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Powerful superfoods you may not know

May 01, 2011 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

An Icelandic yogurt and an ancient grain are among the hot items that pack a nutritious punch.

Is Greek yogurt already old hat? If you love expanding your nutrition horizons get ready for a whole new crop of superfoods bound to become the next big thing:

Skyr This Icelandic yogurt is technically a soft cheese, but its texture and nutrients are similar to Greek yogurt, and it includes the same basic ingredients: skim milk and live active cultures. Skyr is made using a centuries-old straining processes that removes the whey (liquid), which makes it creamy and thick (stick a spoon in it and turn it upside down – it won’t fall out!) without providing any fat. A single 6 oz container of plain, nonfat packs 17 g of protein compared to about 15 g in Greek and 8 g in traditional yogurt.


Read more: 5 Hot New Superfoods

Donut Seeds

July 21, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

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500000 seeds in global seed vault

March 13, 2010 By: bozobouffe Category: Uncategorized

Two years after receiving its first deposits, the seed vault on Svalbard has amassed half a million seed samples, making it the world’s most diverse repository of crop seeds, the vault’s operators announced Thursday.

Cary Fowler – who heads the trust that oversees the seed collection, which is 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) from the North Pole, said the facility now houses at least one-third of the world’s crop seeds.

Read more: Architectural Marvel, Svalbard Global Seed Vault, hits 500,000 seeds

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