Cornucopia, Latin for cornu ("horn") and copiae ("plentiful") (Horn of Plenty), a Greek myth about a goat's horn holding all needs for its owner.
[follow the Wikipedia links]
Seaberries ("sea buckthorn", Hippophae rhamnoides L.)
Native across Asia, Russia and northern Europe
Prologue
[Quotes from Dr. Ernest Small, Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, 2007]
“... gains in longevity achieved by modern medicine are ending, and
our children may actually die at an earlier age."
Why?
"Labor-saving devices have caused people to become much more sedentary
than in the past, modern society is increasingly stressful, and, most importantly,
food consumption has become harmful."
"The major part of our diet is now made up of nutritionally unbalanced processed foods
that are diabolically concocted with sugar, bad fats, salt, and artificial flavors
to stimulate overeating with consequent obesity and health problems."
"It is critical that the processed foods currently making up the majority of our diet
be reformulated to increase health."
"In this regard, sea buckthorn is like manna from heaven.”
For flavors, colors and nutrients to meet increasing consumer demand for novel, nutritious foods, a single plant teeming with phytochemicals may "fill" the cornucopia.
Seaberry!
Although not well-known in Western science, seaberry (sea buckthorn, Hippophae rhamnoides L., plant family Elaeagnaceae) may be one of Nature's most nutrient-dense and commercially promising plants.
Read an industry review on seaberry here ! click
High nutrient levels especially for
Health-related pigments and other phytochemicals in seaberries
(click for more information below!)
Antioxidant Phytochemicals Anti-Disease Effects Under Research
- anthocyanins cancer, heart and vascular system, inflammation
- ellagic acid bacterial and viral infections, cancer
- quercetin cancer, neurological disorders
- catechins cholesterol, cardiovascular, cancer, bacterial infections
- resveratrol cardiovascular, cancer, neurodegeneration
- carotenoids numerous diseases, particularly of skin and eyes
Read a primer on carotenoids here ! (click)
Learn more about nutrients and phytochemicals
at the Linus Pauling Institute
Micronutrient Information Center!
Progress of Disease Research on Seaberries
(click to read the medical research abstracts)
Reading
- Seaberry, Hippophae rhamnoides L., United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Dharmananda S. Sea buckthorn. Institute of Traditional Medicine Online, 2004
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