Learning to Cook and Other Things

Time and again I have heard and read health and nutrition professionals speak and write about the health benefits provided by fresh fruits. No doubt about that. But, are some fruits better than others? "Fruits are the ripened ovaries or carpels that contain the seeds". That is the botanical definition of a fruit. Accordingly it can be classified as 'simple, aggregate or multiple'. Wow! I didn't realize that it's mere classification is not really that simple. Anyway, some examples of common simple fruits are legumes, nuts, carrots, radish, and beets. There are also those known as fleshy, simple fruits like, tomatoes, avocado, plums, cherries, peaches, apricot, olive, banana, cranberries, apple, and pears. Aggregate or fruits that develop from a flower are raspberries, strawberries, and blackberries. On the other hand, examples of multiple fruits or those that come from a cluster of flowers are pineapple, edible fig, mulberry, osage-orange, and breadfru

Top Ten Anti-Aging Food When taken as a healthy serving 1. Avocados in salads or dessert made with cream and muscovado sugar (cold or frozen) 2. Berries specially fresh strawberries and blueberries as pastry topping 3. Broccoli, steamed 4. Cabbage as coleslaw 5. Carrots in veggie and chicken breast dishes 6. Grapefruit as in fresh grapefruit juice 7. Grapes preferably local (for us Filipinos) to minimize pesticides 8. Onions for anything as in sweet potato top and chicken potato salads, and naturally anything that requires sauteeing. 9. Garlic also as in sauteeing or as prime ingredient of marinades 10.Tomatoes in salads, sauteed dishes. Nutritional Facts 1. avocado - Carotenoid lutein and beta-carotene, unsaturated fats to build healthy HDL, beta carotene and nearly 20 minerals and vitamins 2.strawberries - Vitamin C, folate, fiber, potassium and antioxidants; blueberries contain the highest antioxidant activity 3.broccoli - Major anti-cancer food contain indoles, which can help