Energy, natural remedies

They are the gift of autumn, they inspire songs and cheer up snacks, lunches and dinners, we are talking about chestnuts, the fruits of the chestnut tree, or Castanea sativa. Chestnuts can be consumed in different ways, ...

Today we talk about the properties of rosemary, one of the most loved and easy to find aromatic plants on balconies and in gardens. A pair of scissors, a jump out and here we have a precious sprig of rosemary in our hand...

When the temperatures rise outside, it is normal to feel more tired. It is a normal event even in perfectly healthy people, caused by an increase in sweating, by stress accumulated during the year, but also by free radic...

Shilajit is a remedy of ancient Ayurvedic medicine but its fame has passed the centuries up to the present day, so much so that it is easy to find it now in the form of a supplement. Shilajit is a natural substance typic...

The ancient Egyptians called bee pollen the life-giving powder and archaeologists have unearthed several documents dating back to the time of the ancient Greeks that testify to the use of this remedy to treat diseases an...

The ancient Greek physicians Dioscorides and Galen knew it and advised it to treat especially affections of the gastrointestinal tract. The great Chinese emperors organized expeditions to obtain it and use it to prepare ...

We hear about it on television, in newspapers, on the internet. It is absolutely necessary to save energy and gas, partly because these can be scarce and partly to contain the cost of the bill. However, the advice to sav...

The aroma that is released in the rooms, a cup containing a dark liquid that goes down the throat and revitalizes. Drinking coffee is more than a daily gesture, it is almost a ritual all over the world. But the fortune o...

Among all the vitamins, those of group B often go almost unnoticed. There is a lot of talk about vitamin A for healthy eyesight or vitamin C to strengthen the immune system, or vitamin D for bones and to strengthen defen...

There are remedies that are often little known, whose fame has been lost over the centuries but which are small concentrates of beneficial properties for the entire body. Such as fenugreek, or Trigonella foenum-graecum. ...

Do you feel exhausted since the morning at the idea of facing the day? Don't feel like doing the things you've always enjoyed anymore? Do you find it hard to stay focused on work and only the idea of having to apply your...

Practical and tasty, the banana is the fruit that can accompany us everywhere, on a trip, to work or to school. Very satiating and energizing, banana also has interesting health properties. Let's learn more about this to...

The legend has it that Maria de Medici, who moved to France following her marriage to Henry IV, began to suffer from a lack of vitamins. Men of the court were immediately sent to Sicily to pick up citrus fruits, consider...

Journalist James Nestor, author of an essay entitled "The art of breathing", states that, for the health of the body and mind, how we breathe is even more important than what we eat and how much we move. Without detracti...

It is said of him that the diet he had developed, based on raw foods, fruits and vegetables, was designed primarily to cure himself and his jaundice. This diet was then also adopted in his clinic in Switzerland, where ve...

There is, in Asia, a climbing plant, the Codonopsis pilosula. Well, from the extracts of this plant a natural remedy is obtained, also called bastard ginseng or poor man's ginseng, as its action is similar to ginseng but...

Delicious, creamy and fresh, yogurt is a food that everyone really likes. Produced from the fermentation of milk by bacterial cultures, yogurt is also versatile. In fact, it lends itself to being eaten alone, for breakfa...

Proso millet, scientific name Panicum miliaceum, is one of the oldest cereals but is often, wrongly, neglected. Several scientific studies have brought attention to this cereal, because, in fact, millet is a precious sou...

Apricots are the fruit of the apricot, scientific name Prunus armeniaca, a plant native to Armenia. Legend has it that, originally, the apricot tree was just an ornamental plant capable of giving wonderful white flowers ...

The legend says that Cosimo I de Medici was the first who cultivated jasmine in Italy. But he became so jealous and bewitched by the intense aroma that was released from the corollas of this flower, that he ordered that ...

It is said that when the archaeologist Howard Carter entered Tutankhamun's tomb for the first time in 1922, there was a scent of flowers in the air. And, from what is said, it seems that the thing that released this perf...

Pleasantly crunchy, cheerful and juicy, carrots are loved by everyone, adults and children. And they are not only tasty ... indeed, they are also a valuable source of precious substances for health. In fact, carrots are ...

Legend has it that the peoples of Polynesia overcame periods of famine thanks to a plant with extraordinary fruits, noni, or morinda citrifolia. We do not know if this is true also because, it must be said, the taste of ...

A plate of pasta makes everyone agree! Whether it's with tomato sauce, seafood or vegetables, both adults and children like pasta. However, pasta is also at the center of numerous debates and you can sometimes read that ...

Almonds are the edible seeds of the almond tree, scientific name Prunus amygdalus var dulcis, native to Central Asia but nowadays widespread all over the world. With their delicate flavor, almonds are appreciated by ever...

In the gardens and parks it is now easy to admire trees laden with persimmons that, with their beautiful orange color, brighten up the approaching winter. Persimmon, scientific name Diospyros kaki, is one of the oldest f...

Hazelnuts are loved by children and adults thanks to their sweet and slightly buttery taste that make them a truly irresistible mid-morning snack. But hazelnuts are also very healthy, in fact, they help to counteract chr...

Dates are the fruits of the date palm, scientific name Phoenix dactylifera, one of the oldest plants cultivated by man and a source of nutrition for more than 6000 years. Nowadays, dates can be found almost everywhere in...

With the colder season it is easy to find dried figs on the shelves of supermarkets and specialized shops, small delicious beauties that you can hardly resist. Dried figs are produced by dehydration of the fig fruits, sc...

Einstein loved ice cream. Unfortunately, his ice cream ended up inexorably on his shirt or even on the floor. In fact, as the astronaut Charles Pete Conrad told in an interview with Oriana Fallaci reported in the book If...