Nitrate Contaminated Water and Birth Defects
Agricultural processes use potassium nitrate as a virtually chloride-free and water-soluble source of nitrate-nitrogen and potassium nutrients. Potassium nitrate has specific benefits and characteristics and because of this target markets are related to high value crops including fruits, vegetables and flowers. Chloride sensitive crops such as strawberries, cabbage, potatoes, beans, peanuts, lettuce, onions, carrots, apricots, blackberries, grapefruit, tobacco, and avocados depend on the use of chloride-free K sources like potassium nitrate. While the use of potassium nitrate might sound very beneficial, it is having some ...
Source: Disabled World - July 25, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Food Security Source Type: news
Women Who Regularly Consume Strawberries And Blueberries May Reduce Their Risk For Heart Attack
Eating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries per week may help women reduce their risk of a heart attack by as much as one-third, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Blueberries and strawberries contain high levels of naturally occurring compounds called dietary flavonoids, also found in grapes and wine, blackberries, eggplant, and other fruits and vegetables... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - January 16, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news
The best blackberry jam recipe
I lurve blackberry jam, for me it’s a definite preferred alternative to strawberry which often tastes too bland. And like Rosie (the heroine in my novel, Woman on the Edge of Reality) I love to pick my own blackberries. I also pick sloes and elderberries too and have recipes for sloe gin and elderberry cordial as well if you like.
This recipe is easy peasy and needs no complicated ingredients like pectin either, I add a little ginger to the mix to give a bit of oomph too.
Ingredients
1kg blackberries – wild ones if you’ve got them as they taste so much better
1kg caster sugar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
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Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 21, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Life Happiness Source Type: news
Sloe Gin Recipe
Ingredients
450g/1lb sloes
225g/8oz white or brown sugar
1 litre/1¾ pint gin
Method
The ususal method is to prick the skin of the sloes all over with a clean needle and put in a large sterilised jar. Actually, it’s easier to wash them thoroughly and pop them in the freezer where the skins will split quite naturally. Much better than pricked fingers covered by juice that stains for days on end. Alternatively, you could just pour (or drink!) half a bottle or litre of gin and pack the remaining half with sloes.
Pour in the sugar and the gin, seal tightly and shake well.
Store in a cool, dark cupboard and shake e...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 13, 2009 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Life Happiness Source Type: news
