Healthy information for the body & Soul

... DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven a its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese med ical society as a 100% cure for the following diseases: Headache, body ache, heart system, arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine diseases, vomiting, ga str itis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and ear nose and throat diseases.

METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of water .....interesting
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a healthy life.

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure - 30 days
2. Ga str ic - 10 days
3. Diabetes - 30 days
4. Constipation - 10 days
5. Cancer - 180 days
6. TB - 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week, and from 2nd week onward s - daily. This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times. It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active. This makes sense .. The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals ..not cold water. Maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain... For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed . It will slow down the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

A serious note about heart attacks: Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive...

Healthy Fruits for the Body & Soul

KNOW ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF HAVING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES :

Fruit
Apples protects your heart, Prevents constipation, Block diarrhea, proves capacity joints, lung cushions
Apricots Combats cancer, Controls blood pressure, Saves ur eyesight, Shields against alzheimer's , Slow aging process
Artichokes Aids digestion,Lower cholesterol, Protects your heart, Stabilizes blood sugar, Guards against Liver disease
Avocados Battles diabetes, Lowers cholesterol, Helps stops strokes, Controls blood pressure, Smoothes skin
Bananas Protects heart, Quiets a cough, Strengthens bones, Controls blood pressure, Blocks diarrhea
Beans Prevents constipation, Helps Hemorrhoids, Lowers cholesterol, Combats cancer,Stabilizes blood sugar
Beets Controls blood pressure, Combats cancer, Strengthens bones, Protects your heart, Aids
weight loss
Blueberries Combats cancer, Protects your heart, Stabilizes blood sugar, Boosts memory,Prevents constipation
Broccoli Strengthens bones,Saves eyesight,Combats cancer, Protects your heart, Controls
Blood Pressure
Cabbage Combats cancer, Prevents constipation, Promotes weight loss, Protects your heart, Helps hemorrhoids
Cantaloupe Saves eyesight, Controls blood pressure,Lowers cholesterol, Combats cancer, Supports immune system

Healthy Juices - are good for the Body and Soul

Here are some healthy , delicious Juice recipes for your smartness & physical fitness.

Prevention is better than cure.

HEALTHY JUICES
Carrot + Ginger + Apple - Boost and cleanse our system.
Apple + Cucumber + Celery - Prevent cancer, reduce cholesterol, and eliminate stomach upset and headache.
Tomato + Carrot + Apple - Improve skin complexion and eliminate bad breath.
Bitter gourd + Apple + Milk - Avoid bad breath and reduce internal body heat.
Orange + Ginger + Cucumber - Improve Skin texture and moisture and reduce body heat. Pineapple + Apple + Watermelon - To dispel excess salts, nourishes the bladder and kidney.
Apple + Cucumber + Kiwi - To improve skin complexion.
Pear & Banana - regulates sugar content.
Carrot + Apple + Pear + Mango - Clear body heat, counteracts toxicity, decreased blood pressure and fight oxidization .
Honeydew + Grape + Watermelon + Milk - Rich in vitamin C + Vitamin B2 that increase cell activity and strengthen body immunity.
Papaya + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin C, E, Iron. Improve skin complexion and metabolism.
Banana + Pineapple + Milk - Rich in vitamin with nutritious and prevent constipation

Honey & Cinnamon Health Benefits

Facts on honey and cinnamon
It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most Diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a 'Ram Ban' (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side Effects for any kind of diseases.
Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a Magazine in Canada , on its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by western scientists:
حقائق عن العسل والقرفة
تبيَّن أن مخلوط العسل ومسحوق القرفة يُشفي من معظم الأمراض. والعسل يُنتَج في معظم بلدان العالم. والعلماء المعاصرون يتقبَّلون حقيقة أنَّ العسل دواء ذو فعَّاليَّة عالية ضدَّ الأمراض. ولا توجد آثار جانبيَّة في استعماله دواءً في جميع الأمراض.
يقول العلم الحديث مع أنَّ العسل حلوٌ، لكن إذا ما استُعمل دواءً بمقادير صحيحة لا يؤذي مرضى السكَّري. أوردت مجلَّة (وورلد ويكلي نيوز) الكنديَّة في عددها الصادر في 17 يناير (كانون ثانٍ) 1995 قائمة الأمراض التالية التي يمكن معالجتها بالعسل والقرفة كما أكَّدتها أبحاث علماء غربيِّبن.

HEART DISEASES:

Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already had an attack, if they do this Process daily they are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heart beat. In America and Canada , various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.
أمراض القلب:
إصنع عجينة من العسل ومسحوق القرفة، وادهنها على قطعة خبزٍ بدلاً من المربَّى أو معقود الفواكه وتناولها باتنظام على الفطور. إنَّها تقلِّل الدهونات (كولوسترول) في الأوعية الدمويَّة، وتقي المرضى من النوبات القلبيَّة. وإذا ما داوم الذين أصيبوا بنوبة قلبية سابقًا على هذا النظام، فإنَّهم يبعدون إصابتهم بها مجدًّدًا مسافات طويلة. اتبَّاع هذا النظام يوميًّا باستمرار يحول دون احتباس التنفُّس ويقوَّي نبض القلب. تمَّ في عدد من بيوت التمريض (مشافٍ) في كندا والولايات المتَّحدة استعمال هذا (النظام الغذائي) بنجاح على نزلائها، وتبيَّن أنَّ التقدُّم في العمر يُفقد الأوعية الدمويَّة والشرايين مرونتها ممَّا يعمل على انسدادها، ويعيد العسل والقرفة لها حيويِّتها.

ARTHRITIS:

Arthritis patients may take daily, morning, and night, One cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, They found that within a week, out of the 200 people So treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain..
العصبي:
يمكن لمصابي مرض العصبي تناول كوبٍ من الماء الساخن مخلوطٍ بملعقتين من العسل وملعقة صغيرة من مسحوق القرفة صباحًا ومساءًا. إنَّ تناوله بانتظام حتَّى من المصابين المُزمنين بمرض العصبي يشفيهم من مرضهم. في بحث حديث أُجري في جامعة كوبنهاغن، تبيَّن للأطبَّاء الذين عالجوا مرضاهم بجعلهم يتناولون ملعقة من العسل ونصف ملعقة من مسحوق القرقفة قبل الإفطار أن 73 مريضًا من أصل مائتين قد تمَّ شفاؤهم كليًّا في خلال أسبوع. وفي خلال شهر، تمكَّن معظم المرضى الذين لم يكونوا قادرين على السير أو الحركة من جرَّاء العصبي السير بلا ألم.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:

Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.
التهاب المثانة:
اشرب كوبًا من مخلوطً مقدار ملعقتين من مسحوق القرفة وملعقة من عسلٍ مذابة في ماء فاتر. هذا (الشراب) يقتل الجراثيم في المثانة.

TOOTHACHE:

Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied three times a day until the tooth stops aching.
وجع الأسنان:
إصنع عجينة من مقدار ملعقة من مسحوق القرفة، ومقدار خمس ملعقات صغيرة من العسل، وضعها على السنِّ المؤلِم. كرِّر هذه العمليَّة ثلاث مرَّات يوميًّا إلى أن تتخلَّص من الألم.

CHOLESTEROL:

Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient were found to reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours. As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol. By the way, if you're taking cholesterol medicine, STOP! They all contain STATIN which weaken your muscles...including YOUR HEART and none has been shown to stop heart attacks or strokes!!!!
الدهونات (كولوسترول)
تبيَّن أنَّ تناول مقدار ملعقتين من العسل وثلاث ملاعق من مسحوق القرفة ممزوجة بستَّ عشرة (أونسة) من سائل الشاي إذا تناولها المصاب بالكولوسترول ينخفض عنده مستوى المادَّة الدهنيّة في الدم بمعدَّل عشرة من المائة في خلال ساعتين. وكما أشير على المصابين بمرض العصبي، إذا ما تمَّ تناول الكميَّة نفسها ثلاث مرَّات يوميًّا، يتمَّ الشفاء حتَّى من الكولسترول المُزمن. ومن المعلومات التي ذُكرت في مجلَّة (وورلد ويكلي نيوز) فإنَّ تناول العسل الصافي يوميًّا يخلِّص من آلام الكولسترول. توقَّف عن متايعة تناول دواء الكولسترول فهو يحتوي مادَّة 'ستاتين' التي تضعف العضلات بما فيها القلب. وتبيَّن أنَّها لا تحول دون الإصابة بنوبات القلب أو الفالج.

COLDS:

Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.
النزلات البرديَّة (الرشح):
الأشخاص الذين يعانون من النزلات البرديَّة المعتادة أو الشديدة عليهم تناول مزيج مقدار ملعقة من عسل فاتر وربع ملعقة من مسحوق القرفة يوميًّا لثلاثة أيَّام. هذه العمليَّة ستخلِّصهم من السعلة المزمنة والرشح، وتنظِّف الجيوب الأنفيَّة.

UPSET STOMACH:

Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.
تلبٌّك المعدة:
تناول مسحوق القرفة والعسل يُخلِّص من آلام المعدة، ويزيل قرحات المعدة من جذورها.
GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan , it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.
الغازات:
بناء على دراسات أُجريت في كلٍّ من الهند واليابان، تبيِّن أنَّ تناول العسل ممزوجًا بمسحوق القرفة يخلِّص المعدة من الغازات.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:

Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacterial and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant Use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.
جهاز المناعة:
تناول العسل ومسحوق القرفة يوميًّا يقوِّي جهاز المناعة، ويحمي الجسم من النوبات البكتيريَّة والفيروسيَّة. لقد وجد العلماء أنَّ العسل يحتوي كميَّات كبيرة من الفيتامينات والحديد. تناول العسل بصورة دائمة يقوَّي الكريات البيضاء التي تقاوم الأمراض البكتيريَّة والفيروسيَّة.

INDIGESTION:

Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
سوء الهضم:
رش مسحوق القرفة على ملعقتين عسل قبل الفطور يقضي على الحموضة ويساعد على هضم أثقل الوجبات.

INFLUENZA:

A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and Saves the patient from flu.
إنفلونزا:
اكتشف باحث في أسبانيا أنَّ العسل يحتوي مكوِّنات طبيعيَّة تقتل جراثيم الإنفلونزا، وتقي المريض من النزلات الصدريَّة.

LONGEVITY:

Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of
a 20-year-old.
طول العمر:
تناول مشروب الشاي المصنوع من العسل ومسحوق القرفة بانتظام، فإنَّه يسيطر على عوامل التلف في العمر. إصنع مشروب شايٍ من أربع ملاعق من العسل وواحدة من مسحوق القرفة، وثلاثة أكواب من الماء. إشرب رُبع كوبٍ ثلاث مرَّات أو أربع مرَّات يوميًّا. إنَّها تحافظ على الجلد أملسًا وناعمًا، وتعيق تقدُّم الشيخوخة، وتمدُّ في حياة الإنسان، وحتَّى أنَّ مَن بلغ من العمر مائة سنة تعمل وظائفه الجسديَّة وكأنَّه ابن عشرين سنة.

PIMPLES:

Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.
البثرات الجلديَّة:
إصنع عجينة من ثلاث ملاعق من العسل وملعقة من مسحوق القرفة. ضع العجينة على البثرة الجلديَّة قبل النوم، وأغسلها في صباح اليوم التالي بماء دافئ. استعمال هذه الطريقة يوميًّا على مدى أسبوعين، يزيل البثرات الجلديَّة من جذورها.

SKIN INFECTION:

Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts, cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.
الالتهابات الجلديَّة:
وضع عجينة من العسل ومسحوق القرفة على الأجزاء المصابة، تشفي من الأكزيما والقوباء الحَلقَيَّة (مرض جلدي مُعدٍ)، وكلِّ أنواع الالتهابات الجلديَّة.

WEIGHT LOSS:

Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person. Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.
تخسيس الوزن:
تناول كوبٍ من الماء المغلي بالعسل ومسحوق القرفة نصف ساعة قبل وجبة الفطور صباحًا، وقبل النوم مساءً يوميًّا، إذا ما أخذ بانتظام يخسِّس الوزن حتَّى في أكثر الإجسام سُمنة. الاستمرار في شرب هذا المشروب بانتظام يحول دون تجمُّع الدهون في الجسم حتَّى ولو تمَّ تناول أطعمة دسمة جدًّا

CANCER:

Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.
السرطان:
أظهرت أبحاث حديثة في اليابان وأسترليا بأنَّ الشفاء التام من سرطان المعدة والعظام المتقدِّم قد تمَّ بنجاح. المرضى الذين يعانون من هذه الأنواع من السرطان، يجب أن يتناولوا ملقعة شاي صغيرة من العسل ومثلها من مسحوق القرفة ثلاث مرَّات يوميًّا لمدَّة شهر.

FATIGUE:

Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.
الإعياء:
أظهرت دراسات حديثة بأنَّ محتويات العسل من السكَّر هي أكثر منفعة لحيويَّة الجسم من ضررها. المسنُّون الذي يتناولون العسل ومسحوق القرفة بمقادير متساوية هم أشدُّ انتباهًا ومرونة. ويقول الدكتور ميلتون الذي أجرى البحث بأنَّ تناول نصف ملعقة من العسل تُضاف إلى كأس من الماء مرشوش عليه مسحوق القرفة في الصباح، وعند الساعة الثالثة من بعد الظهر عندما تبدأ حيويَّة الجسم بالتدنِّي يوميًّا، تزيد حيويَّة الجسم في خلال أسبوع.

BAD BREATH:

People of South America , first thing in the morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.
رائحة الفم الكريهة:
شعوب أمريكا الجنوبيَّة يتغرغرون بخليط من الماء الساخن وملعة صغيرة من العسل ومسحوق القرفة أوَّل شئ في الصباح لكي تبقى رائحة أفواههم طيِّبة طوال اليوم.

HEARING LOSS:

Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts restore hearing
فقدان السمع:
الاستعمال اليومي للعسل ومسحوق القرفة بمقادير متساوية صباحًا ومساء يوميًّا يساعد على إرجاع السمع

Healthy information from the Lebanese Garden:

Tomatoes: There has been a lot of publicity given to the claim that tomatoes and tomato products lower the risk of prostate cancer. Lycopene is found in substantial amounts in tomatoes and has been said to be the active principle responsible for protection.

Parsley is one of the world's seven most potent disease-fighting spices which also include Ginger, Oregano, and Cinnamon, Turmeric, Sage, and Red chili peppers. Parsley grows in most climates and is readily available throughout the year.
Parsley’s Many Therapeutic Health Benefits Include Its Use For:

1- Anemia: Builds up the blood because it is high in iron. The high vitamin C content assists the absorption of iron.
2- Antioxidant: Increases the anti-oxidant capacity of the blood.
3- Bactericidal (kills bacteria)
4- Bad breath
5- Blood purifier
6- Blood vessel rejuvenation: Maintains elasticity of blood vessels, and helps to repair bruises.
7- Diarrihea: great benefit by drinking parsley tea.
8- Digestion: Parsley is an excellent digestion restorative remedy. It improves the digestion of proteins and fats therefore promoting intestinal absorption, liver assimilation, and storage. Because of its high enzyme content, parsley benefits digestive activity and elimination.
9- Dissolves cholesterol within the veins
10-Diuretic
11-Ear health: Treats deafness and ear infections.
12-Edema: Acts as a diuretic, and blood vessel strengtheners.
13-Fatigue: Parsley is high in iron so helps repair and provides components for better blood cells.
14-Gallstones: Helps dissolve them.
15-Glandular support: for the liver, spleen, kidneys and adrenal glands.
16-Gout
17-Hormonal support: in women, parsley improves estrogens, nourishes, and restores the blood of the uterus. Conditions like delayed menstruation, PMS, and the menopause (dry skin, irritability, depression, and hair loss) can often improve.
18-Hormone balancing is achieved through the volatile fatty acids contained in parsley.
19-Immune booster: The high vitamin C, beta-carotene, B12, chlorophyll, and essential fatty acid content render parsley an extraordinary immunity enhancing food. Parsley is an immune-enhancing multi-vitamin and mineral complex in green plant form and one of the most important herbs for providing vitamins to the body.
20-Inhibits tumour formation: particularly in the lungs.
21-Insect bites: Rub on to relieve the swelling and itch.
22-Jaundice
23-Kidneys: Parsley is effective for nearly all kidney and urinary complaints except severe kidney inflammation. It improves kidney activity and can help eliminate wastes from the blood and tissues of the kidneys. It prevents salt from being reabsorbed into the body tissues; thus, parsley literally forces debris out of the kidneys, liver, and bladder. It helps improve Edema and general water retention, fatigue and scanty or painful urination.
24-Liver congestion: It enriches the liver and nourishes the blood. Parsley helps reduce liver congestion, clearing toxins and aiding rejuvenation.
25-Menstrual irregularity: Parsley helps to make the cycles regular by the presence of apiol, which is a constituent of the female sex hormone estrogens.
26-Menstrual pain
27-Night blindness: Bad eyesight is a sign of Vitamin A deficiency.
28-Rheumatism
29-Spleen strengthening: The parsley root in particular strengthens the spleen, and can therefore, treat malabsorption.
30-Stamina loss and low resistance to infection, point to a sluggish liver. This can manifest itself in blood deficiencies, fatigue, a pale complexion and poor nails, dizzy spells, Anemia and mineral depletion.
31-Stomach problems
32-Strengthens loose teeth: In the Middle Ages parsley was used for many conditions including 'fastening teeth' (Scurvy, which is caused loose.)
33-Uterine tonic
34-Weight loss benefits from being a diuretic

Nutritional Benefits of Parsley:
Parsley is a nutrient powerhouse containing high levels of beta-carotene, vitamin B12, folate, chlorophyll, calcium, more vitamin C than citrus fruits, and just about all other known nutrients. Parsley is a moistening, nourishing, restoring, ‘warming’ food, pungent with a slightly bitter, salty flavour. It enhances and stimulates the energy of organs, improving their ability to assimilate and utilize nutrients.
Beta-carotene: is used for protein assimilation. This nutrient benefits the liver and protects the lungs and colon. The body to vitamin A, a nutrient so important to a strong immune system that its nickname is the “anti-infective vitamin”, converts beta-carotene.
Chlorophyll Parsley is abundant in chlorophyll, thus purifying and inhibiting the spread of bacteria, fungi, and other organisms. Chlorophyll from parsley is slightly anti-bacterial and anti-fungal which acts to enhance immune response and to relieve mucus congestion, sinusitis, and other ‘damp’ conditions. Chlorophyll, high in oxygen, also suppresses viruses and helps the lungs to discharge residues from environmental pollution.
Essential Fatty Acids Parsley is a source of alpha-linolenic acid, an important essential fatty acid that is too frequently deficient in today’s diets.
Fluorine is an important nutritional component abundantly found in parsley. Fluorine has an entirely different molecular structure from chemically produced fluoride. Tooth decay results from a shortage of fluorine, not fluoride. It is the combination of calcium and fluorine, which creates a very hard protective surface on teeth and bones. Fluorine also protects the body from infectious invasion, germs, and viruses.
Folic Acid, one of the most important B vitamins, but one of its most critical roles in relation to cardiovascular health is to convert homocysteine into benign molecules. Homocysteine is a potentially dangerous molecule that, at high levels, can directly damage blood vessels and increase the risk of heart attacks and stroke in people with atherosclerosis or diabetic heart disease. Folic acid is also a critical nutrient for proper cell division and is therefore vitally important for cancer-prevention in two areas of the body that contain rapidly dividing cells--the colon, and in women, the cervix.
Iron: The iron content of parsley is exceptional with 5.5mg per100g (4oz). A half-cup of fresh parsley or one tablespoon dried has about 10 percent of your iron daily requirements. In addition, parsley has the vitamin C your body needs to absorb that iron.
Protein: Parsley is made up of 20% protein. (About the same as mushrooms.)
Vitamin B12 Parsley contains traces of B12 producing compounds. Such compounds are needed for the formation of red blood cells and normal cell growth, important for fertility, pregnancy, immunity and the prevention of degenerative illness. The action of vitamin B12. However, is inhibit by a Vitamin C deficiency, makes the gums spongy antibiotics, intoxicants, stress, sluggish liver, and excess bacteria or parasites in the colon or digestive tracts. Parsley helps to counteract these inhibitors.
Vitamin K: Getting at least 100 micrograms of Vitamin K a day can drastically cut your risk of hip fracture. Vitamin K is necessary for bones to get the minerals they need to form properly. Parsley is loaded with vitamin K (180 mcg per 1/2 cup). Cooking parsley nearly doubles its Vitamin K.
Vitamin C: Parsley contains more vitamin C than any other standard culinary vegetable, with 166mg per 100g (4oz). This is three times as much as oranges. Flavonoids, which make up the Vitamin C molecule, maintain blood cell membranes, and act as an antioxidant helper.
Volatile oil components: including myristicin, limonene, eugenol, and alphathujene. Parsley's volatile oils, particularly myristicin, have been shown to inhibit tumour formation in animal studies, and particularly, tumor formation in the lungs. It acts as an antioxidant that can help neutralize particular types of carcinogens (like the benzopyrenes that are part of cigarette smoke, charcoal grill smoke, and the smoke produced by trash incinerators).
Parsley also contains calcium (245mg per 100g), phosphorus, potassium (1000mg per 4 oz), manganese (2.7mg per 100g), inositol, and sulphur.
Well my friends, after reading all these information about Parsley and the benefits of including this vegetable in our daily diet, do you think we need any more medicines and pills to hurt us more than give us the cure we need.

What can be simpler than eating fresh parsley twice or three times a week in any type of salad you desire.

Mint:

For centuries, mint has been enjoyed for its wonderful aroma, its great taste, and its healing power. Long known for its ability to settle a nervous stomach, mint has a great many other health benefits as well. Whether as a soothing mint tea or part of a recipe, mint has long been part of both the cuisine and the medicinal cultures of societies as diverse as the Middle East, India, and Europe. Mint is well known for its ability to sooth the digestive tract ,and reduces the severity and length of stomach aches. In addition, mint teas and other herbal preparations have shown great promise at easing the discomfort associated with irritable bowel syndrome, and even at slowing the growth of many of the most harmful bacteria and fungi. The well-documented antifungal properties of mint are thought to play a role in the treatment of asthma and many allergy conditions as well. It is even thought that mint may have benefits as an anticancer food. Mint is known to contain a phytonutrient called perillyl alcohol, which has been shown in studies on animals to prevent the formation of colon, skin, and lung cancer. Further study is needed to see if this important benefit extends to the human world.
Mint is used in a variety of ways, but the most common is through the brewing of mint tea. There are many excellent mint teas on the market, and fresh mint tea can be made by pouring hot, but not boiling, water over fresh leaves of mint. When preparing mint tea, it is important that the preparation be covered while it is steeping to prevent the valuable volatile oils from evaporating.

The health benefits of eating garlic, onions, and peppers

on a daily basis were well known to our ancestors. They used them to protect themselves from illness and to act as an antiseptic for a wide range of infections.
Modern dietary advice, supported by scientific evidence, emphasizes the benefits of a daily intake of garlic, onions, and peppers. These pungent natural foods contain chemicals that can protect the body from so many major and minor illnesses, including:
v Cardiovascular disease
v Infections
v Diabetes
v Respiratory problems
v Cancers
v Garlic: Since early civilisation, man has used garlic for its powerful healing qualities. Today, there is worldwide scientific evidence to support the many health benefits that can be derived from the daily consumption of garlic.
Extensive tests on humans have concluded that a regular intake of garlic can:
· Lower total cholesterol (but raise the good-type HDL cholesterol)
· Produce more "natural killer" cells in the blood that will tackle infections and tumours
· Lower blood pressure
· Reduce the risk of blood clots (that are responsible for most heart attacks and strokes)
· Destroy infection causing viruses and bacteria
· Reduce the risk of certain cancers, in particular, stomach cancers.
· Garlic is best eaten raw. Cooking can destroy some of the "allicin" compound, which is responsible for the powerful healing effects of garlic.
Onions: Like garlic, onions too, have significant health benefits. A real panacea! It fights cancer and strengthens the heart, the neural system, and the glands.
v Boost good-type HDL cholesterol (particularly when consumed raw)
v Reduce total cholesterol levels
v Increase blood-clot dissolving activity
v Reduce the risks of diabetes
v Attack bacteria that cause infection
v Reduce the risk of certain cancers
Scientific tests have further identified a compound in onions called "quercetin" which is a powerful antioxidant and cancer-attacking agent.
For sniffles and cough: Slice some onions, spread the slices in a dish, dredge them with fine sugar, and let them soak for 24 hours. Drink 2-5 spoonfuls a day of the syrup that will be produced.
For hangnails: Before you go to bed slice an onion, wrap 1 slice over the hangnail around the finger, tie it with a piece of bandage and let it be till the morning.
For sensitive nails: rub them with half onion every day.
To remove the onion odour from your hands, rub them with salty water and lemon juice or with ammonia solution (2 spoonfuls of ammonia in 1 litre (33.8 oz) of water).
Peppers: Along with garlic and onions, offer many significant health benefits. Top of the list has to be their healing effect on respiratory problems. Hot peppers have always played an important role in traditional Chinese medicine. They are recognised for their ability to tackle pulmonary and respiratory illnesses. Peppers contain "capsaicin" which helps the lungs function more effectively. In addition, a daily intake of peppers is highly recommended for smokers and even non-smokers.
The health benefits of a daily intake of peppers are well established. Eating peppers can:
* Reduce respiratory illnesses
* Help asthmatics breathe more easily
* Control and often cure sinus and nasal passage problems
* Reduce headaches
* Provide a major source of vitamin C
In conclusion, there is overwhelming evidence to suggest that you can boost your health by eating garlic, onions, and peppers, on a regular basis. Work them into your daily diet by eating them raw (ideally) or cooked. Use them as flavouring, crush, mince or chop them and include this powerful trio in as many ordinary, day-to-day recipes as you can. Do not just think of them as occasional food items to be used for special meals or when entertaining. Instead, for example, add them to burgers, casseroles, etc. Let your imagination come up with new ways of incorporating them into your daily diet - ideas that will really suit you and fit in with your family eating preferences.

Burgul or cracked wheat

Wheat, 1 cup (120g) (hard white)Protein: 21.7gCarbohydrate: 145.7gTotal Fat: 3.3gFiber:*Excellent source of: Iron (8.7mg), Magnesium (178mg), Zinc (6.4mg), and Niacin (8.4mg)
Making smart carbohydrate choices are an easy way to add a layer of health insurance to your life. Whole grains are packed with many healthy nutrients, including carbohydrates, protein, fiber, B vitamins (thiamin, folate, riboflavin, and niacin), antioxidants, vitamin E, and trace minerals (iron, zinc, copper, selenium, and magnesium). According to the USDA, at least half of all the grains eaten should be whole grains.
Research demonstrating the health benefits of whole grains is the backbone of health recommendations. A diet rich in whole grains has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, and some forms of cancer. Whole-grain diets also improve bowel health; they help maintain regular bowel movements and provide a feeling of fullness with fewer calories.
Just because a product is made from whole grain does not suggest that it is nutritious. Sugared cereals made with whole grain are not suddenly considered health food.
"Consumers need to read the label and select cereals based on the whole-grain content and amount of sugar it contains. The less sugar, the better," says whole-grain expert Joanne Slavin, PhD, RD, professor of food science and nutrition from the University of Minnesota. "Less dense products such as puffed or flaked cereal are lighter by nature and will have less fiber than denser cereals."

Whole Grains and Fiber
Whole grains can be an excellent source of fiber. But not all whole grains are good sources of fiber. Whole wheat contains the highest amount of fiber of the whole grains. Brown rice contains the least amount of fiber.

Lemon:

Lemon is used as a beverage and an ingredient to some dishes to enhance its flavour. Lemon contains Flavonoids a compound that contains antioxidant and anti-cancer properties.
Nutritive Values of Lemon: Per 100 gm.
v Vitamin B : Thiamine .04 mg.;
v Riboflavin : Trace;
v Vitamin C: 50 mg.
v Calcium: 40 mg.
v Phosphorus: 22 mg.
v Carbohydrates: 8.7 gm.
v Protein: .9 gm.
v Calories : 32
Health Benefits of Lemon: As a natural antiseptic, the juice of the lemon will destroy harmful bacteria found in the cuts and other areas of infection.
v For toothache, apply fresh lemon juice on the painful are.
v For skin problems, the juice of the lemon should be applied directly to the skin, and allowed to dry especially for acne and eczema, and then remove with water with olive oil added. The juice is also good for the removal of blackheads, freckles, and wrinkles.
v Lemon juice when applied to hair after rinsing it, will give shine and volume to your hair.
v Lemon juice helps to prevent and cure osteoarthritis.
v Helps to prevent diabetes.
v Lemon juice helps in preventing the development and progression of atherosclerosis.
v Lemon juice is a great liver tonic.

Green Cabbage:

Cabbage is a popular vegetable that is used for cooking and is also known for its medicinal properties (it said to contain chemicals that can prevent cancer). The history of its uses can be traced to the Greek era, where the Greeks used fresh white cabbage juice to relieve sore or infected eyes. During those times, the Romans and Egyptians would drink cabbage juice before meals to prevent intoxication.
Provides a source of protein, dietary fibre, carbohydrates, vitamin C, folate, calcium, and iron. A three-ounce serving contains about 25 calories. Although some if its benefits are lost in cooking, studies show, Cabbage is a cancer fighter, especially for stomach, colon, and breast cancers. Having strong antiviral and antibacterial properties, Cabbage has also been reported to be a helpful remedy for the treatment of ulcers.
1. Cabbage is anti – inflammatory vegetable 2. Cabbage contains lactic acid that acts to disinfect colon3. Cabbage can also be used to reduce headache pain4. Another benefit of cabbage is in it's anti –cancer properties and is also said to be able in treating other skin conditions
5. Drinking cabbage juice from the stem is a good remedy for ulcers.
How to use Cabbage:
1. Drink fresh cabbage juice if you suffer from gastritis 2. This is another benefit of cabbage. Drink 25 – 50 ml cabbage juice everyday to treat headache, asthma, bronchitis and other digestion problems.3. White cabbage juice dabbed on mouth ulcers will make the healing faster.
Tips:
1-Do not buy halved or quartered heads of cabbage even if it is well wrapped. As soon as the leaves are cut, cabbage will loose its vitamin C.2- Wash cabbage only when you are ready to use it.3. Look for solid, heavy heads of cabbage, with no more than 3 – 4 loose outer leaves.

Basilica or Basil
v Astringent: it is used in cases of mental strain, weak memory, melancholy, and neural headaches.
v Spasmolitic: it is used in cases of anxiety, nervous insomnia, dizziness, whooping cough, gastric spasms, vomit, and enteric disorders.
v Diuretic: it is used in cases of kidney gravel, urination difficulties, and retention.
Also useful in cases of epilepsy and arthritis.
One teacup every evening (sugar to taste) should do. Its volatile oil is used in wasp or scorpion stinging. If you have earache, boil basilica in a casserole, take the casserole off the fire, and put your ear over the vapours. Then lay in bed, well covered.

Celery:

contains vitamin A and vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, sodium, calcium and phosphor. This makes dry celery a perfect substitute of salt, for those who want to avoid it. Boiled celery root broth is a perfect diuretic. In addition, celery helps against rheumatisms, arthritis, bronchitis, catarrh, hypertension, high fever, and chilblains. Celery also helps against diabetes, farts, and mouth malodour and kidney diseases.
Normally, for most of the diseases above boil 25-30 gm (1 ounce) of celery leaves in water and drink the hot broth.
For mouth malodour: chew some fresh celery leaves.
For chilblains: Boil 1/2 kilo (1.1 pounds) of celery in 2 litres (67.6 oz) of water, empty the broth into a basin, and dip your feet in it. Repeat for several days.
For catarrh and hypertension: Boil 25-30 gm (1 ounce) of celery leaves in fresh milk and drink this broth unfed.
After a hangover: Chew 1 small spoonful of celery seeds.

Chamomile:

A versatile and effective herb, particularly useful for children's diseases, it also relaxes from sentimental problems. It is counter convulsive, neurosedative (for migraines, dizziness, and insomnia), anti-inflammatory, it heals wounds and burns, and it soothes eczemas. Moreover, it is a strong vermicide, digestive and it soothes eye ache (daily washing with a piece of cotton), it calms babies (added in their warm bath), it soothes the mumps (with cataplasms), and it also turns hair fair, used frequently together with a shampoo. In most cases boil 1 spoonful of chamomile in 1 cup of water and drink the broth.
Against obesity: Boil 1 spoonful of chamomile in 1 cup of water for 10 minutes and strain it. Drink 1 cup of that in the morning, unfed and 1 cup at night before going to bed, for 1 month.
Against acne: Boil 1 spoonful of chamomile in 1 cup of water for 10 minutes and strain it. Add 1 lemon juice and wash your face out, 3 times a day for 1 month.
In the bath: Boil 300 gm (0.66 pound) of chamomile in 2 litters (67.6 oz) of water and let it rest for 10 minutes. Then strain it and add it in the bath water. It calms and rests.

Fennel:

has proved to neutralize dangerous mushroom poison and to dissolve kidney gravel.
Diuretic:: as well as helpful in cases of cystitis.
Astringent: in cases of exhaustion.
Soothing:: of cough, croup, asthma and triggered respiratory system.
Fennel also kills worms and pests of the peptic system, it soothes windiness and aerophobia.
In most cases boil 1-2 spoonfuls of fennel seeds in 1-2 cups of water and drink the broth.
For kidney gravel: Boil 1 spoonful of fennel seeds in 2 glasses of water together with 5-10 orange leaves and drink 1 wine glass every morning, unfed.
For the flu: Chew some fennel seeds.
For stomach-ache: Boil 1 small spoonful of fennel seeds in 1 cup of milk for 5 minutes and drink it warm.

Lemongrass:

Lemongrass is the proper medicine for various kinds of pain. It soothes headaches if you mince its leaves and smear them on your forehead. It does well to the eye ache by washing your eyes and it relieves from ear ache if you put your ear over the steams of its boiling broth. Moreover, it is a fine diuretic, useful to those with kidney gravel, it helps mothers produce more milk for their babies, it helps in slimming diets drinking 1 cup of its broth every night before going to bed, it is a strong digestive, and if you put some of its broth over a wound it will be healed much sooner.
Particularly for kidney gravel, boil 2 small spoonfuls of lemongrass in 1 cup of water, let it rest for 12 minutes, strain it and drink it. Repeat that up to 3 times a day.

Mallow:

Mallow contains A, B1, B2, and C vitamins.
Soothing: Its root, dried and boiled, produces a decoction which sooths sore throat, cough, hoarseness, and laryngitis.
Relieving: It does well in cases of visceral pain, gripes, gastritis, cystitis, Diarrihea, and supposing epilepsy.
Cathartic: Large doses of its decoction combined with honey are said to help us discard the toxins from our body.
Mallow also smoothes calluses and relieves tired legs.
For cough and catarrh: Soak 30 gm (1 ounce) of mallow root (peeled and julienne) in 1 litre (33.8 oz) of cold water for 2 hours. Then strain it and drink 1 glass of it every 6 hours.
For calluses: Put some mallow poultice on the callus all night long. Then the callus will come off easily.
For swellings and bruises: Boil 250 gr (0.55 pound) of dried mallow root in 5 cups of water until they reduce to 3 cups. Then, soak some piece of clothe or bandage and tie it over the swelling or bruise.

Nettle:

Indeed a wonderful plant. It contains vitamins, chlorophyll, nitrogen, iron, calcium, potassium, manganese and many more minerals and microelements.
Anti anaemic: In general, body debility.
Anti diarrheal: Some nettle decoction will stop diarrheic at once.
Haemostatic: In bleeding, hematuria, tuberculosis.
Diuretic: It dissolves uric acid and kidney gravel.
Anti rheumatic: For arthritis, rheumatisms, and sciatica.
Also helps against epilation.
For nosebleed: Soak a piece of cotton in nettle broth and put it into the bleeding nostril.
For rheumatisms: Pick up nettles before the sunrises, pound them, fry them in olive oil, strain them, and put that oil in a bottle. Use that oil to rub your aching joints. Another painful but very effective method is to rub your aching joints with fresh nettle leaves and then rub them with fresh mallow leaves to relieve the nettle rash.
For epilation: Combine and boil together leaves and roots from nettle and thyme and rub the hair regularly.
For mouth ulcer: Boil 1 handful of nettle leaves in 1/2 litre (17 oz) of water and use the broth to gargle and wash your mouth.

Rosemary:

A wonderful stimulant and astringent, valuable in physical as well as mental strain.
Heart Astringent – Anti diabetic - Vision Astringent
Beneficial for neural system disorders, hysteria, epilepsy, dizziness and migraines.
Digestive, enteric Gases fighting. Eliminates Mouth Ulcers, Stop Alopecia
Soak rosemary into water for 8 hours and wash your hair with it. This helps in hair growth and fights dandruff. In addition, if you suffer from diabetes or amoebae boil one 3-flower stem in 1 cup of water and drink it in the morning, unfed.

Sage:

It enhances physical strength; it is a strong astringent and stimulant of the neural system, a fine sedative, anti diabetic, diuretic, anti tumor and styptic. It also does well to laryngitis by gargling some sage decoction.
For physical or mental strain: Dip 80 gm (0.17 pound) of sage leaves in 1 litre (33.8 oz) of good red wine and let them soak for 1 week. Then, strain the wine and drink 1 to 3 spoonfuls after meal.
For epilation: Soak 100 gm (0.22 pound) of sage leaves in 1 litre (33.8 oz) of water for 1 hour and wash your hair with that.
As a sedative: Drop 2 spoonfuls of sage leaves and 1/2 spoonful of basilica into boiling water, let that decoction rest for 10 minutes and then drink it.

Thyme:

Thyme is considered Nature’s antibiotic.
General stimulant: It increases mental lucidity; it helps in physical and mental strain, stress, depression, debility.
It increases low blood pressure.
It is a strong lung and bowel antiseptic.
Valuable cure for flu, sniffles, and cold.
Heart astringent, light hypnotic.
It stops epilation, it cures scabies and shingles, and it fights gingivitis. Using compresses, it soothes from rheumatic pains.
For epilation: Boil 1 handful of thyme in 1 litre (33.8 oz) of water until it reduces to half and strain it. Then wash your hair with a shampoo, rub your head with the thick thyme broth, wait for 3-5 minutes and wash your hair again.
For sniffles: chew some thyme
For insomnia: Put 2-3 thyme stems under your pillow.

When the Lord Created the Earth in 7 days. He created a wonderful nature, full of healthy and tasty gifts, each has its own secret, full of healthy nutrition to heal us. God wants us to be healthy and enjoy the gifts he gave us, so he created our natural healing garden. Eat enjoy the flavours and be healthy and strong, without the need to any chemicals.

Origin and History of Dates - health benefits and cooking

The date palm is probably the oldest tree cultivated by man. Dates have been cultivated and traded from as early as 5000 BC and whilst dates were revered by many cultures, the Arabs seem to be the ones who hold it in the greatest esteem. Indeed, it is historically known that desert people, in particular the nomadic Bedouins, lived on dates and camel milk for months on end.

Evidence that the fruit was traded between India and the Arabian Peninsula dates back to the 1st Millennia BC, via the already established Frankincense and Myrrh trade routes.

It is easy to see how the use of this incredible fruit spread throughout the world; once dried, they are light to carry, self preserving (containing a high proportion of sugar) and with the nutritional attributes mentioned above, can be used as a major food source for dessert people, sailors on long voyages and armies as well as livestock.

Health Benefits of Dates :
Health benefits of dates are uncountable, as this fruit is affluent in natural fibres. These natural products also contain oil, calcium, sulphur, iron, potassium, phosphorous, manganese, copper and magnesium which are advantageous for health. Dates are even rich in several vitamins and minerals. It is said that one date is minimum requirement of a balanced and healthy diet. It helps in fighting constipation, intestinal disorders, weight gain, heart problems, sexual weakness, diarrhoea and abdominal cancer.
Health benefits of dates have made them the best nourishment for muscles development. People consume dates in several ways, like mixing the paste of the dates with milk, yoghurt or with bread or butter to make the food tasty and healthy. This paste is beneficial for both adults and children, especially during the time of recovery. According to the modern medicine survey, it is known that dates are useful in preventing abdominal cancer. It is also seen that many Muslims break their fast by eating dates and water according to their traditions. Breaking fast with eating dates helps us to avoid overeating of the food after the fast. When the body absorbs the nutritional value of the dates, the feeling of hunger gets pacified.
Dates are termed as a crown of sweets and ideal food which easily balances and digests food. It gives extra energy to a tired human body within half an hour after taking it. Dates are considered to be the best diet for confinement of the women. American Cancer Society recommends intake of 20-35 grams of dietary fibre in a day, supplied through dates. It is said that:” taking one date in a day will help you to maintain your healthy eyes for your lifetime”. They are quiet effective in guarding the night blindness problems.
Benefits of Dates:
Constipation: Date is termed to be a laxative food. This is the reason that dates are beneficial for people suffering from constipation. For getting the laxative effect from dates, you need to soak dates for one full night in water. You should consume these soaked dates in the morning like syrup to get their actual advantages.
Intestinal Disorders: The nicotinic content that is present in the dates is said to be beneficial for curing any kinds of intestinal disorders. Continuous intake of dates helps to maintain a check on the growth of the pathological organisms and thus, helps in the rise of friendly bacteria in the intestines.
Weight Gain: Dates are said to be a part of healthy diet. They consist of sugar, fats, proteins as well as many essential vitamins. If the dates are consumed with the paste of cucumber, one can easily come out from the problem of over-slimming. One kilogram of dates contains almost 3,000 calories. These calories alone are sufficient to meet the daily requirements of a human body.
Heart Wealth: Dates are quite helpful in maintaining your heart in healthy condition. When soaked for whole night and crushed in the morning and consumed, they prove to be quite advantageous for weak hearts. They help to fortify heart, if taken twice in the week.
Sexual Weakness: Dates are even beneficial for increasing sexual stamina in the human body. A handful of dates, when soaked in fresh goat's milk for the night and then grinded in the same milk with the mixture of cardamom powder and honey, becomes a very useful tonic for increasing sex endurance and sterility due to functional disorders.
Diarrhea: Ripe dates contain potassium. Potassium is beneficial for controlling diarrhea. They are easily digestible, which helps to cope up with the problems of diarrhea.
Intoxication: Dates are known as an excellent remedy for alcoholic intoxication. Dates provide quick relief in the case of alcoholic intoxication. They should be rubbed and soaked overnight for getting more nutritious values from them.
Abdominal Cancer: Dates are beneficial for curing abdominal cancer. They work as useful tonic for all age groups. They work as better as the medicines, and are natural and do not bear any side effects in the body. They can be easily digested and used for supplying extra and needed energy.
Although dates carry tremendous nutritional values, great care should be taken in their selection because they consists of sticky surface which attracts various impurities in them. Hence, you should consume only those dates that are packed nicely. Make sure to wash them thoroughly before consuming. This will help to remove the impurities present in them
Cooking with Dates

Dates can be used in a variety of both sweet and savoury recipes. When used in their dried form, they add a richness and sweetness unrivalled by most other dried fruit. They are particularly popular in Middle Eastern and North African Cuisine.

Parsley : Heatlth Benefits

Parsley: The delicious and vibrant taste and wonderful healing properties of parsley are often ignored in its popular role as a table garnish. Highly nutritious, parsley can be found year round in your local supermarket.

Parsley is the world's most popular herb. It derives its name from the Greek word meaning "rock celery" (parsley is a relative to celery). It is a biennial plant that will return to the garden year after year once it is established.

Parsley is a strong flavoured herb that is used in very limited amounts. It is used as a garnish and decoration, in recipes and is seldom eaten straight.Parsley has folk lore about it. If you cut parsley; you will cut your luck. Food is protected from contamination if a sprig of parsley is placed on the plate.Health Benefits:
Parsley is one of the world’s seven most potent disease-fighting spices!! Many Therapeutic Health Benefits Include Its Use For:
Anemia, Antioxidant, Bactericidal (kills bacteria), Bad breath, Blood Purifier, Blood vessel rejuvenation, digestion, Dissolves cholesterol within the veinsHormonal support: in women, parsley improves estrogens, nourishes, and restores the blood of the uterus. Conditions like delayed menstruation, PMS, and the menopause (dry skin, irritability, depression, and hair loss) can often improve.Hormone balancing is achieved through the volatile fatty acids contained in parsley.Immune booster: The high vitamin C, beta-carotene, B12, chlorophyll, and essential fatty acid content render parsley an extraordinary immunity enhancing food. Parsley is an immune-enhancing multi-vitamin and mineral complex in green plant form and one of the most important herbs for providing vitamins to the body.
Fights cancer: Parsley contains volatile oils that have been found to inhibit tumor formation in animal studies, particularly those in the lungs. The oils are not only cancer-fighting; they're also known to neutralize carcinogens including those found in cigarette smoke and charcoal grill smoke. Parsley also contains folic acid, which has been found to help prevent colon and cervical cancers.
Good for the heart: The folic acid in parsley is a critical nutrient in cardiovascular health. Specifically, folic acid helps convert potentially dangerous homocysteine into harmless molecules, a process that protects blood vessels and reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke.
Culinary Uses:
Parsley's culinary uses are endless and should not be limited to providing an attractive garnish for savory dishes. Add the leaves to soups, stews, stuffing, sauces, vegetable dishes, eggs, savory pies, and casseroles, and use when preparing meat, fish, and shellfish.Include fresh parsley in salads-it's an essential ingredient of tabbouleh, a tasty staple of Lebanese Cuisine-and in savory mousses, dips, biscuits, and crackers.Parsley is a mainstay of fine French cooking. It's included in bouquet-garni, along with bay leaf and thyme, in aux fines herbes, a mixture of parsley, tarragon, chives, or chervil, and in persillade, a finely chopped mixture of parsley and shallots that is traditionally added to a dish just before it has finished cooking.Italian chefs prefer the stronger taste of the flat-leaved variety and use it extensively.The oil from parsley leaves and seeds is used commercially to flavor cured and canned meats, condiments, sauces, pickles, baked goods, and soups.

Eggplant (Aubergines) – BA-TIN-JAN

The delectable, yet mystical eggplant is known by many names, some quite unflattering. When Europeans first encountered the fruit, it had gained an intimidating reputation with its "mad apple" label. Even after the eggplant developed secure Mediterranean roots, it was still called mala insana, meaning "bad egg, mad apple, or apple of madness." Lifting its perplexing veil, the eggplant reveals its family members are to blame.

The Western or Globe Eggplant, with its plump, elongated pear shape and shiny deep purple color this variety is ideal for stuffing, sautéing, baking, and grilling

Japanese eggplant is long and slender, about 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) in length and about 1 1/2-inches (3.5 cm) in diameter. Its color is usually deep purple but can sometimes be a little lighter purple with greenish patches. This variety is frequently stir-fried, grilled, sautéed, and even pickled.

Chinese eggplant is also long and slender but is distinguished by its brilliant violet color and tender skin. Its flavour is sweet, making it ideal for stir-frying and grilling.

Italian Eggplant is small and round with white flesh and striking violet streaks and markings. This variety is unique because it retains its shape when cooked and is good for baking, sautéing, and grilling.

Another Italian variety, Listada de Gandia, is long and oval, and distinguished by its purple and white stripes. The skin may be slightly bitter but the flesh is firm and flavorful. It can be used for grilling, sautéing, baking, and stir-frying

Eggplant Cuisine The eggplant touched many lands along its centuries-long sojourn. Everywhere it traveled, the revered fruit became infused into the cuisines -- China, India, Italy, France, the Middle East, Persia, Russia, the United States, Greece, and Turkey.
Baingan Bharta is a favorite Indian curry made by first roasting the eggplants until very soft. The flesh is scraped from the skin and combined with tomatoes, onions, and garlic, then slowly cooked with fresh and dried coriander, cumin, turmeric, and other spices until thickened and richly flavoured.
Europeans like to scoop out the flesh of the eggplant leaving the uncooked rind. They roast it and mash it with salt, pepper, and butter. Then they spoon the mixture back into the rind, and bake it.

In Turkey, eggplant cubes are threaded onto shish kebab (kabab Batinjan)skewers along with chunks of lamb. Another beloved dish of this region is Imam Bayildi, an onion and tomato stuffed eggplant seasoned with garlic and olive oil. The country is so enamored with eggplant; the Turks claim to have 40 different ways to prepare it, including "the poor man's caviar," a roasted, mashed eggplant seasoned with onions, tomatoes, lemon juice, and salt.
Italians serve Eggplant Parmigiano as their entrée and often begin their meal with an appetizer of Caponata, a robust mixture of sautéed bite-sized eggplant cubes, capers, chopped green olives, onions, pine nuts, and bell peppers in olive oil and red wine vinegar.
In France eggplant becomes Ratatouille, a delicious vegetable stew that includes zucchini, bell peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and herbal seasonings.
The Chinese cut the long, slender purple wonders into irregular shapes and stir-fry them with basil, or prepare the eggplant in a spicy Szechuan style.
A favorite of Middle Eastern cooks is Baba Ghanouj, an appetizer that combines roasted eggplant with sesame tahini, garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt.

Eggplants Medical benefits:
While some practitioners of Eastern medicine may consider eggplant beneficial in treating uterine tumours, they also recommend that people with loose stools avoid the fruit.
For people with arthritis and related problems of the bones and joints, some physicians suggest patients eliminate foods of the nightshade family. Because this food group contains solanine, a calcium inhibitor, consuming it can further enhance mineral imbalance and add to joint pain and swelling. Doctors suggest eliminating nightshade vegetables from the diet for six weeks, then adding them back one at a time to see if the body is able to tolerate them.
Members of the nightshade family include eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, and all peppers with the exception of black pepper. These foods contain a toxin called solanine, an alkaloid that may cause diarrheal, heart failure, headache, and vomiting in some sensitive people.
For people who tolerate eggplant well, the medicinal benefits are many. Eating the fruit can reduce swelling, clear stagnant blood, reduce bleeding, comfort bleeding hemorrhoids, and treat dysentery.
Eggplant's ample bioflavonoid may be beneficial in preventing strokes and hemorrhages. The fruit contains the phytochemical monoterpene, an antioxidant helpful in preventing heart disease and cancer. The National Cancer Institute has been examining vegetables of the nightshade family, especially eggplant, to see if they may inhibit the production of steroidal hormones that encourage tumor growth. Eggplant may also prevent the oxidation of cells that leads to cancer growth.
For scorpion bites, apply raw eggplant directly on the affected area. For frostbite, prepare a tea of eggplant, bring it to room temperature, and apply a compress to affected areas.

Choose your food - Your body will thank you(Part I of Healthy Eating

All fruits are stellar sources of nutrients, but strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries stand out from the pack.
They're high in vitamin and fiber content.
They're an excellent source of antioxidants, compounds that protect our bodies from the stress of day to day living. The antioxidant anthocyanin has tripled the stress-fighting power of vitamin C and is known to block cancer-causing damage as well as the effects of many age-related diseases.
They give your memory a boost. The antioxidants in berries are believed to enhance brain function.
Fresh berries are kind to the waistline; they are naturally high in water and low in calories. Dried berries also provide excellent nutrition, but since most of the water is missing, their calories are more concentrated and you’ll usually wind up eating more of them.
Stock up on fresh berries in the summer, when they’re plentiful and inexpensive. Freeze them in small plastic bags to get an antioxidant blast year round. Stir berries into yogurt, sprinkle them on cereal or blend them in smoothies.

We all know citrus fruits are loaded with vitamin C; one orange has a whole day’s requirement. But that's not all citrus fruits have to offer.
Citrus juice contains Flavonoids, a phytonutrient that lowers the body's production of cholesterol, inhibits blood clot formation and boosts the bang of vitamin C.
They’re also loaded with soluble fiber which lowers cholesterol, maintains healthy blood sugar levels, and helps you to manage your weight.
That explosion of scent that erupts when you grate a citrus peel is produced by limonene, oil found in the peel that might inhibit a variety of cancers.
Oranges and grapefruits are in peak season during the winter. Their bright flavours are a perfect antidote to a cold, dreary day. Lemons and limes, available year-round, are especially welcome during summer’s heat.


Stock your fridge with a rainbow of vegetables and you'll have a natural pharmacy in your kitchen.
Orange and yellow-hued veggies like winter squash, carrots and sweet potatoes and leafy greens contain carotenoids, a pigment our body converts to vitamin A. Eating lots of these vegetables will help maintain healthy skin and hair, protect against prostate cancer, promote healthy vision and even provide protection from sunburn.
Lycopene, the plant chemical responsible for the ruby red of tomatoes and watermelon, is believed to fight cancer and promote heart health.
Green vegetables like broccoli and spinach are sky-high in potent anti-cancer compounds like sulforaphane and quercetin.
Although garlic and onions may lack the vibrant colors of other vegetables, they contain diallyl sulfide and saponins, compounds that add distinctive flavours to our recipes and fight cancer and heart disease.
There’s no such thing as a bad vegetable. In addition to their phytonutrients, they are packed with vitamins, minerals and fiber, and are a crucial component of any healthy eating plan


Whole grains are often in the news these days, and for good reason.
They’re delicious, inexpensive and packed with protein, B vitamins, minerals and fiber.
Grains contain many of the same antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables.
Research shows a diet high in whole grains may help prevent heart disease, some cancers, obesity and diabetes.
Look for grains in their least processed form, and try to eat them everyday. Some immediate benefits you might notice are stable blood sugar, less hunger between meals, and better weight management. Sure, cooking whole grains can sometimes take a little longer to prepare than their quick and instant counterparts, but the benefits and flavour of whole grain are worth the extra effort.

All fish are great sources of protein and low in saturated fat. But cold-water fish, like salmon, mackerel and herring, are premiere sources of omega-3 essential fatty acids. These are fats our bodies can’t produce, so it’s essential we include them in our diet. Omega-3s offer many benefits.
They reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer.
They minimize the symptoms of arthritis and inflammatory diseases.
They contribute to healthy skin and hair.
They may help with depression.
Don’t love fish? You can get your omega-3s from flaxseed, walnuts, almonds and grass-fed beef, although the oils are of a lesser nutritional quality than the those found in seafood.Salmon is an easy fish to obtain. Most grocery stores and many restaurants carry it. It's also easy to cook. The high fat level makes salmon perfect for grilling, roasting or sautéing without sticking or drying out. Although wild salmon can be pricey, it has an amazing flavor and higher levels of omega-3s than farm-raised fish. Look for fresh wild salmon in spring and summer, and farm-raised salmon year-round.

Choose your Food - Part II of Healthy Eating

The inexpensive legume family, which includes beans, peas, peanuts and lentils, has priceless benefits.
Legumes are rich in folic acid, calcium, iron, potassium, zinc and antioxidants.
Their high protein and complex carbohydrates provide steady energy that lasts for hours.
They are especially high in soluble fibber, and a daily serving of cooked beans may lower blood cholesterol by as much as 18 percent, decreasing the risk of heart disease.
Most legumes also contain protease inhibitors, compounds thought to suppress cancer cells and slow tumour growth.
And then there are the robotics in beans, substances that aid in beneficial bacteria growth in the intestine.
All legumes, and especially soy, are important in vegetarian diets for their high protein content.
Best of all, beans taste great, dried beans have a superior taste and texture but they take longer to cook. Canned beans offer a quick alternative and most of the same health benefits. Rinse canned beans with water before cooking and you’ll remove as much as 40 percent of the sodium used in processing.

Although high in calories, nuts often enable people to maintain or lose weight. A small handful eaten between meals or added to salads, grains or vegetables gives a sense of satiety and results in less total food intake. Nuts have great nutritional benefits, as well.
Almonds, pecans and pistachios are rich in protein.
Walnuts contain omega-3 fatty acids.
Toss sesame seeds in a meal for extra calcium and vitamin E.
Sesame, sunflower and pumpkin seeds are particularly good sources of phytosterols, also known as plant sterols, which promote heart health.
Since nuts are high in fats, they can easily become rancid. Store them in the freezer to extend their life. Nuts are also delicious, so it’s also a good idea to practice portion control. Measure out small portions and take care to not eat them mindlessly from a large container.

Protein is an important part of every diet and is found in many different foods. Lean protein, the best kind, can be found in fish, skinless chicken and turkey, pork tenderloin and certain cuts of beef, like the top round. Low-fat dairy products like milk, yogurt, ricotta and other cheeses supply both protein and calcium.
Protein is crucial for tissue repair, building and preserving muscle, and making important enzymes and hormones.
Lean meats and dairy contribute valuable minerals like calcium, iron, selenium and zinc. These are not only essential for building bones, and forming and maintaining nerve function, but also for fighting cancer, forming blood cells and keeping immune systems robust.

Choose Your Food - Part III of Healthy Eating

Olive oil is a staple in any kitchen. It's the base of many salad dressings and is also used as an ingredient in sauces and marinades; as a dip for bread; and for sautéing, roasting, frying and baking. Extra-virgin olive oil can be used as a condiment when drizzled over a bowl of pasta or platter of roasted vegetables.
Olive oil is an excellent source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats that may lower the bad cholesterol and raise the good cholesterol.
It contains Vitamin E and antioxidants.
It's an excellent replacement for unhealthy saturated fats like butter.
Extra-virgin olive oil has the highest concentration of Vitamin E and antioxidants. Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil on uncooked dishes, where its assertive flavour will complement your finished dishes. Lighter olive oils like those labelled pure, refined or light contain lower concentrations of nutrients but withstand higher temperatures required for cooking.Although olive oil has great health benefits, it also has a lot of calories. It’s 100 percent fat, and like all liquid oils, contains about 120 calories per tablespoon.