Can good nutrition improve a person’s memory? My mother certainly used to think so.  As my sibling and I preparedams in high school, my mother would plant a large bowl of pistachios on the table as study aid.  It improved our memory, she said; she learned it from her mother. This came about as a [...]

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So what is the difference between nuts and seeds? I am glad you have asked. A seed is defined as a “plant structure capable of producing a new plant.” So a seed is anything that can produce a new plant.  A nut is defined partially as a “hard-shelled dry fruit (as a peanut in the [...]

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Nuts are seeds with hard outer shells. So a nut always contains a seed, but a seed isn’t necessarily a nut.   One of the great pastimes in Damascus is the consumption of all kinds of seeds and nuts. Specialty stores roast various seeds and nuts during the day, and, like the smell of popcorn here [...]

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Can good nutrition improve one’s memory?  I know my mother used to think so.  As my siblings and I prepared for exams in high school, my mother used to plant a large bowl of pistachios on the table as a study aid.  It improved our memory she said. Since I have been forgetting a lot [...]

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