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UAE Tests Produce for Pesticides

Protecting food security in Abu Dhabi. A press release from the United Arab Emirate's Ministry of Environment and Water states that in the past year,...

Baked doughnut sufganyot for healthier Hannukahs

Yearning for a doughnut or sufganyah, but horrified at all that oil? Try this tasty and healthier baked alternative. While the menorah sheds its festive...

How Turning Off the Lights at Night Will Help You Avoid Certain Cancers

Eco-lovers beware: Artificial light at night may be associated with an increased risk for breast and prostate cancers. Next time your partner suggests you keep...

Pork-Flavored Goose Coming To Israel Soon

Organic feed gives a surprising taste to geese. Kosher-keepers can thank the organic market for a new taste sensation: flesh that tastes exactly like pork,...

Why Muslims don’t drink alcohol

Alcoholism creates addiction and affects health. But for Muslims, not drinking is a command from God.

Birth control pills make women feel unsexy

The study, based on data collected by the Kinsey Institute's Women's Well-being study, which used an online questionnaire, found that the women reported similar levels of sexual satisfaction, which included things such as intimacy and romance, but the women using hormonal contraception experienced less arousal, fewer orgasms, difficulties with lubrication, decreased pleasure and less frequent sex.

Lifestyle Poor for Abu Dhabi Women’s Health, Pregnancies, Babies

Lifestyle diseases associated with excess are undermining maternal and fetal health in Abu Dhabi. According to 2010 statistics by the Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD),...

Top 6 Freaky Foods To Avoid

Human hair in bread, arsenic-laced holy water, and chemically-treated veggie burgers are among the top 6 freaky foods to stay away from. Step on...

Pan-Roasted Cauliflower and Broccoli Recipe

Can something as healthy as this be so delicious? The rainy, Middle-Eastern winters bring out the best cabbage-family vegetables. I love to visit the open-air...

New Superpower Rice MAS-26 Could Save the Middle East

Food grows where water flows, so these shortages don't bode well for agriculture. Because of this, many countries in the region are gulping up land in other parts of the world, Africa especially, in order to secure food for decades to come. But a new variety of rice developed in India that requires 60% less water to grow and has nearly double the protein of conventional crops has us cautiously optimistic about our future.

UN Says Aquaculture Could Solve Fish Collapse

Aquaculture, especially in ponds, may help preserve ocean fish species Catching wild fish in the sea is now threatening to deplete many fish species from...

Fluoride in Water – What Water Engineers Know is Shocking

If your tap gushes water laced with fluoride, you're taking a powerful drug with every sip. Imagine a stranger pressing you to drink a clear...

Locavore, Shmocavore – Just Call Me an Ecotarian

Is the eco-friendly food movement getting even more complicated, or are ecotarians simplifying matters? The green movement is riddled with a lot of food ideologies. ...

If It’s Not Organic, It’s Not Halal (4 Ethical Zabiha Principles)

If the meat's zabiha - slaughtered according to Islamic law - is it always halal? Yes, there is a difference. Zaufishan explains how the ethics in Muslims' meat-eating religion, embraces animal welfare, organic living and vegetarianism.

Shocking Ingredient in Bread That’s Problematic for Jews and Muslims

You may be eating a dead person's hair in your commercially-baked bread. Watch out for L-cysteine if you're queasy. It’s name is inconspicuous enough, not...

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Plants can eat dust and grow – should we stop dusting them?

Dusty plants? Let them eat their hearts out.

Paris Modest Fashion Week offers style without exposure for Muslims

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Kids are vaping. The media shock that made them stop

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