Reclaiming Our Health with Dr. Erica Park
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Hot or Not (opens the original)
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My mother, who grew up in Tunapuna, Trinidad, puts pepper sauce on everything. It goes on her eggs at breakfast, it goes on her pelau at dinner. She would probably put it on ice cream, but there are some limits I suppose. What’s funny is that my dad is the opposite. In Antigua, where he was born, the food is flavorful but generally not very spicy.Well, genetics are interesting and I clearly inherited the spice tolerance gene from my mom’s side of the family! So when I started growing more food i
Home Gardening How To: Overwintering Aloes (opens the original)
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Aloe VeraI have been growing aloe vera for many years after being gifted my original plant by my mother (literally the mother plant). As a warm-climate succulent I keep it outside in pots during the summer, but it adapts very well to indoor life. Since I live in New Jersey where it can get quite cold in the autumn and winter it is necessary to bring … Read more
What Does the Science Really Say About Soursop? (opens the original)
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The first time I was introduced to soursop I didn’t want to eat it. I was about 9 or 10 years old and we were visiting my Great-Uncle Hugh who lived close to Siparia, in the Southwestern part of Trinidad. When I inspected the soursop it looked so odd–it was a weird green misshapen thing with little spikes sticking out of it. It looked like it was from another planet! But my mother convinced me to eat it. Ok let’s be real–for anyone who grew up with old school Caribbean parents like I did you kno
Masha Danki (opens the original)
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This summer I spent a few days in Aruba where I was attending a medical conference. My 15-year-old daughter was on summer vacation so I brought her along with me to enjoy some time in the islands. Although my parents are from the Caribbean (Trinidad for my mother and Antigua for my father) and I have travelled extensively in the region, this was my first time in Aruba.The first thing I noticed was how different the climate was than the other islands I have travelled to. Aruba has a dry, semi-ari
Why We Should Strength Train as We Age (opens the original)
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