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Garden goodness for hypertension and diabetes 

December 30, 2011
Garden goodness for hypertension and diabetes 

Apple and avocado are among the ideal food for people suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes. Vietnam is a tropical country with a bounty of cheap fruit and vegetables year-round. Much of this abundant produce like ớt xanh (green capsicum), apple, bitter melon, celery, cucumber and avocado aids in the treatment of high blood [...]

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Garden goodness for hypertension and diabetes 

December 29, 2011
Garden goodness for hypertension and diabetes 

Apple and avocado are among the ideal food for people suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes. Vietnam is a tropical country with a bounty of cheap fruit and vegetables year-round. Much of this abundant produce like ớt xanh (green capsicum), apple, bitter melon, celery, cucumber and avocado aids in the treatment of high blood [...]

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Healthy ways to kick a habit 

October 8, 2011
Healthy ways to kick a habit 

Drinking one glass of a juice mixture of orange, lemon, honey and carrots every day can help smokers reduce and quit the habit of smoking, herbalist Bang Cam says. It’s not easy for smokers to wean themselves off cigarettes. Herbalists say, however, that certain fruits and foods can help decrease the craving for tobacco. When [...]

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Stay cool in the heat 

June 6, 2011
Stay cool in the heat 

Juice prepared from tomato and watermelon can help the body cope with external heat, local herbalists say. What we eat and how it’s cooked can affect how hot we feel when the outside temperature soars. The food to avoid on sweltering days includes hot spices and red meat. Surprisingly, coconut extract is also a no-no. [...]

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Eat veggies to clear acne and slim down 

March 12, 2011
Eat veggies to clear acne and slim down 

Bitter melon can be used to prepare soup that helps lower internal body temperature and treat acne A body full of greasy substances can cause the face to get hot and erupt in acne, warns herbalist Hoai Vu. He recommends eating certain vegetables to lower facial temperature and degrease the skin and thereby cure acne, [...]

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Smoothie does it 

February 28, 2011
Smoothie does it 

Watermelons can be used to reduce depression and high blood pressure, to help diabetics and to detoxify the body and treat hangovers, according to herbalist Hoang Khanh Toan. Watermelons, bananas, lemons, bitter gourds, waky pumpkin and sugarcane are not just commonly grown fruits and vegetables in Vietnam, they seem to have no season. They are [...]

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Vietnam agricultural strength bears little fruit at home

January 31, 2010
Vietnam agricultural strength bears little fruit at home

Shoppers look at imported fruits at a supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. Although it is a major agricultural exporter, Vietnam still imports a huge amount of produce and experts say it’s a trend that the country should not be proud of. The lack of barriers against cheap imports and poor marketing have pushed the [...]

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Toxic dye found in melon seeds, chili powder nationwide

January 22, 2010
Toxic dye found in melon seeds, chili powder nationwide

At least 80 percent of melon seeds and chili powder samples taken across Vietnam have tested positive for Rhodamine B, a harmful dye suspected of being carcinogenic, an food analysis expert said Monday. Tests on 50 food samples taken by the Central Food Testing Institute over last month and those sent by Hue, Hanoi and [...]

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Melon seeds found soaked in carcinogenic dye

January 8, 2010
Melon seeds found soaked in carcinogenic dye

Large batches of melon seeds, a popular snack and mouth freshener in Vietnam, were found containing carcinogenic dye in Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday. Inspectors from the city Health Department found Rhodamine B, an industrial dye prohibited from being used in foods in Vietnam, in melon seed samples taken at the Nguyen Hung household factory [...]

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Nationwide check begun on watermelon seeds

December 19, 2009
Nationwide check begun on watermelon seeds

Food safety authorities have launched nationwide testing of toasted watermelon seeds after the popular snack was found soaked in carcinogenic chemicals last week. Health officials inspect the premises of a watermelon seeds producer in the south-central Binh Thuan Province.Le Thi Hong Hao, deputy head of the National Institute for Testing Food Safety and Hygiene, said [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...