Robert von Rotz Roy and Lili

Did you know that v egetables and fruits bring a substantial contribution to nutrition? Besides being flavorful and colorful fruit helps the body to stay healthy. One of these fruits is the dragon fruit. An exotic fruit with a unique form, belonging to a species of climber cactus, and with plenty of health benefits. The dragon fruit has black seeds and can be round or oval. The dragon fruit or Pitaya is three kinds: with red skin and red flesh, with red or pink skin and white pulp, or with yellow skin and white pulp.

Fruits and vegetables have many benefits. They bring us the necessity of vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients beneficial. Fresh fruits and vegetables have better nutritional content than freeze-dried fruits and vegetables. Also, we can tell that kind of freeze-dried fruits and vegetables aren't good but are processed.  In special in some countries not all the year they can have fresh fruits or vegetables. So, when we can get fresh fruits and vegetables, we can prepare some recipes to get the nutritional content and benefit from that.

One of the most amazing recipe with health benefits from 2001-2002 I learnend from my friend in that time, was a such experince for me at that time. Lemon and olive oil are among the wonderful foods that bring dozens of health benefits. The richest source of monounsaturated fats is olive oil. Lemon and Olive Oil This oil is a natural juice that preserves the taste, aroma, vitamins, and curative properties of the olives. At the same time, this is the only unprocessed vegetable oil, freshly pressed from olives. Rich in vitamin C, calcium, iron, protein, sodium, carbohydrates, and sugars, lemon juice is effective and beneficial for human health. These two food have a good nutrient content and many uses. Olive oil was used a long time ago for massage or beauty care. In olive oil, we find vitamins like vitamin E and K, sodium, potassium, calcium, and iron.  The amount of these minerals and vitamins in the olive oil is  All you need is a teaspoon of extra virgin olive oil and thr...

Acmella paniculata The toothache plant or Acmella paniculata is an annual plant. When a toothache appears, all we need is a rapid solution to reduce the pain until we get to the doctor. One of the natural and fast solutions for teeth pain is the wonder plant used by the Amazonian tribal doctors, but also by the Asian traditional medicine, the plant called toothache plant. The leaves are opposite, simple petiolate up to 6.5 centimeters long. Discoid flowers reach up to 2.5 inches long. The fruit of the plant is achene. The beautiful yellow flowers deliver a salty-peppery taste and are used as a toothache remedy. In fact, the whole plant is acrid in flavor. The use of this natural treatment for tooth pain produces no side effects identified for the time being. The toothache plant contains essential oils, spilanthol, acmellonate, alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, and saponins. Spilanthol is a fatty acid amide from toothache plants and it is believed to be responsible for the l...

Miracle Leaf (Kalanchoe Pinnata) Because the plant has healing properties, it is often called "green pharmacy", "flower of life", “Miracle Leaf”, “Leaf of Life” and "house doctor in a flower pot". Kalanchoe pinnata, and it is also known as Bryophyllum pinnatum and Cotyledon pinnata. One of the popular beliefs is that in the house where this plant is cultivated, people are healthy. The curative properties of this succulent plant have been known since ancient times, leaf juice being considered a real elixir for health. The Leaf of Life plant contains over 200 species and is planted both as a decorative plant and as a medicinal plant. The herb contains have a rich content of active compounds, including alkaloids, triterpenes, glycosides, flavonoids, steroids, cardenolides, bufadienolides, lipids, and organic acids. Its nutrition is amazing the plant contains 89.3% palmitic acid, 10.7% stearic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid glycine, and cysteine....

Elder Pepper ( Peperomia pellucida ) Pepper Elder like many other herbs has been replaced by modern medicine but it still continues to have its purpose in alternative medicine. It is used both as a vegetable, but also as a medicinal plant from ancient times. This plant possesses antiseptic , anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties. 100 grams of the plant contain 10.63 grams Protein, 3.24 grams lipid, 46.58 grams of Carbohydrates, 258 grams Calories, 6977 milligrams Potassium, 483 milligrams Calcium, 119.3 milligrams iron, 53.92 milligrams sodium, 3.10 milligrams Copper, and 12.59 milligrams Zinc. So, this plant is a good source of dietary fiber and iron. The elder Pepper is usually grown as vegetables or as ornamental plants due to its strange flowers that occur throughout the year. The plant is easy to grow and cook, also is nutritious and tasty. To prepare the tea you need a handful of fresh pepper elder plant including the roots and 4 glasses of water. Wash thoroughly...

One of the plants used due to their benefits  is Syzygium cumini, known as Java plum or Jamblang plum.   Other names of this plant are Jambolan plum, black plum, jamun, Indian blackberry, Portuguese plum. This tree grows in tropical and subtropical areas and can reach a height of 10-20 meters. The mature leaves of the Java Plum tree are green, oval to elliptical in shape, and are glossy, with a length between 6 and 12 centimeters. The young ones have a pinkish color. The flowers are fragrant, greenish-white, and grow in clusters. The fruits, which are actually berries, are dark purple, edible, and have a single seed. Java Plum, Jambolan, Syzygium cumini Although these fruits resemble the shape of grapes, their taste is different. In the last 4 decades, there is a lot of evidence in traditional medicine but also scientific, which proves that this plant has benefits. Gall extracts from Jamblang leaves are used in medicine, in various foods but also as a nutraceutic...