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    Tomatoes, tomatoes

    Meet one of the most versatile ingredients that offer limitless possibilities when deciding the menu. You can eat tomatoes at breakfast, make them shine for lunch, and insert their color and flavor into your dinner plate. Also, these superstars can be grown at home! Tomatoes are superfoods with such a positive impact on our bodies. Drinking a glass of unsalted tomato juice daily helps lower blood pressure, shows a report published in Food Science & Nutrition. And that’s a great way to strengthen the heart. THE POWER OF LYCOPENE This nutrient with antioxidant properties has been linked to a wide range of health benefits. First of all, it protects our bodies…

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    Gardening for a happier life

     The last two years were like a roller coaster of emotions, an amalgam of fear, resignation, and - finally - hope. That's because covid landed in our lives like a   hurricane. This stage in human history caught the majority of us unprepared. We   needed time to evaluate the situation. We needed time to value the benefits. Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash And the winner in the benefits category is, undoubtedly, the human ability to reconnect with Mother Nature. During lockdowns, gardening turned out to be a great way to maintain mental health in elderly adults, who are more prone to loneliness and depression. But taking care of plants or simply having them around is a…

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