Updated: 13 March 2025 Coffee has had a tumultuous run over recent decades coming in and out of flavor with health specialists and crazes around the world. Coffee by itself has some surprising health benefits though and the two main…
When people hear about addiction, they often relate it to drug or alcohol abuse. But, there is another type of addiction and that is to food. This, in itself, comes in two forms. One is where an individual cannot stop…
Updated: 13 March 2025 Plantain is a plant that has edible leaves. It has been used for thousands of years in traditional medicine. However, despite its name, the plantain plant has no relation to the banana-like fruit called plantain. The…
As the saying goes, food is medicine and boy is that true. What we put inside not only provides fuel for our body but also ingredients by which the body uses to keep us healthy or cause us to be…
What do you add to your coffee? Milk? sugar? Coconut or soymilk? Or how about turmeric? Yes, really! For the longest time, putting anything but milk or white sugar in your daily coffee was akin to heresy. Now, an abundance…
Learning how to make herb-infused oils is just one of the first things beginners learn in herbalism. An infused oil is extracting the medicinal chemical compounds out of dry plant material by soaking it in oil. Put simply, some of…
Coughing is a perfectly normal reaction. It can help with keeping your throat clear from phlegm and other irritants as well. However, sustained coughing can also represent a symptom of a few conditions, such as allergies, viral infections, or bacterial infections. A modern…
Chlorophyll was first isolated in 1817 by two French chemists: Joseph Bienaimé Caventou and Pierre-Joseph Pelletier. Together, they isolated other important compounds too, such as caffeine and quinine. Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in plants that is essential to…
Quinine is found in the Cinchona tree which is native to Peru. Even before Quinine was isolated as a compound in 1820 it was used to treat malaria nearly 200 years prior using the bark from the Cinchona tree. It’s…
