High blood pressure symptoms: Five vegetables to add to your diet to lower hypertension

HIGH blood pressure symptoms are rarely noticeable, but if the condition is left untreated it can increase your risk of more series problems such as heart attacks and strokes. One of the ways to prevent the condition or to reduce your reading is to eat healthily, and there are five vegetables you can add to […]

How to live to 101: Eat vegetables, visit friends and smile

While we might be living longer, with life expectancy now at record levels, not all that extra time is spent in good health, experts say. Dr Dawn Harper, 55, star of Channel 4’s Embarrassing Bodies, has researched what she believes are the top must-be-obeyed tips for achieving healthy longevity. She said: “A year ago I […]

A father and son are growing fruit and vegetables 8 metres below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea — here’s why

Nemo’s Garden is an underwater farm in Italy. The project consists of 5 biospheres connected by a central ‘tree of life’. Each biosphere has carefully monitored temperature and humidity.   This is Nemo’s Garden, it’s an underwater farm created by the Ocean Reef Group. The project was started as an experiment as the owner’s crops were suffering […]

Dementia symptoms: Eating just five of these 6p vegetables a day could prevent Alzheimer’s

Dementia is the name given to a group of symptoms linked to an ongoing decline in brain function, according to the NHS. Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia, and symptoms include memory loss, confusion and repetitivity. You can lower your risk of dementia by eating a healthy, balanced diet. Eating just an extra five […]

A new market for old and ugly fruit and vegetables takes shape

Multiple roots to success NO ONE knows quite how much fruit and vegetable produce never reaches the grocery checkout till. A fifth perhaps—or maybe twice that—is judged to be beneath commercial standards. So it is put to use as animal-feed or compost, or simply thrown away in a landfill. This infuriates those appalled at waste. […]

Subway’s ‘mystery meat’ and ‘mushy and rotten vegetables’ destroyed the ‘Eat Fresh’ advantage it spent years building

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Subway is facing declining sales and hundreds of store closures.  The chain — which long promoted an “eat fresh” philosophy — has failed to keep up with American consumers’ demands for local ingredients. Franchisees and workers said that locations can only get one or two shipments of produce a week, sometimes resulting […]