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Following is a list of foods that are high in iron which provide 8 mg or more of iron per 100 g of the food . Cereals & Grains: barley (Bajra), Rice flakes Pulses & Beans: Cow pea, Lobia (black-eye beans), Lentils, Soybean Vegetables : Beetroot greens, Mint, Parsley, Turnip greens. Vegetables like broccoli and bok choy are rich in iron. These vegetables are high iron and also high in vitamin C, which increases absorption of their iron content. The presence of vitamin C in these vegetables help absorb iron. Sea vegetables are very high in iron. Refer the high iron food list given below. Spices: Turmeric (Haldi) Fruits: Dried dates, Watermelon, Raisins Fish and Red meats Iron in Animal Sources Heme Iron

The Importance of Minerals to Your Health http://www.mapi.com/ayurveda_health_care/self_care/mineral.html ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/005/y8346m/y8346m06.pdf Although humans have been consuming minerals for thousands of years, modern science is just beginning to understand their significance to our health. The human physiology is unable to manufacture minerals like it manufactures certain vitamins. Iron, magnesium and other minerals can only be found in the soil. Plants absorb them directly from the soil and we acquire them through the various steps of the food chain. Minerals are constituents of the bones, teeth, muscle, blood, and nerves. They are vital to our overall mental and physical well-being. They take part in digestion, assimilation, muscle response and the production of hormones. If the body becomes deficient in one or more of these essential nutrients, a variety of symptoms can occur. Calcium deficiency, for example, may result in the softening of the b...

http://kasamaproject.org/2010/07/04/the-killing-of-comrade-asad-a-revolutionary-loss-a-revolutionary-life/ * * * * * * * COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MAOIST), CENTRAL COMMITTEE North Regional Bureau Press statement, 3rd July, 2010 It is not an encounter at all!! It is a cold blooded murder by AP Police!! Red Salutes to Martyrs com. Azad (Cherukuri Rajkumar) and com. Hem Pandey (Jitender)!! Let us avenge the killings of the beloved comrades by the khaki clad fascist gangs of AP government!! Azad was arrested at Nagpur on June 1 st along with com. Hem Pandey On June 1st, the notorious Andhra Pradesh Special Branch Police for its abductions and cold blooded murders, have arrested com. Azad, Polite Bureau member and Spokesperson of CPI (Maoist), and com. Hem Pandey, a zonal committee level comrade in Nagpur city around 11′o clock when they went to meet a comrade who was supposed to receive them from Dandakarnaya zone. Com. Azad reached Nagpur around 10 am on the fatef...

Yellow Lentils/Toor dal ----Kandi Pappu Urad dal --------- Minapappu Moong dal -------Pesarapappu Whole green gram dal -------Pesalu Bengal gram dal-------Senagapappu Roasted dal--------Gulla senagapappu Chick peas------Senagalu http://madhoosfood.wordpress.com/names-of-indian-spices-in-english-telugusouth-indian-language/

Interesting trees. in this you tube video. 1. Dianthus is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Caryophyllaceae , native mainly to Europe and Asia , with a few species extending south to north Africa , and one species ( D. repens ) in arctic North America . Common names include carnation ( D. caryophyllus ), pink ( D. plumarius and related species) and sweet william ( D. barbatus ). The name Dianthus is from the Greek words dios ("god") and anthos ("flower"), and was cited by the Greek botanist Theophrastus . The species are mostly perennial herbs, a few are annual or biennial, and some are low subshrubs with woody basal stems. The leaves are opposite, simple, mostly linear and often strongly glaucous grey-green to blue-green. The flowers have five petals, typically with a frilled or pinked margin, and are (in almost all species) pale to dark pink. One species, D. knappii , has yellow flowers with a purple centre.

miracle fruits Miracle fruit (also Miracle Fruit ) can refer to any of three plants that share the same common name: Synsepalum dulcificum , source of a berry that increases the perceived sweetness of foods Gymnema sylvestre , source of an herb that reduces the perceived sweetness of foods Thaumatococcus daniellii , source of a spice that has an intensely sweet flavor Synsepalum dulcificum produces berries that, when eaten, cause sour foods (such as lemons and limes ) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin , which is used commercially as a sugar substitute . Common names for this species and its berry include miracle fruit [ 2 ] and miracle berry . These common names are shared also by Gymnema sylvestre and Thaumatococcus daniellii , [ 2 ] two other species that are used to alter the perceived sweetness of foods. Additional common names include miraculous berry [ 2 ] and sweet berry . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In West Africa where the species origina...

Sesame ( Sesamum indicum ) (pronounced /ˈsɛsəmi/ ) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum . Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India . It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cultivated for its edible seeds, which grow in pods. The flowers of the sesame seed plant are yellow, though they can vary in colour with some being blue or purple. It is an annual plant growing to 50 to 100 cm (1.6 to 3.3 ft) tall, with opposite leaves 4 to 14 cm (1.6 to 5.5 in) long with an entire margin; they are broad lanceolate , to 5 cm (2 in) broad, at the base of the plant, narrowing to just 1 cm (0.4 in) broad on the flowering stem. The flowers are white to purple, tubular, 3 to 5 cm (1.2 to 2.0 in) long, with a four-lobed mouth.

Very good basic botany and biology links http://www.rngr.net/publications/ttsm/

Sampenga tree. Michelia champaca is a large evergreen tree, native to South Asia and Southeast Asia . It is best known for its strongly fragrant yellow or white flowers. It is, however, primarily cultivated for its timber, and is also used in urban landscaping . Its aril -covered seeds are highly attractive to birds [ video of the flower in youtube.