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Coffee: A NUTRITIOUS YAY OR NAY? by Victoria Cox, MSc, Registered Dietitian Coffee – that deliciously aromatic beverage that many of us look forward to as part of our morning ritual. Coffee beans are actually the seed from the fruit of a tree, which are dried or pulped to release the beans that many of us recognise. They must then be hulled, graded and sorted by size and weight

NUTRI TION TRENDS FOR 2021 by Nakiah Thomas-Edwards One thing that the year 2020 has done, is to make Barbadians realise that they did not have food security, and that they need to plant more food to ensure they have enough to eat in a crisis. And because of the pandemic, people are realising more and more that a healthy diet keeps the immune system strong and more ready and able to

You know the liquid you usually drain off a can of chickpeas you’ve opened to make hummus? Well, it turns out that that liquid is actually a healthy substitute for egg whites! Good news for vegans, this is! And that liquid has a name: aquafaba. It’s a name also given to any liquid in which legumes are canned or were cooked in. According to the official aquafaba website www.aquafaba.com,

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – The alert level associated with La Soufriere volcano, was on Tuesday raised from yellow to orange, the third highest on the...

Christmas message by Bishop Joseph J.S. Atherley, Leader of the Opposition "Fellow Barbadians, this Christmas of 2020 is likely to be one the likes of which none of...

Palm Beach, Florida – United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted pardons to former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former adviser Roger Stone,...