Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Garlic is a strong and bitter herb. It adds an unbelievable flavour to cuisine. It is packed with several health benefits. The miracle herb has, for ages, being used as medicine to prevent, or treat, various medical conditions. Allicin, a compound in garlic, is known to have great antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal and
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Indian gooseberry has a host health-enhancing and therapeutic benefits; so also papaya, which tastes like a cross between melon and peach. Indian gooseberry, or amla [Emblica officinalis], is an ancient fruit. It is native to India, although it is cultivated in several Asian countries and the Middle East. Uttar Pradesh is the
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Celery is a vegetable loved for its crisp texture and distinctive flavour. A bunch of celery is a single stalk comprising of separate ribs, and the most tender, inner ribs — called the hearts. The crispness of celery comes from the firmness of its cell walls and its high water content. In
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 The jackfruit is a major tree-centric fruit in the world. It reaches 80lb in weight, close to 36 inch in length, and 20 inch in diameter. This oval fruit has a pale-green to dark-yellow rind when ripe. It is encased with short, sharp, hexagonal, fleshy spines. The interior consists of large, soft,
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Never mind the tears they bring on — besides adding oodles of taste to your food — onions provide incredible health benefits. Onion is found in almost every kitchen, everywhere, thanks to the delectable taste it brings to food. Onions also form the basis of several dishes — be it raw, cooked,
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Spinach, a nutrient powerhouse, can be consumed raw, or cooked. It, however, provides more nutrients when cooked. Do you know that cooking spinach actually increases its health benefits? Just half a cup of cooked spinach will give you thrice the amount of nutrition as one cup of raw spinach. This is because
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Avocados and almonds are not just healthy treats; they are also delightful options to bringing home the natural healing nutraceutical ‘punch’ to optimal wellness. Avocados, originally a ‘native’ of Central Mexico, are sometimes known as ‘alligator pear,’ because of their shape and leather-like appearance. Their name is actually derived from the Aztec
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 Beans are as old as civilisation. There is evidence that native Mexicans and Peruvians cultivated beans as early as 7,000 BCE. The use of beans existed in ancient Egypt and Asia, no less. It is, therefore, apparent that beans were an integral part of several cultures throughout the world. Beans are rich
Words: Team THINKWELLNESS360 India is the world’s foremost producer of cashew nuts. Cashew trees produce a fruit-like shoot — the cashew apple — well, the name is a misnomer, because they look so much like pear. The cashew nut is attached to the end of the cashew apple. It has a smooth, ash-tinted outer shell.
Words: Dr Chaithra S RAO Monsoons are a good time for botanical pursuits. That beauty of knowing the unknown was experienced by this writer — during my Monsoon field visits, while accompanying my late uncle, Venkatram Daithota, a folk practitioner, who was a botanist-herbalist by passion. He would often quote the Sanskrit verse, Naasti moolam
