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Apple
Apples are high in fiber, and eaten between meals help suppress the appetite. The insoluble fiber in apples helps reduce … More
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Almond
Almonds contain more than half their weight as oils, mostly monounsaturated like these in olive oil, some similar to those … More
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Alfalfa sprout
Delicate and crisp alfalfa sprouts can accompany many dishes, or make soups and salads, of low caloric count. But remember … More
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Yucca
Yucca schidigera is also known as Adam’s needle and bear’s grass, and is a tree native to tropical America, but … More
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Valerian
Valeriana officinalis is a perennial plant of Europe and North America, certainly known to Dioscorides after whom one of the … More
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Uva Ursi
Arctostaphylos uva ursi is a small perennial evergreen shrub, native to Europe and to the northern US, known by other … More
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Turmeric
Curcuma longa is a perennial herb of the ginger family extensively cultivated and used in India, China, Indonesia and other … More
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Thyme
Thymus vulgaris is a very low shrub native to southern Europe from Greece to Portugal. Its distinctive scent is what … More
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Symphytum
Symphytum officinale has long been known by the name of “comfrey” and is thus often referred to in old scientific … More
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St John’s Wort
Hypericum perforatum is a perennial shrub with numerous bright yellow flowers, known to the Greeks from at least the time … More
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