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الجمعة، 14 ديسمبر 2012
الأربعاء، 5 ديسمبر 2012
Health Benefits of Lemons:
It is the most commonly used citrus fruit with a
broad range nutrients, the health benefits of lemons can be enjoyed in
desserts, drinks and as a component of topical creams and lotions.
Their
exact origins are unknown but they are believed to come from Asian
countries such as India, China and the northern parts of Burma where the
locals knew of the health...
Health Benefits of Pomegranate
One of the oldest cultivated fruits, pomegranates
first grew in ancient Persia and the health benefits of pomegranate were
recognized even then.
One
of the oldest cultivated fruits, pomegranates first grew in ancient
Persia and the health benefits of pomegranate were recognized even then.
The Romans gave it its name — “pomegranate” literally means “seed
apple”...
Health Benefits of Avocado
As well as being a nutrient and calorie rich fruit,
the health benefits of avocado assist in health bones, eyes and
antioxidants to help fight cancer and heart disease.
Sometimes referred to as an alligator pear, the health benefits of avocado
as well as it’s high nutrition should make it a part of your weekly
diet. The avocado is a green fruit that grows in...
Health Benefits of Tomatoes
Health Benefits of Tomatoes
Technically
a fruit but often classified as a vegetable, the health benefits of
tomatoes stem from their high levels of lycopene, an antioxidant, and an
array of body nourishing vitamins.
Taste and nutrition as well as the health benefits of tomatoes
have been highly valued. Enjoyed all over the world, they are
essential ingredients...
Health Benefits of Grapes
The health benefits of grapes include its ablity to treat constipation, indigestion, fatigue, kidney disorders, macular degeneration and prevention of cataract. Grapes, one of the most delicious fruits, are rich sources of vitamins A, C, B6 and folate in addition to essential minerals like potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, magnesium
and selenium. Grapes contain flavonoids...
الاثنين، 3 ديسمبر 2012
Lavender Oil Benefits
Most everyone loves the smell of lavender. It’s such a relaxing and comforting smell. Lavender oil is an essential oil used in aromatherapy. Aromatherapy is a healing modality that uses the power of essential oils. These aromatic oils contain the life force of the plant that helps the body naturally repair, heal and retard aging.
Lavender oil can be used to treat headaches,...
Facts about Vegetables
There are so many interesting random facts about fruits and vegetables.
Swiss chard is not from Switzerland, but named after a Swiss botanist named Koch who named it.
Bananas are actually considered an herb.
The tomato was known as the “apple of love.”
Hippocrates described celery as a nerve soother.
Watermelon is 92% water, cabbage is 90%.
Avocados and pumpkins are fruit.
Spinach has a reputation for being high in iron because of a mistake made in 1870. Dr. E Von Wolf measured the iron content but placed the decimal point in the wrong place....
Peach and Banana Green Smoothie
2-3 cups of filtered water
2 handfuls of turnip greens
1 cucumber(if waxed remove peel)
1 whole peach with skin(remove seed)
2 bananas
I made this one for someone just this morning. This was his first green smoothie so I wanted to be sweeter than what I normally make for myself. This is also great for finicky kids.
Be sure to add half the water into the blender and continue to add more water to suit your taste. Also add each vegetable one at a time before adding more water.
Enjoy...
Dandelion Greens Juice
This made one delicious detoxifying juice. Dandelion Greens are excellent for you, especially your liver. According to clinical professor, Dr. Mark Stengler, N.D., of the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, dandelion ranks right beside milk thistle as the most frequently recommended herbs to help liver detoxification. It helps to treat the liver...
Juicing Pulp
Don’t let your juice pulp go to waste. There’s so many uses for it.
1. Make a really nutritious mask for your face. I like using the cucumber and papaya pulp. Some citrus pulps like lemon will help fade age spots and help to minimize wrinkles. Add a spoon of sugar and olive oil to lemon pulp and make a nice exfoliator.
2. Sooth and condition your skin with cucumber, carrot,...
Corn Syrup
High Fructose Corn Syrup, also known as HFCS, was introduced in 1970. Today corn syrup is found in almost everything. It is in most candy, soda, fruit drinks, baby foods, applesauce, ketchup, condiments, canned fruits, ice cream, yogurt, jellies, sauces, salad dressings, fast food, coffee creamers, cereals, baked products and many foods marketed to children. Reports show...
Cabbage Juice
big handful of red cabbage
2-3 slices of pineapple with rinds
1 cucumber
thumb sized piece of ginger
This is a great little purple drink full of bromelain and anthocyanins. Tastes really good extra chilled. Check out the benefits of red cabbage j...
Health Benefits of Flax Seeds
If you haven’t tried flax seeds yet, you should! These tiny seeds have so many amazing health benefits. The father of medicine himself, Hippocrates, used flax seeds as one of the original medicines back in 650 BC.
You can find them at any vitamin or health food store. It is best to buy organic whole flax seeds and grind them right before you use them. If you buy ground...
Broccoli Juice
This is Key Lime Pie Juice.
1 lemon juiced by hand
2 apples
3 celery stalks
big handful of spinach
1 broccoli stalk
This makes one pie, I mean juice for one lucky person! (that would be me)
I went to Key West last weekend. Key lime pie is very popular there. It is offered at every restaurant and cafe. The bars offer key lime margaritas and all kinds of key lime pie...
Carrot Juice
Carrot juice is a very abundant source of beta-carotene. It’s third on the list of vegetables after sweet potatoes and kale. Beta-carotene is a compound which can function as an antioxidant. As an antioxidant, carotene helps to prevent the degenerative process in every cell in our body. When we don’t have proper nutrition our cells have less to work with. When they multiply...
Benefits of Kale Juice
What are the benefits of Kale Juice? Kale juice is considered by nutritionists to be the most nutritious vegetable juice in the world with extremely powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. Kale juice is great for boosting your immune system. Kale juice is high in beta carotene, vitamin C, vitamin K, lutein, zeaxanthin, and calcium. Kale...
Benefits of Walking Barefoot
When was the last time you walked barefoot in the grass? Walking barefoot and having contact with the earth is called grounding. Having direct contact to the earth’s electric energy and negative ions gives you a sense of well being and has calming effects. Walking on the beach is grounding, too. Negative ions from the earth will not pass through surfaces like...
Benefits of Turmeric
Turmeric is probably one of the most potent spices ever. It has so many health benefits. Turmeric has been used in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years. If I had to pick one spice that offered more health benefits over all others, it would definitely be turmeric.
Turmeric is a member of the ginger family and the healing properties of this plant are in its...
Benefits of Watermelon
Watermelon is the one of the healthiest foods in the world to eat. The health benefits of watermelon are numerous.
Reasons to Eat Watermelon
Watermelon is very hydrating. It is 92 percent water.
Its water content helps to reduce inflammation which contributes to conditions like diabetes, asthma, arthritis and colon cancer.
It is considered one of the best foods for weight...
Benefits of Spirulina
Spirulina is a member of the blue-green algae family that became famous after it was used by NASA as a part of the astronauts diet on space missions. It is a cyanobacterium, which is the phylum for bacteria which use photosynthesis for energy. It grows in fresh water. It only flourishes in extremely high pH alkaline lakes and in large controlled outdoor ponds. If you were...
Carrot Beet Juice
4-5 carrots
3-4 small beets
I also call this a healthy liver juice. This is very good for detoxing the body especially the liver and kidneys. This may cause you to be a little dizzy. That’s just part of the detox. beet juice and carrot juice are excellent as a liver detox juic...
Ginger Juice Recipes
1 cup of broccoli (stems and flowers)
1-2 apples (remvove seeds and stem)
1 cucumber
1 inch piece of ginger
I only used one apple for this, if you like it sweeter add another apple.
Broccoli is helpful in repairing sun damaged skin and it also helps to prevent it. Cruciferous vegetables have so many health benefits. How often do you eat them? How often do you juice th...
Chlorophyll Benefits
Liquid Chlorophyll can be bought in a health food store or online. But even better than that, did you know you can add chlorophyll to your diet by drinking smoothies and fresh organic juices every day?
Chlorophyll is the pigment that makes algae, cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and every plant green. It is the most important molecule in photosynthesis which allows plants...
Dandelion Greens
handful of dandelion greens
handful of kale
1 large cucumber(peeled if waxed)
2 honey crisp apples (deseeded)
handful of cilantro
Honey crisp apples are in season and can be found at almost every grocery store. I noticed the organic and non-organic honey crisps were very different physically. The non-organic honey crisps were much larger, shiner and without any blemishes....
Benefits of Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is one of my favorite beauty products. It also has a long list of numerous health benefits. First, let me tell you all the ways you can use this for your outer body, head to toe. For starters, you can use it as a facial and body lotion. It makes your skin silky smooth. On your face and neck it works wonderfully even under make up. Speaking of make up, you can...
Benefits of Juicing
Why juice? Juicing is the best way to get the nutrients from many different vegetables. More than likely you will not eat a half a head of cabbage, three celery stalks, several leaves of kale, two to three carrots, a cucumber, a handful or parsley and a potato. But by juicing you could drink this before you even have breakfast. How many fresh vegetables do eat every...
Young Thai Coconuts are Safe
I love young Thai coconuts! When I heard that they were sprayed or soaked in chemicals, I was very concerned. But here’s what I found.
After the outer green husk of the young coconut is removed, the young Thai coconuts are soaked for 2 to 5 minutes in solution mixed with sodium metabisulfite, which is used in preserving foods and wine making. It is also used as a bleaching...
Benefits of Raw Garlic
Did you know that garlic is one of the most ancient medicinal foods in the world? In the ancient world, garlic was fed to soldiers and slaves to keep them in good health. Today it is available in all kinds of tasty dishes, but the best way to get the maximum benefits of garlic is eat it raw and crushed. Like most vegetables, its potency is harmed when cooked.
The key compound...
السبت، 1 ديسمبر 2012
6 Best Manuka Honey According to Reviews
Manuka honey is one of nature's best healing foods. It is a
specialized raw honey made by bees that pollinate the Manuka bush in New
Zealand. It can be used to treat infections, acid reflux, stomach
ulcers, sore throats, acne, and much more. Even some hospitals are
bandaging patients' wounds with Manuka in order to prevent MRSA and
other infections.
If you've decided...
6 Health Benefits of Vitamin E
The fat-soluble vitamin E actually describes a group of eight related
compounds called tocopherols. Here are six health benefits of vitamin
E.
Antioxidants
Vitamin E, along with other vitamins C, B3, selenium and glutathione,
battle against oxidative stress caused by free radicals within our
bodies. If not properly checked, the free radicals can damage our cells
and possibly lead to diseases such as atherosclerosis and cancer.
Skin Protection
Whether applied topically or ingested, vitamin E has been conclusively
shown to protect...
11 Health Benefits of Spinach
It is difficult to overestimate the nutritional powerhouse that is
spinach. Here are eleven reasons why spinach should find its way into
your grocery bag.
Diet
One cup of spinach has nearly 20% of the RDA of dietary fiber, which
aids in digestion, prevents constipation, maintains low blood sugar, and
curbs overeating.
Cancer
Flavonoids -- a phytonutrient with anti-cancer properties abundant in
spinach -- have been shown to slow down cell division in human stomach
and skin cancer cells. Furthermore, spinach has shown significant...
11 Health Benefits of Pomegranate Juice
omegranate juice has become popular in the past few years, but does it really live up to the hype? It looks like it.
Several recent studies have shown significant potential health benefits from drinking pomegranate juice. Here are eleven:
Fights Breast Cancer
Studies in Israel show that pomegranate juice destroys breast cancer
cells while leaving healthy cells alone. It may also prevent breast
cancer cells from forming.
Lung Cancer Prevention
Studies in mice show that pomegranate juice may inhibit the development of lung cancer....
How to Keep Your Sight for Life
Most Americans report that, of all disabilities, loss of eyesight
would have the greatest impact on their daily life, according to a
recent survey by the NIH's National Eye Institute (NEI). Vision loss
ranks ahead of loss of memory, speech, arm or leg, and hearing. After
all, 80 percent of the sensory information the brain receives comes from
our eyes.
Still, it may be surprising to learn that losing eyesight is
not a normal part of aging. What's more, the NEI reports that most cases
of blindness can be prevented through early...
Onions are Beneficial for Your Health
What would life be like without onions? The onion has been used
as an ingredient in various dishes for thousands of years by many
cultures around the world. World onion production is steadily increasing
so that onion is now the second most important horticultural crop after
tomatoes.
There are many different varieties of onion, red, yellow, white, and
green, each with their own unique flavor, from very strong to mildly
sweet. Onions can be eaten raw, cooked, fried, dried or roasted. They
are commonly used to flavor dips, salads, soups,...
:: Bell Pepper Benefits
Bell Pepper Benefits
Bell pepper, also referred to as sweet pepper, is available in a wide
array of colors and flavors. Bell peppers are native to Mexico and some
parts of South America.
The color and flavor of a bell pepper depends on the variety of the
pepper plant and the stage of ripeness. As a bell pepper ages, its
flavor becomes sweeter and milder. The fruit is frequently consumed in
the unripe form, when the bell pepper is still green.
Benefits of Bell Peppers
Bell peppers offer extensive health benefits. Bell peppers are
nutrient-rich...
:: Benefits of Fish Oil
All the Health Benefits of Fish Oil
Some people wonder, as this writer once did, what is the purpose of fish oil?
You have seen it in the vitamin aisles, standing among dozens of other
herbal vitamin and mineral supplements. But you know nothing about fish
oil. Does it have any benefits?
Much research has been conducted on this subject. Fish oil contains
omega-3 fatty acids, which offer several benefits. Many people do not
get the required daily amount of these fatty acids in their diet. They
would definitely benefit from increased...
