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Pumpkin seeds have been used in traditional medicines all over the globe for thousands of years, from Mexico to China to Ireland. There are, unsurprisingly, common threads as to their...

I have been asked this question a few times over the last months at the market. And I did not have an answer. I understood that histamines were part of...

We are often asked "What is the healthiest nut?". To which there is of course no answer, because every nut provides different nutrients and has different qualities. All contain quality...

Many people have heard about how walnuts look just like a brain and therefore are good for the brain. Some dismiss this as fanciful imagination - but it is actually...

The chances are fairly high that if you are reading this blog, you are interested in eating healthy organic food and making conscious lifestyle choices. But... there is a lot...

  Hemp is a truly amazing crop that I have said before quite possibly has the potential to change the world. It offers so much and takes so little, which...

INTRODUCTION TO OXALATES Oxalates are another type of so-called 'anti-nutrients', similar but different to the lectins I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. These substances are only 'so-called' anti-nutrients...

Macadamias are the only global agricultural product to have come out of Australia. They are also creamy, buttery, tasty, delicious, and from our own local area here in South-East Queensland....

We get asked some interesting and often challenging questions at our market stall on Sundays. One that comes up more and more is which nuts are low in lectins. Once...

  Our world seems to be getting more and more dominated by a few large powerful corporations and super-wealthy individuals. These corporations are required by law, ironically enough, to prioritise...

Brazil nuts are the seeds of the towering rainforest tree, Bertholettia excelsa. The Brazil nuts grow in a large football sized fruit, each containing 5-12 seeds. When these come thundering...

Six excellent reasons why almonds are a fantastically nutritious food for all of us: nutrients, antioxidants, Vitamin E, Magnesium and more...