Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders that have in common hyperglycemia as a consequence of failure of insulin action (1). During the early stages of the disease, ...

The University of Guam’s Garden-to-Table Workshop Series returns this month with lessons on growing and cooking local crops as residents face rising grocery bills and shrinking federal nutrition ...

Medicinal plants are being increasingly explored for their role in preventing and managing noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular conditions, which are major ...

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With Chaya, I was love at first taste. I’m not usually a huge fan of cooked greens, but there’s something about the hearty, somewhat sweet taste of boiled chaya greens that keeps me reloading my plate ...

The Caribbean UK Overseas Territories are home to diverse and unique species but, like islands worldwide, they face a major and growing threat from invasive non-native species. Through two Darwin Plus ...

This study aims to evaluate the physicochemical properties and tocopherol content in faveleira seed oil extracted using three methods (Bligh-Dyer, Soxhlet extractor, and cold-pressing). Each of the ...

In 2017, some residents of the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood of Governor’s Island spontaneously started tending a neglected garden that originated from a brief corporate event. Lacking ongoing ...

Jerry has more than 100 edible plants in his garden, and a mainstay are leafy greens. But as less obvious source of greens in Jerry’s garden are his trees. All the edible trees are evergreen, so ...

1 El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S.N., San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico 2 Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, Syracuse University, New York, NY ...

The ancient Maya ate well, blessed as they were with forests teeming with edible plants, insects and game. Isotope analysis of collagen of human bones has led researchers to infer the Maya consumed ...