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Vitamin B – Marmite My Love
By Ivan Hince

I know it’s been said many times through Television adverts, and the media and it is true that you either love Marmite or detest it. Personally I love it and just thinking about a thick piece of toast with lots of butter on it topped off with a nice layer of Marmite.

Perhaps you would rather have a jacket potato with a large knob of butter then a generous amount of Marmite topped of with grated Cheddar cheese. Just makes me drool at the thought of it.

But the thing to remember is the generous amount of Vitamin B that there is in it, as it’s made from brewers yeast.

Like many Vitamins that we need on a daily basis Vitamin B has a major role to play in our health. Firstly it helps to maintain our nervous system and our red blood cells which are vital for our bodies’ maintenance.

Some say that Vegemite all the way from Australia is far superior yet to me it doesn’t even come close. My Son in law who is Australian would argue that statement saying that Marmite is disgusting.

Over the last few years there has been much publicity about vegan’s and vegetarians. The subject was about Vitamin B12 or the lack of it, which can cause several problems in the way of anemia. But again this has been put right by most of the vitamin producers who now make a Vitamin B compound which has a good mixture for a healthy diet.

Yet looking closely on the subject of vegans, and vegetarians if they look carefully at their diet they find that there are a lot of Vitamin B rich foods on the market around they will find plenty of vitamin rich foods on the market, and it would be a simple case of looking around to find the right one for them.

That’s all for now as I’m off to have some cheese and biscuits, and not forgetting to put a little Marmite on as well.

Ivan Hince writes articles on Medical and Alternative Medical cures. To view other articles like this please go to the following website.
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Olives and Olive Oil- Food in Italy and Around the World
By Paul Symonds

Olive is a common name of a Mediterranean evergreen tree having fragrant white flowers, usually lance-shaped leathery leaves, and edible drupes. The Botanical name of olive is Oleaceae.
Olives are classified in the Division Magnoliophyta – Class Magnoliopsida – Order Scrophulariales – Family Oleaceae. Oleaceae is a family of trees that grow in warm temperate climates and of the Old World tropics, especially Asia and the East Indies.

Olives or Olive trees were believed to be grown on the island of Crete in 3500 BC. Semitic peoples were growing olives as early as 3000 BC. Olives were also cultivated by the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Greek mythology says that the olive was Athena’s gift to mankind, and Athens was named in her honor for this gift.

Now, olive trees are grown in areas of Italy, Australia, New Zealand, S Africa, Mexico, California- Eastern Michigan Region and Maritime parts of USA, Lebanon, and Northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Olive family (Oleaceae) comprises about 900 species in 24 genera of woody plants and trees.

The fruit of the olive trees is also called “olive.” Olives are small ovoid edible fruits. Full grown, but unripe olives picked for eating purposes. Green unripe olives are often pitted and stuffed with pimientos or anchovies. However ripe olives, usually turn purplish black, are richer in oil. The bitter quality of green and ripe olives is removed by treating them with lye; this removes oleuropein, a naturally bitter carbohydrate from olives. Olives are then packed in brine and can be eaten. Fresh olives are required to go thru this before they can be eaten. The wood of olive trees is hard and close-grained. Olive wood is often used cabinetwork and furniture.

Olives are an important food and source of oil. Olive trees are mainly grown primarily for olives (fruits), olive oil. Olive oil is valued both for its distinctive taste, fragrance, and dietary benefits. My own favourite olives though come from Sicily in Italy, grown with the incredibly furtile volcanic soil on the Etna. The olives are extra bit tasty and juicy.

Several studies have revealed a number of health benefits of eating olives and olive oil. Olive leaves are used in several medicinal teas. Olive leaves have been reported beneficial in strengthening the immune system, increasing energy, having an internal cleansing action in body, acting as an anti-viral, vermifungal, anti-bacterial antioxidant, and lowering blood pressure, fats, and reducing blood sugar.

Italian food and cuisine.
Malta and Maltese food and cuisine.

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Fig – The Natural Way to Good Health
By Cindy Ng

The fig occupies a high position among fruits. Soft, sweet and puply, this delicious fruit promotes health. It is a pear-shaped hollow fruit, with sugary pulp and a large number of small seeds of golden color sticking to the wall of the cavity. It is variable in size and color. The ripe fresh fruit is juicy, wholesome and delicious. However, being highly perishable, it if sold in the world markets in its dry form.

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