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Category: Healthy Living
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Don’t get bored, we are continuing our known and little-known fruits that begin with the letter D, and what health benefits they offer today. I offer information on Dewberry fruit. When was it first cultivated? As a tended garden plant: mid-1500s herb gardens in Europe. As a genuine commercial field crop: the 1880s dewberry plantations…
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Desert lime, also known as Citrus glauca, is a thorny shrub or small tree native to Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. It is also known as Wild Lime, Bush Lime, and Native cumquat. The fruit is small, about the size of grapes, and has an intense, zesty flavor, although not quite as tart as…
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Desert King was first spotted in 1930 as a chance seedling near Madera, California. Local growers recognized its unusually heavy breba (early-season) crop and its tolerance for the Central Valley’s heat swings, so the tree was propagated and circulated under the working name “Madera Seedling” before nurseries rebranded it as Desert King a few years…
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Dead Man’s Finger, also known as Decaisnea fargesii or the Blue Sausage Fruit, is a strikingly unusual fruit native to the Himalayan regions of western China, Nepal, and northeastern India. It gets its eerie name from its bluish, finger-like pods that ripen around Halloween, perfectly timed for its ghoulish nickname. The fruit of Decaisnea fargesii—also…
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Davison Plum Davidson’s plum is a unique native Australian fruit that comes from a medium-sized rainforest tree known as Davidsonia pruriens. Despite its name, it isn’t a true plum from the traditional Rosaceae family but belongs to the Cunoniaceae family. The name “Davidson’s plum” comes from the genus name Davidsonia, which was established in honor…
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Dates, how much do you know? Dates have an impressively ancient pedigree—fossil evidence suggests they’ve existed for around 50 million years. As for cultivation, the earliest known records point to Egypt around 2500 BCE, where date palms were grown and revered. However, their true origin is a bit of a mystery. Some scholars believe dates…
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Holistically speaking, dangleberries offer a blend of physical, energetic, and traditional wellness benefits that go beyond just their nutritional profile. When Were They First Used? While exact dates are elusive, dangleberries were likely used by Indigenous peoples of the Eastern U.S. long before European contact. They were consumed fresh, dried, or made into tonics and…
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Damsons are small, ovoid, plum-like fruit with a distinctive, somewhat astringent taste, and are widely used for culinary purposes, particularly in fruit preserves and jams. In South and Southeast Asia, the term damson plum sometimes refers to jamblang, the fruit from a tree in the family Myrtaceae. The Damson plum—often associated with ancient Damascus—has been valued for…
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The Dalice apple is a lesser-known variety with a quiet charm. It was developed in the 1930s by A.C. Nash at Scutes Farm in Hastings, Sussex (UK), as an open-pollinated seedling of the famous Cox’s Orange Pippin. The Cox’s Orange Pippin apple, first cultivated around 1825 by Richard Cox in England, is celebrated more for…
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The Dabinett apple—often celebrated among cider makers for its distinctive full-bodied flavor, balanced acidity, and high sugar content—is much more than just a fermentation workhorse. As a variety of apple, it carries many of the celebrated nutritional benefits inherent to all apples, while also opening doors to some lesser-known uses that go beyond just eating…
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Dabai, also known as Canarium odontophyllum or the “Sarawak olive,” is a nutrient-rich fruit native to Borneo with a surprisingly impressive health profile. Dabai, or Canarium odontophyllum, is gaining attention not only for its bold flavor and culinary versatility but also for its promising vitamin profile. Although research is still unfolding, here’s what we know…
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I was once just complacent with what the doctors told me was necessary, never thinking of the side effects and the precautions, and I decided two years ago I wanted a better quality of life. I started searching for alternatives to the drugs being prescribed. Many of us go to the doctor for pain, swelling,…
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