Remember our grandparents used to buy oil taking an empty bottle to the store. This cold pressed oil or chekku ennai was a way of life until 30 years ago when refined oil industry came to the market. The modern method of oil extraction supplies pretty lot of heat. The seed is first crushed and … [Read more…]
We all know that non stick cookwares have plenty of benefits like consuming less oil, less time, easy to wash but the darkest side of non stick cookwares reveals it is carcinogenic in nature. Many studies proved that our exposure to these non stick leads to cancer in pancreas, testes, liver and even miscarriages. This … [Read more…]
Honey is considered to be organic when it is taken from its natural location, the bee hive and certified organic by meeting the standards which includes source of the nectar, honey bees foraging areas, bees management,honey extracting process, transportation, processing temperature, and packaging materials. Honey that claims to be organic needs to be tested to … [Read more…]
Most of us know that Brown rice is better than white. Brown rice milling process removes only the outer layer, the hull of the rice kernel and is the least damaging to its nutritional value. The milling and polishing that converts brown rice into white rice destroys 67% of vitamin B3, 80% of vitamin B1, … [Read more…]