Diverticulitis is a common cause of left lower abdominal and back pain, and an increasingly frequent reason for hospital stays. As you age, small pouches can develop along the walls of the colon. Most commonly, these pouches develop in the sigmoid colon, located on the left side of the abdomen.
The autumn olive is a native plant of China, Japan and Korea that made its way to the United States in 1830. In the 1950s it was widely promoted as a great way to provide wildlife habitat and erosion control in environmentally disturbed areas.
1 Dry-curing: These olives get packed in salt for a month or longer. 2  The salt pulls the moisture and bitterness from the olives. 3  The salt is then removed, and sometimes the olives get bathed in olive oil to keep them juicy and plump. 4  Dry-cured olives have a deeply concentrated flavor, and a wrinkly, prune-like appearance.