Studies showed that bergamot lowered the total cholesterol levels in participants as well as the low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels, which is a major factor for heart disease. It also raised the high-density lipoprotein (HDL) which is good and has protective benefits.
Grackle is the common name of any of eleven passerine birds native to North and South America. They belong to various genera in the icterid family.In all the species with this name, adult males have black or mostly black plumage. 1  Genus Quiscalus. 2  Boat-tailed grackle, Quiscalus major.ometimes members of the starling family have historically been called grackles. Tristram's starling is sometimes known as Tristram's grackle, and the hill mynas in the genus Gracula have also been called grackles.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For the shrub with the same vernacular name, see Vinca minor. The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an operculum, and is classified within the family Littorinidae, the periwinkles.This is a robust intertidal species with a dark and sometimes banded shell.ommon periwinkles have been introduced to the Atlantic coast of North America, possibly by rock ballast in the mid-19th century. The first recorded case was in 1840 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.