Tomatoes are one of those foods with so many news stories orbiting them that you never know what to believe. The first day, it’s a report on killing prostate cancer cells. The second day, it’s a 70 year old grandpa claiming that removing them healed his creaky joints. For once though, almost all the claims […]
The first fact an acne sufferer should know is that honey wipes out bacteria nicely. The second fact is that its endless antioxidants, enzymes and peptides are promising for bonus powers like collagen. The third fact to know is that up to 50% of honey on grocery story shelves is fake. Last April, we did a
If you’re a coffee aficionado, or even a casual fan, then you might have been confused by the words of your bar’s resident expert. He’ll be sitting behind the counter, holding court to a circle of starry eyed admirers, proudly disparaging this or that commercial coffee brand. He’ll be speechifying about how wooden barrels and
Olive oil is a fantastic food for acne. It isn’t just its nutrients like vitamin E, or its antioxidants like oleocanthal. It’s also the strategical elements, that it can replace inflammatory cooking oils like soybean oil or corn oil. But what if I told you that fraud is rife in the market? Some have estimated
When it comes to pesticides, organic isn’t automatically essential for acne. Broccoli and pineapple, for example, have so few pesticides that their acne benefits steamroller them. Coffee and chocolate, meanwhile, are more ambiguous. The original coffee beans, hanging from a jungle tree, are blasted with pesticides, but the roasting temperatures of 180-205C are proven to
