One of my most awaited moments during Christmas season is the time my grandmother would pull out from her oven a steaming pile of pies with cranberry toppings. And isn’t this season also which is the best peak months for cranberries?

Cranberries, with their vibrant hue and delicious tart sweetness, are best bought from October to November. They are low-growing shrubs or vines that reach a height of five to 20 centimeters and they are characterized by their thin and wiry stem, small evergreen leaves and dark pink flowers. This fruit is actually an acidic white-colored berry when unripe, but turns into a festive deep red once it’s fully riped.

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Pomegranates are fruit-bearing shrubs whose seeds are edible and have acquired praises for its medicinal purposes. The pomegranate is in season from October all throughout January. First cultivated in Egypt around 100 BC, this fruit is one of the oldest fruits in history.

It serves as a sign of fertility and rebirth, and is highly celebrated for the fruit’s skin and bark that serves as medicines. Ironically though, only the seeds of this fruit are edible. The fruit is loaded with antioxidants and vitamins. It has also been proven to reduce the risk of heart disease and other health issues.

As of today, there are over 100 varieties of the fruit—there’s Cloud,…

Vitamin D is said to be an essential component of your everyday life. We need as much as we can get of it. But since the winter season is coming up fast, we need to find alternatives on where to get this vitamin aside from staying outdoors.

Vitamin D facilitates proper functioning of the body, and boosts immunity against diseases like diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and cancer. But since we cannot stay outdoors all the time (vitamin D can be sourced from the sun), what to we do?

An hour of exposure to the sun will help you maintain a healthy level of vitamin D but since that cannot be done, we can…