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.
Types of Olives and Olive Oil. Olives come in two main colors: green and black. The color of an olive is actually determined by its degree of ripeness. Green olives are unripe and black olives are fully ripe. There are also colors in between, including red and purple, which are color changes the olives go through on their trip from unripe to ripe.