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EVEC Microgreens
Category Health & Lifestyle
The health and wellbeing side of microgreens — nutrition, diet, sports performance, pregnancy, skincare and everyday healthy living with tiny greens.
Nutrients provided by microgreens during pregnancy
What pregnancy actually changes nutritionally, what microgreens have been measured to contain, and the birth-defect claim we removed from this article.
Autumn Essentials: Microgreens Balm and Oil Cleanser
Two DIY recipes from one microgreen-infused oil: a lip balm with coconut oil and beeswax that keeps 3 weeks, and an oil cleanser blended with castor oil.
Chia microgreens: where the viral “17 times more nutrients” claim comes from
A nutritionist's viral claim that chia microgreens carry far more nutrients than chia seeds — where those figures actually come from, why we could not verify them, and how to grow the crop at home.
Microgreens Skincare Brands: Claims vs Evidence
Brands using microgreen extracts in cosmetics: Eminence Organic Skin Care, FarmHouse Fresh and Microglams, with named products and what customers report.
How to Incorporate Microgreens into your Beauty Routine: DIY Microgreen Exfoliant & Serum Part 4/4
Part 4 of the beauty series: an oat and microgreen scrub, a coarser sugar and microgreen scrub, and a serum made from microgreen-infused oil.
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