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Tag Archives: Potassium
Avocado, Benefits and Instant Recipes
Avocado Avocado is a fruit rich in Monounsaturated Fatty Acids MUFA “Oleic acid” the good fats that help decrease LDL (the bad cholesterol) and maintain HDL (the good cholesterol). Despite it’s a fruit, it’s always categorized within the fats group … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Nutrition
Tagged antioxidants, Avocado, Bad Cholesterol, Green Onions, HDL, honey, labneh, LDL, Potassium, sesame, vitamin E, walnuts
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EGGPLANT… Does it contain High Concentrations of NICOTINE?
Eggplant, also known as Aubergine, is a vegetable found in several shapes, sizes and colors. It’s widely used in cooking: baked, stewed, roasted, stuffed or fried. For example, it’s used to make (in the Lebanese Cuisine): -Baba Ghannouj: roasted eggplant … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food Science, Nutrition
Tagged antioxidants, copper, Dietary Fibers, eggplant, Folic Acid, Magnesium, niacin, nicotine, phosphorus, Potassium
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Artichoke Overview and Health Benefits
Overview Artichoke is the unopened flower of a Thistle (a flowering plant characterized by leaves of sharp tips). Artichoke is well known in the Mediterranean region. In Lebanon, it is widely served as a cold “mezza” (Lebanese cold appetizers) with … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Nutrition
Tagged antioxidants, Artichoke, cancer, cholesterol, cooking, diet, Dietary Fibers, Digestive system, dyspepsia, Folic Acid, IBS, Liver, Magnesium, Potassium, Vitamin A, Vitamin C
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Sumac and Lebanese Cuisine
Sumac is the berries of a shrub that mainly grows in the Mediterranean area. It is well known in all regions and harvested from almost all the mountains of Lebanon. The sumac hangs on the branches of the shrub as … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Nutrition
Tagged antioxidants, Calcium, chickens, cooking, diet, eggs, flavor, fruits, Lebanese cuisine, Magnesium, phosphorus, Potassium, sumac, tanin, Vitamin C
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Open Sesame…
Sesame is a flowering plant… its seeds are rich in oil. The seeds are further processes to give sesame oil or stone grinded to give sesame paste know as Tahini… Seeds, oils or pastes are greatly used in cooking… especially … Continue reading
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Tagged antioxidants, Calcium, diet, Dietary Fibers, iron, Magnesium, Omega-6, phosphorus, poly-unsaturated fatty acids, Potassium, Proteins, sesame, vitamin E
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