Can prunes reverse bone loss?
A growing body of research suggests that eating prunes could improve bone health in postmenopausal women who have low bone mass. In some cases, it might even reverse bone loss caused by osteoporosis.
COVID-19 AND THE DECIDUOUS FRUIT INDUSTRY
April 2022 President lifts national state of disaster As you are aware, President Cyril Ramaphosa has lifted South Africa’s national state of disaster more than two years after it was first declared in response to the COVID-19pandemic. Full details of…
Droëvrugte in ‘dié tyd, ‘n wonderproduk’
Die verkope van pruimedante en pruimedantsap het met die uitbreking van die COVID-19 merkbaar gestyg, sê Chris Krone, vorige president van die Internasionale Pruimedante-Vereniging (International Prune Association/IPA).
Rising temperatures and your health
Population exposure to heat is increasing due to climate change, and this trend will continue. Globally, extreme temperature events are observed to be increasing in their frequency, duration, and magnitude. Between 2000 and 2016, the number of people exposed to…
THE REAL COST OF AN APPLE
The full story — from orchard to shelf You pick up a bag of apples at your local supermarket, glance at the price, and think: seriously? It’s just fruit. But that reaction overlooks a surprisingly complex story that begins months…