Author: Dr. Kanika Singla

Ph.D., IARI Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley

Top 10 best vegetables for health

June 22, 2018

All vegetables are good for you, but some more than others! Here are the top 10 best vegetables recommended in a diet prevention. Integrate them into your menu to get the vitamins and minerals your body needs! In the top 10 best vegetables for your health: tomato Tomato can protect against prostate cancer thanks to its rich lycopene, the pigment that […]

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10 antidiabetic superfoods

June 22, 2018

We used six criteria to judge the health value of food. Those in the following list respond to perfection. Consume them without hesitation: they are your allies against diabetes. Cantaloupe Given the high water content of embroidered melon , its energy density (the number of caloriesthat one gram of a food provides) is very low. You can, for all practical purposes, consume at […]

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Nutrition: Are organic foods worth the candle?

June 22, 2018

How to recognize “real” organic products? Are organic foods better for your health? We take stock of the issue. The organic food Organic foods are more expensive than others, so you have to be selective. This type of purchase will be favoured in cases where it has been proven that the conventional product may contain a particularly high […]

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Nitrous oxide, the new enemy of the ozone layer

June 12, 2018

Since the ban on CFCs, which devoured stratospheric ozone, nitrous oxide (N 2 O), mass produced by agriculture, has become the main enemy of this protective layer, and is a powerful gas for greenhouse effect. Two studies show the very harmful effects. Part of the stratosphere (whose floor is between 8 and 20 km altitude) contains a higher […]

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Rosita, the transgenic cow, give it a little human milk?

June 12, 2018

In Argentina, a heifer has just been born with two human genes, coding for two proteins that will bring his milk closer to that of the woman. Purpose of the game: to better protect babies whose mothers can not breastfeed from diseases. Rosita Isa (Isa for for INTA and San Martin) has in her two genes […]

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Bacteria unveil the unknown life of the oceanic crust

June 12, 2018

Difficult to access, the bottom of the oceans remains today largely unknown while it shelters the largest ecosystem of the planet, within the oceanic crust, under marine sediments. An unexplored environment that an international drilling program is beginning to reveal. The underwater laboratories were installed at 4,400 meters deep, on the mid-Atlantic ridge (yellow dot on […]

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An original source of electricity: BACTERIA

June 7, 2018

Two pots of flowers, a copper electrode in one, a zinc in the other, potting soil, a little water and here are a few milliamperes. The invention is not new but a Dutch designer has made a clock …. Invented by the Dutch Marieke Staps, Soil Clock is a clock running thanks to the bacteria present in the soil of a […]

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How to make compost?

June 7, 2018

Your garden or your plantations need fertilizer? The compost is an ecological and economical solution to meet your needs. Below, the procedure to follow to make a good compost. 1) Recycle household waste The principle of composting is based on the recycling of your waste. But all is not good to compost! The waste concerned must be solely organic. These are the ones that will fertilize […]

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