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Health Benefits of Ash Gourd (Winter Melon)

Health Benefits of Ash Gourd (Winter Melon)

| March 23, 2013 3 Comments

  The health benefits of ash-gourd have long been known. The ash-gourd is mentioned in ancient Ayurvedic texts like Charaka Samhita and Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita for its many nutritional and medicinal properties. Also known as white gourd, winter melon, white pumpkin, wax gourd, petha, safed kaddu, kashiphal in Hindi, boodida gummadikaya in Telugu, pooshnikai in […]

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Health Benefits of Amaranth

Health Benefits of Amaranth

| March 23, 2013 Comment

The health benefits of amaranth are being rediscovered in the Western world today, but they were recognized long ago by people from countries like Mexico, Argentina, and India. Believed to have originated in the Americas, and then introduced to Asia, amaranth has been a part of the human diet in both the seed (grain) and […]

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Health Benefits of Vegetables

Health Benefits of Vegetables

| March 23, 2013 Comment

  The health benefits of vegetables are innumerable. That’s a great reason to eat your veggies. Apart from that, vegetables add a lot of taste and variety to your meals. A plant-based diet is rich in nutrients and fiber, and low in calories, sodium, fat, and cholesterol, and has been shown to reduce the risk of […]

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