| Egypt's miracle vegetable goes global
Cairo - The ancient Egyptians swore by it for its aphrodisiac qualities. Five thousand years later, the Japanese and South Koreans are making it into green tea, tofu and even ice cream. This is molokia, a green vegetable of the jute or mallow family, which is one of�Egypt's most traditional dishes. Perhaps its reputation as an Old Kingdom viagra stems from its amazing growth in under hot conditions, such as in the Nile delta in summer, it can grow up to 25 cm per day. Once harvested, it is made into a green soup that almost all Egyptians find delicious and just the mention of it arouses nostalgia among expatriate Egyptians. Sam Habib, an Egyptian-born Australian likens preparing molokia to "the smell of Cairo on a Friday." Others claim its glutinous, sticky texture and garlicky smell make it a bit of an acquired taste.
Antioxidant cure for wrinkles?
A new method to fight off wrinkles.
Women may soon no longer have to turn to plastic surgery to get rid of those pesky wrinkles, thanks to a researcher at the Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences who has developed a new method to fight wrinkles.
The method has been developed by Dr Orit Bossi under the supervision of Zecharia Madar, the Karl Bach Professor of Agricultural Biochemistry at the Hebrew University, and Prof Shlomo Grossman of Bar-Ilan University.
Antioxidants operate against free radicals which cause a breakdown of many tissues in the body, including the skin. When found in small quantities in the body, free radicals are not harmful and are even involved in various physical processes.
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