Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa, Health Clinic and Fitness Center As I have written before there are only three fruits and vegetables I don’t like – yuca, mamey and pixba. Pixba are the fruit from a palm tree botanical name Bactris gasipaes, native to tropical regions especially South and Central America and grows...
Read more »

Sonia Jones ND from the Haven Spa, Health Clinic and Fitness Center The humble lemon contains most of the known vitamins and minerals and has amazing healing powers. It is part of the citrus family and all citrus fruits are rich sources of vitamins A, B and C, with good amounts of iron and calcium. The...
Read more »

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa, Health Clinic and Fitness Center They grow in large clusters, small lovely red coloured, round fruits with very soft flexible spines a bit like an urchin. They are sold like a bunch of flowers, very pretty. I am sure you have seen them many times hanging up in...
Read more »

Sonia Jones ND from The Haven Spa, Health Clinic and Fitness Center I love fruit and vegetables but there are three exceptions – yuca, pixba (article soon) and mamey. The fruit is almost round with a short fat stem (should still be attached when you buy), the skin is leathery, a light brown to a silvery-gray...
Read more »