Overweight, natural remedies

Today we talk about the properties of onion, an edible bulb that we find all year round in supermarkets and greengrocers. The onion enriches every preparation, giving flavor and health. There is probably no better way to...

Soups are a perfect dish to consume on cooler days, just like the ones we are about to face. Soups are tasty and, after an appropriate choice of ingredients, they can become true allies of health, providing antioxidants,...

Barley is, nowadays, one of the most consumed cereals in the world. Thanks to the full-bodied and tasty grain, which lends itself to delicious recipes, but also to its important healthy properties. Let's find out what th...

Visceral fat is a condition that diets, exercises, yoga, and supplements aim to counteract. The reason is soon explained. We are not talking about an aesthetic problem but a potential health risk, always in the long term...

Watermelon quenches thirst even on the hottest days, it's fresh, colorful and everyone likes it. But today we will see other reasons why serving watermelon is really an excellent choice, not only for the palate but also ...

Hibiscus flowers are a feast for the eyes. Large, fleshy and fragile, their bright colors open up to the world, revealing all their beauty. But hibiscus flowers are also precious health allies, as we will discover later ...

Now it's time for some delicious blueberries. These small fruits of a beautiful deep blue should never be missing, both as a frozen product throughout the year and as a fresh fruit when it's in season. And now is the tim...

Acerola is the fruit of the Malpighia emarginata plant, also called Barbados cherry and native to warm and tropical areas. Nowadays, however, acerola is found in the form of powder, juice or supplement just everywhere. T...

Cinnamon is a spice that is obtained from the bark of trees of the genus Cinnamomum. Cinnamon sticks are just pieces of bark that are rolled up and dried. Cinnamon can also be found in powder form, easier to add to desse...

Fucoxanthin is a very powerful substance to protect our health. Naturally contained in some types of seaweed, fucoxanthin is a valuable antioxidant whose benefits are the subject of today's article. Fucoxanthin, wha...

At night, when the jasmine flowers are most fragrant, skilled hands pick the buds of this plant. Then, these same hands mix fresh jasmine flowers with already dried green tea leaves. The flowers release their aroma until...

Of a beautiful ruby red color and pleasantly scented, so delicious that they manage to conquer anyone, taken as breakfast, mid-morning snack or dessert, we are talking about raspberries. Now the shelves of supermarkets a...

The pear is one of the best known and cultivated fruits in the world, and also one of the most loved, since ancient times. Suffice it to say that the pear was the fruit sacred to Hera, the wife of Zeus, and to Aphrodite,...

White tea is a special, precious drink with a delicate aroma. White tea is obtained from the Camellia sinensis plant, just the same as green tea, oolong tea and black tea. How then does white tea differ from these types ...

A cup of chamomile… how many times have we drunk it, perhaps without giving it too much importance, considering it an infusion useful only to calm down a little. Yet, chamomile is a powerful source of health properties...

Chia seeds are obtained from the Salvia hispanica plant, belonging to the Lamiaceae family and native to Mexico and Guatemala. These precious seeds were already known to the Aztecs, who used them as a source of sustenanc...

Corn silk is often considered a waste material to be thrown away, but corn silk has been a remedy known for centuries by popular medicine and, nowadays, also by science. In fact, there are several studies dedicated to th...

Yerba Mate, or simply mate, is a tea obtained from the dried leaves of the evergreen bush Ilex paraguariensi, a plant from South America, where drinking mate is still a real ritual. Year after year the fame of mate is ov...

It is considered one of the most important medicinal plants and its beneficial properties are reported in ancient manuscripts, we are talking about nigella sativa, or black seed. In particular, from the seeds of nigella ...

Parties and large meals leave pleasant memories of joyful laughs but also ... a few extra pounds and an increase in cholesterol and triglycerides. How to counteract the effects of delicious dishes, really tasty but, alas...

After the flowering of the dog rose, or Rosa Canina, when the petals fall, the rose hips appear. These berries are fleshy, with a slightly elongated shape and a beautiful bright orange color. These fruits, in dried form,...

They smell of woods and moss, of leaves with burning colors that fall on the damp ground. We are talking about mushrooms, delicious culinary ingredients capable of enriching, with their sweet and round notes, even the si...

The shorter and cooler days immediately make you want spicy, warm and fascinating aromas, reminiscent of home and love, like cinnamon! And then cinnamon is also the ingredient of various preparations typical of this peri...

Losing weight while eating is everyone's dream. Is maintaining your body weight or counteracting overweight without dietary sacrifices a dream or reality? In recent times we hear more and more often about foods with nega...

Try rubbing a leaf of lemon verbena, scientific name Aloysia citrodora, between your fingertips, and smell the aroma that has been released. You will smell a charming, citrusy scent, which will immediately put you in a g...

Nothing like watermelon is capable of recalling images of sunny beaches, free summers, laughs among the waves of the sea. Watermelon is the fruit of summer, native to the African desert Kalahari, nowadays it is grown in ...

It was around 5000 BC. when a courtier of Babylon, the ancient city of Mesopotamia located on the banks of the Euphrates River, forgot a jar of wine, leaving the precious drink unattended. When he remembered it, the wine...

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...

In one of his travel reports, Christopher Columbus talks about a spice widely used in Espaniola, today's Haiti, where he had landed a few days before. This spice, writes Christopher Columbus, was characterized by a much ...

Today we are talking about jujubes, the fruits of the Ziziphus jujuba plant, belonging to the Rhamnaceae family. Jujubes have a shape that resembles that of olives but a sweet taste. They are generally found in dried for...