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Coffee - good for diabetes

farmeric February 5th, 2008

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The morning of our childhood always began with a steaming hot, aromatic cup of coffee. Freshly brewed, barako coffee harvested, dried, and ground right in our home.

No one bothered to ask why we, children as tender as five or six years old, were allowed to drink the wicked brew so early in the day, and that early in our life. In Batangas, coffee-drinking is a daily, sometimes hourly, habit way of life, shared by entire families at breakfast, or at any time of night and day.

We drank coffee as we ate a breakfast of fried rice and dried fish before dashing off to school. We’d dunk our pandesal into it till the bread went soggy and unrecognizable but seductively delicious to our young taste.

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Camote (sweet potato) - a possible cure for Dengue?

farmeric January 28th, 2008

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As I was writing an article about 2008 as the Year of the Potato according to United Nation, an email arrived on my inbox stating that “Cure for dengue - camote tops”. Indeed a post was made on PinoBusiness.ORG regarding this email.

It is said the soup made from camote tops specifically the purple sweet potato can make Dengue patient’s platelets count back to normal. Although, still not proven to cure Dengue completely.

Last month, I donated my blood to my friend who was diagnosed with Dengue. Continue Reading »

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