Tag: salt

• The evolution of salt

  The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine is an ancient Chinese text dating from 300 BC. A translation from the text reads, If too much salt is used in food, the pulse hardens… The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine The Chinese knew more than 2000 years ago that salt causes high blood pressure. In […]

  Rachel M

  April 21, 2022

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  diet, food, hypertension, salt

• Homemade haggis

  

  I made my own haggis last night for the first time ever and it was delicious, better than the supermarket version. I got the recipe from the Scottish Vegan Cookbook by Jackie Jones. It’s a wonderful book and I do recommend it. Scottish food is renowned for being fatty, meaty, and generally unhealthy but Jackie […]

  Rachel M

  April 18, 2022

  Journal

  blood pressure, cookbook, cooking, haggis, hypertension, salt