentals. The Japanese plum, probably originating in China, was introduced into the United States in 1870. The fruit is more pointed at the apex than that of the common European plum, [...]

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Facts of Fig (Ficus carica)

The fig is believed to be indigenous to western Asia and to have been distributed by man throughout the Mediterranean area. Remnants of figs have been found in excavations of sites traced to at least 5,000 B.C. Fig fruits are bell-shaped, with a wide, flat bottom narrowing to a pointed top. When the fruit ripens, the [...]

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Why Oranges Are So Important For Us?

Orange juice is loaded with the things that your body needs to stay strong day in and day out. Adults who include 8 ounces of orange juice in their diet everyday increase their intake of vitamin C, thiamin, potassium and other important nutrients. Parent’s who serve 100% orange juice to their children supply them [...]

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Tasty tofu?

Tofu might be much loved in Asia, but the West largely loathes it. If a vegetarian can turn their nose up at tofu, what hope does the bean curd have of making it to the plate of a carnivore? However, there are good reasons for its Asian popularity, both for health and for the taste [...]

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