The Philippines is home to about four million diabetics, with more than three million not knowing they have the disease. “Many Filipinos simply don’t know they have diabetes,” says Dr. Augusto Litonjua, one of the country’s leading … “The plant could have a future in serving the booming markets for health foods. Given an aging global population increasingly concerned over sickness prevention, mucilage (that sticky substance with thickening properties) is big business …

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farm-gardens: Medicinal Value of Okra

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