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...recommend that my patients eat every day, it is blueberries. Not only do blueberries taste great, but they have well-documented antioxidant powers, which is probably why they seem to help ward off Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. I also encourage people to eat vine-ripened tomatoes and citrus fruits, because they have been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancers of the prostate and colon...
Orange island no longer lives up to its name. The citrus trees that once grew here have long given way to a dense warren of houses and shops. And in recent days, the Xiang River's mustard-colored waters have submerged much of the island itself. Anxious residents in skiffs and rafts paddle their belongings to higher ground or to the river bank a few hundred meters away. A dozen families live in the open air on a concrete sidewalk within sight of their flooded homes and businesses. Rao Houxing stacks a few crates of soda and soy milk that...
...only the slightest of progress. Dzhergenia listed the achievements: "We used not to be able to pay our workers anything, now they get a miserable salary, but regularly." Salaries run about $15 a month, pensions $1 a month. He then ran down the list of Abkhazia's assets - tobacco, citrus fruit, grapes, wine - then raised his eyebrows as if shocked at the shortness of the list. There is also tourism. "In Soviet times we had 2 million tourists a year," he said. "Now we are delighted because we had 100,000 last season." Abkhazia's subtropical beauty drew both...
Most people, when they are cleaning their houses, aren't also looking to cleanse their souls. But taking their cue from the popularity of citrus soaps and berry body lotions, designer-housewares stores such as Williams-Sonoma and the Terence Conran Shop are offering household-cleaning products--dishwashing soaps, floor cleaners and countertop sprays--infused with essences fit for a Zen retreat. Consumers can choose among scrubs that smell like green-tea patchouli, citrus-mint ilang-ilang or basil lemon verbena. For the most part, the earth-friendly cleansers are "plant derived," meaning they don't contain man-made substances...
...fast as those of cheaper mixes. Even during the past year, when a shortage of agave plants led to price hikes and the recession contributed to a sharp dip in tequila sales, pure-agave brands grew as a proportion of exports. Enthusiasts are flocking to tequila meccas such as Citrus Bar & Grill in Manhattan, Adobe Grill in Chicago, El Carmen in Los Angeles and the Blue Mesa Grill in Dallas...