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Mese: Ottobre 2011
Sleep well !
Many of us don’t give sleep its full value. Yet, it is sleep that regenerates and repairs our body. When sleep is neglected or shortened too often, our health is at risk. Over time, lack of sleep can increase the risk of disease and impair productivity. In addition, daytime drowsiness due to lack of sleep […]
Bananas – not just desserts
The banana tree is one of the oldest known plants and probably one of the first to have ever been domesticated. However, it was the buds of the banana tree that were initially eaten and not the fruit, since these were not very fleshy and were full of inedible seeds. As for the fibrous stems, […]
La régate des citrouilles géantes
Si Cendrillon a vu sa citrouille se transformer en carrosse pour aller au bal, ce sont plutôt les citrouilles qui se transforment en bateau à Gentilly pour des régates sur la rivière Bécancour, demain samedi 8 octobre. Cette course spectaculaire est l’événement de clôture du Potirothon de Gentilly. Plusieurs activités sont organisées dans cette communauté […]
The giant pumpkin regatta
Had Cinderella been in Gentilly, Quebec, her pumpkin would have been transformed into a speedboat, instead of a coach. And she would be ready to paddle in the boat race that will take place on the Becancour River tomorrow Saturday, October 8th. This race is the spectacular closing event of the Potirothon Gentilly. Several activities […]
Munching at night may set you further away from your objective
Munching in the evening can make you gain weight, by adding unnecessary calories to those taken during the day. For example, when we eat while watching television, we don’t pay much attention to what – and how much – we eat. As a result, we swallow a lot more calories without noticing it and we […]
Fig, the earliest domesticated fruit
Originally published in the Journal de Montréal on October 1, 2011. Figs, along with dates, grapes and olives were a primary food source for the ancient populations of the Mediterranean region. Recent excavations in the Jordan Valley in Israel point to the fact that the domestication of figs goes back as far as 11,000 years, […]
