Turmeric is a deep orange-yellow spice in the ginger family and made from the powdered rhizome (root) of the plant. It is used to color mustard, in curry dishes and has a pungent bite like ginger.
The presence of compounds called, curcuminoids, are what give this spice its yellow color and its potent kick to a [...]

Have Some Red Onions and Black Pepper with Your Red Wine.
While, resveratrol is readily absorbed in the body; it is quickly inactivated by processing in the liver for its elimination. Taking quercetin, a bioflavonoid, found in red onions, and piperine, found in black pepper extract, with your resveratrol, can effectively inhibit this inactivation from happening.
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Resveratrol has been in the news quite a bit recently, but you may be asking “what exactly is resveratrol?” Resveratrol (pronounced “res-vair-uh-traul“) is best known as a compound found in red wine and has been attributed to the “French Paradox“.
The French Paradox is the idea that despite the French penchant for foods smothered in cholesterol-rich [...]

I realize that the title of this post is somewhat provocative, but it’s a sincere question that I’ve had for a while. And it’s become even more nagging with each passing year. I should state from the outset, that I hate ingesting pills, tablets, and capsules of any kind. It’s not that I mind what [...]