Health & Nutrition

The term vegetable generally means the edible parts of plants. Any plant part like fruit (tomato), seeds (bean), roots (beet), tubers (potato), stems (asparagus), leaves (spinach), or flower (cauliflower) can be used as food. Mostly vegetables are low in fat and calories, high in fiber except starchy vegetables like beet …

The fig or Anjeer, botanically called Ficus carica belongs to the mulberry family Moraceae. The fig trees the earliest one which has been cultivated in old age. It was originated in the Mediterranean and western Asia regions. Turkey, Syria, Greece, Spain, Iran, China and Mexico are the major producers of …

PAKISTAN IS blessed with various environments for the cultivation of variety of fruits and vegetable. The southern parts of Pakistan are appropriate for citrus, mango, banana and other tropical fruits like papaya whilst the north and north-western parts provide suitable conditions for temperate fruits like grapes, apple, apricot etc. Papaya …

SPINACH (SPINACIAOLERACEA) is a wonderful green-leafy vegetable often recognized as one of the functional foods for its wholesome nutritional, antioxidants and anti-cancer composition. Its tender, crispy, dark-green leaves are one of the favorite ingredients of chefs all around the planet. Spinacia Spinach may survive over winter in temperate regions. The …

The world might seem a little grayer than usual when we’re down in the dumps and we often talk about “feeling blue” — new research suggests that the associations we make between emotion and color go beyond mere metaphor. The results of two studies indicate that feeling sadness may actually …

Just grin and bear it! At some point, we have all probably heard or thought something like this when facing a tough situation. But is there any truth to this piece of advice? Feeling good usually makes us smile, but does it work the other way around? Can smiling actually …