The Promise. Lose up to 10 pounds in 2 weeks -- and that's just the beginning of what the Mayo Clinic Diet says it can do for you. The Mayo Clinic Diet is the official diet developed by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.It focuses not just on what you eat and how much you weigh but also on your overall health and lifestyle.ou can also eat favorite foods such as pizza, just not the whole pie and not all the time. You can't have alcohol during the Lose It! phase. After that, you can have a little bit of alcohol: about 75 calories a day, on average.
Peppercorns are actually a tiny fruit, the drupe (a fruit with a single seed in the middle) of a flowering vine known as piper nigrum, grown in tropical regions, native to the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. Some of the best peppercorns in the world come from the Malabar coast in the Indian state of Kerala.The color of the various peppercorns you see in the store are a result of either when the tiny fruits are harvested, or else the type of processing they undergo after picking. Piper nigrum. Photo by Vengolis.ome of the best peppercorns in the world come from the Malabar coast in the Indian state of Kerala. The color of the various peppercorns you see in the store are a result of either when the tiny fruits are harvested, or else the type of processing they undergo after picking.
About this species. Black pepper fruits are the source of one of the world's most widely and frequently used spices. Black, white and green peppercorns all come from Piper nigrum and are popularly used as a hot and pungent spice for flavouring food.ichuan pepper, a common spice used in Asian cuisine, is obtained from Zanthoxylum species (citrus family, Rutaceae). Peppercorns should not be confused with chilli peppers (Capsicum species) such as Capsicum annuum (potato family, Solanaceae). The fruits of Piper nigrum are used to make black pepper.