ecobites

Making your life greener - one bite at a time.

The Kiwifruit, otherwise know as Chinese Gooseberry (Actinidia Sinensis), may help treat burns and other slow-healing wounds, such as canker sores.

In a study published in the journal Surgery, burns treated with kiwi fruit had healed more fully after 21 days than those treated with a sterile gauze or a pharmaceutical cream. Kiwifruit-treated burns were smaller and less liable to infection.

This tiny algae packs a powerful punch. Chlorella is a little green algae but it's one of nature's greatest superfoods. The name chlorella is taken from the Greek word chloros meaning green and the Latin suffix ella meaning small. This exciting algae has been the subject of intense research. Chlorella has long been used to cleanse and detoxify the body and as a source of protein and other nutrients.

Get A Bowl of Cherries in Every Spoon. There's nothing as divine and packed with wholesome phyto-chemicals as beautifully rich tasting Apothe-Cherry concentrate.  This is an insidious gift for those who don't value healthy products that much since it tastes unbelievably good.  It’s a nutritive taste explosion of pure delight with the highest food source of natural melatonin. Sneak it to your loved ones as a great nightcap!

A group of Canadian researchers have concluded that happier people are less likely to suffer heart attacks than people who feel dissatisfied with life. The researchers tracked 1700 participants over a 10-year period and found that "The very happiest people were quite protected from heart disease."