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Mushrooms Are Good For You, But Are They Medicine?

1:18pm February 05, 2018

by April Fulton

Edible mushrooms, not the psychedelic ones, are low in calories and high in fiber and antioxidants. But despite the hype, scientists are just now looking into how they might fight disease in humans.

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The earliest records of tiger nuts date back to ancient Egypt, where they were valuable and loved enough to be entombed and discovered with buried Egyptians as far back as the 4th millennium B.C. Now, tiger nuts are making a comeback in the health food ai

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Loathed By Farmers, Loved By Ancients: The Strange History Of Tiger Nuts

4:49pm April 27, 2016

by Angus Chen

One of the worst weeds in the world had its start as an ancient and valuable tuber used for food and medicine. Now tiger nuts are making a comeback in the health food aisle.

Powder, tea bags, energy bars — these are some of the ways that moringa is attempting to make inroads into the American diet.

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The Marketing Of Moringa: Is This The New Kale?

12:37pm September 21, 2015

by Emily Sohn

It could be. The moringa tree grows like a weed and has nutritious leaves and seed pods. But in both the developing and developed world, folks aren't always eager to try it.