From Paleo to juicing to vegan, diet is not exactly a new word to the English language. But the food groups listed on the Mediterranean diet have us thinking this could be the ultimate answer if you're looking for a heart-healthy plan to shed the pounds and keep them off.
Wintergreen essential oil information. Wintergreen oil is extracted from Gaultheria procumbens of the Ericaceae family and is also known as checkerberry, teaberry and gaultheria. On this page. 1  Oil properties. 2  Origin of wintergreen oil.
The high-bush blueberry (V. corymbosum) and the low-bush blueberry (V. augustifolium or pennsylvanicum), native to North America from Minnesota eastward, are the species most often cultivated, and a number of varieties are now grown in the East and West. Various species are sometimes called bilberry or whortleberry. The huckleberry of florists, sold for greenery, is a West Coast evergreen species, V. ovatum, called box blueberry and kinnikinick. The related cranberry is considered by some botanists to be of the same genus as the blueberries.