Last week, Melvin wrote:
you should do a piece on ginger tea. the ginger bounce rooibos at the coffee-house is particularly excellent. my friend rachel told me one time to drink it with an lemon wedge and some cayenne pepper. will you please tell me what that’s all about, aside from being far more delicious than […]
Entries Tagged as 'antioxidants'
Reader question: ginger tea
March 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: allergies · antioxidants · avgolemono · cayenne pepper · cold weather · ginger · home remedy · lemon · rooibos · vitamin C
Chocolate fights more than free radicals
March 4th, 2008 · No Comments
So I’ve been a bad blogger this week - apologies! - but to make up for it, let’s kick things off with a blog post you can really sink your teeth into (couldn’t resist…). While we all know about the amazing antioxidant effects of chocolate, something you may not know is that chocolate also contains […]
Tags: antioxidants · cardiovascular health · chocolate · high blood pressure
Functional foods becoming popular in California
February 16th, 2008 · No Comments
Supposed immunity-boosting ingredients, once denoted almost exclusively on health food products such as juices and teas, are now being touted on many trendy restaurant menus, according to this article in the New York Times. Eateries such as the Beverly Hills Vietnamese restaurant Crustacean have special icons on their menus to indicate that certain items contain […]
Tags: antioxidants · functional foods · menus · restaurants · vitamins