Bilberry is related to the Blueberry plant, in that both come from the Latin plant genus Vaccinium. Bilberry’s full Latin botanical name is Vaccinium myrtillus. Bilberry goes by several common names, including myrtle blueberry, whinberry, blaeberry and whortleberry. Like blueberries, Bilberries can be eaten, and their fruit is round, sweet and blue-colored like the blueberry, but they are smaller in circumference. The fruit makes wonderful jam an (more…)
So what makes the antioxidant blueberries form Alaska a miracle? They are not just your ordinary, every day blueberries, but the Kyani Alaska wild blueberries or otherwise known as the “Super Blueberry” help protect from a wide range of diseases, including: Cardiovascular disease, Cancer, Arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, Diabetes(which is very common) and Obesity. In the bestselling book, “Fourteen Foods That Will Change Your Life – Superfoods RX (more…)
Many terms have come to define the complex symptom set and chronic disease inter-relationship that is generally recognized as the metabolic syndrome, a precursor to the modern scourge, adult- onset diabetes. Encompassing elevated lipids and glucose, high blood pressure, central adiposity and other signs and symptoms, this is the clinical manifestation of the American obesity epidemic. Nutrition texts refer to a toxic food environment.
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Chincoteague Island - Ponies, Beaches, and Family Fun
Mother Nature made horses, and Mother Nature made ponies. But Mother Nature also made a remarkably tough, intelligent, and beautiful breed of horses whose small stature has meant that they are universally referred to as ponies, and turned them loose to roam the shores and wilds of Assateague Island, Virginia.
Today, however, they’re known as the Chincoteagu (more…)