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Tender, flexible green beans are delight of vegetarian lovers for their wholesome nutritional qualities. They are unripe or immature pods obtained from the bean plant belonging to common fabaceae family and known scientifically as Phaseolus vulgaris....

Tender, flexible green beans are delight of vegeta...

Eggplant or Brinjal, is a very low calorie vegetable and has healthy nutrition profile; good news for weight watchers! The veggie is popularly known as aubergine in the western world. Botanically, it belongs to solanaceae family and named as Solanum ...

Eggplant or Brinjal, is a very low calorie vegetab...

Endive, commonly popular as escarole, is a green leafy vegetables with a hint of bitter flavor. However, this well known salad plant is much more than just a leafy green. Escarole is packed with numerous health benefiting plant nutrients such as vita...

Endive, commonly popular as escarole, is a green l...

Delicate, sweet flavored fennel bulb commonly features in many Mediterranean cuisines. Its succulent enlarged bulb imparts special “anise like” sweet flavor to the recipes. Bulb fennel is cultivated as vegetable for its beautiful, squatted stems in m...

Delicate, sweet flavored fennel bulb commonly feat...

Ever wonder how to beat the scorching summer heat? Remember humble crunchy cucumber! This wonderful, low calorie vegetable indeed has more nutrients to offer than just water and electrolytes. The vegetable is one of the oldest cultivated crops and be...

Ever wonder how to beat the scorching summer heat?...

Packed with rich nutrients, cauliflower or cabbage flower is one of the commonly used flower-vegetable. The flower heads contains numerous health benefiting phtyo nutrients such as indole-3-carbinol, sulforaphane etc that help prevent prostate, ovari...

Packed with rich nutrients, cauliflower or cabbage...

Collard greens are highly nutritious staple green “cabbage-like leaves” vegetable. Collards are one of the most popular members of the brassica family, closely related to kale and cabbage and could be described as a non-heading (acephalous) cabbage. ...

Collard greens are highly nutritious staple green ...

Butternut squash is the most popular among winter squash varieties. Oftentimes, the squash is recognized as large pear shaped golden-yellow pumpkin fruit, which is put for sale in the markets. Butternuts are annual long trailing vines. They usually c...

Butternut squash is the most popular among winter ...

Ever wonder what is the secret of Chinese people ever youthfulness? It is cabbage! Rich in phyto-nutrients, this cool season leafy vegetable belongs to the "brassica" family of vegetables, which also include brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, k...

Ever wonder what is the secret of Chinese people e...

Naturally sweet, delicious and crunchy, carrots are healthy additions you can make to the vegetable list in your diet. Indeed these root vegetables comes with wholesome health benefiting compounds such as beta-carotenes, vitamin A, minerals and anti-...

Naturally sweet, delicious and crunchy, carrots ar...

Brussel sprouts are small leafy green buds resemble like miniature cabbages in appearance. The buds are exceptionally rich in protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which work wonders to get rid of many health troubles. In fact, ...

Brussel sprouts are small leafy green buds resembl...

Broccoli heads are rich source of phyto-nutrients that help protect from prostate cancer and stroke risks. It is actually a flower vegetable and known for its notable and unique nutrients that are found to have disease prevention and health promoting...

Broccoli heads are rich source of phyto-nutrients ...

Bok choy or leafy Chinese cabbage is one of the popular mainland crop in China, Philippines, Vietnam and other oriental regions; nonetheless this humble brassica family vegetable has gained popularity even in the western world for its sweet, succulen...

Bok choy or leafy Chinese cabbage is one of the po...

Beets are highly nutritious and “cardiovascular health” friendly root vegetables. Certain unique pigment antioxidants present in root as well as top greens have found to offer protection against coronary artery disease and stroke, lower cholesterol l...

Beets are highly nutritious and “cardiovascular he...

Bell pepper or sweet pepper is the most popular of the chili peppers in the Capsicum annum family. It is a fruit pod of small perennial shrub in the nightshade or solanaceae family, of the genus, capsicum. Scientific name: Capsicum annum. Unlike thei...

Bell pepper or sweet pepper is the most popular of...

Bitter gourd (melon) is perhaps the secret vegetable of the Okinawan islander’s longevity! Although the bitterness of Bitter melon might turn some people away, it can really sweeten your health because of its disease preventing and health promoting p...

Bitter gourd (melon) is perhaps the secret vegetab...

Asparagus has been revered by ancient Greek and Romans as a prized delicacy. One of the oldest recorded vegetable; it is thought to have originated along the coastal regions of eastern Mediterranean and Asia Minor areas. Botanically this herbaceous p...

Asparagus has been revered by ancient Greek and Ro...

Artichoke is one of popular winter season edible flower bud of the Mediterranean region known since ancient times for its medicinal and health benefiting qualities. Botanically it belongs to the thistle family of Asteraceae, of the genus; Cynara. Sci...

Artichoke is one of popular winter season edible f...

Arugula, also known as salad or garden rocket, is a nutritious leafy green vegetable of Mediterranean origin. It belongs to the brassicaceae family like mustard greens, cauliflower, kale ... etc and has scientific name Eruca sativa. Salad rocket is a...

Arugula, also known as salad or garden rocket, is ...

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about exercise fears, asking readers what scares them most about exercise. The overwhelming choice? Injury. I think fear of injuring one's self is a healthy fear. After all, there are plenty of studies (like this one)...

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about exercise fe...

The rowing machine is an excellent choice for getting a great cardio workout while working the entire body. You work the legs, arms and core while building endurance in the heart and lungs. Many people shy away from rowing machines at the gym, unsure...

The rowing machine is an excellent choice for gett...