Senin, 27 Agustus 2012

FOOD - 5 CANCER-FIGHTING SPICES.

Little Known facts about these Amazing Herbs:

1. Garlic:

Garlic has germanium in it. Germanium is an anti-cancer agent, and garlic has more of it than any other herb. In lab tests, mice fed garlic showed no cancer development, whereas mice that weren't fed garlic showed at least some.

In fact, garlic has been shown to retard tumor growth in human subjects in some parts of the world. Another benefit of garlic is it helps regulate the body's blood pressure. So whether you have problems with low or high blood pressure, garlic can help equalize it. Garlic helps strengthen your body's defenses against allergies; helps loosen plaque from the artery walls; helps regulate your blood sugar levels; and is the best choice for killing and expelling parasites such as pin worms from the human body.

In addition to all these health benefits, garlic is packed with vitamins and nutrients. Some of these include protein, potassium, Vitamins A, B, B2 and C, Calcium, Zinc and many others.
Drinking lemon juice or eating a few slices of lemon will stop bad garlic breath.

2. Ginger:

Ginger has a wide variety of effects on the human body and is known to be effective for the treatment of cataracts, amenorrhea, heart disease, migraines, stroke, , angina, athlete's foot, colds, bursitis, chronic fatigue, tendinitis, flu, coughs, depression, dizziness, fever, erectile difficulties, infertility, kidney stones, Raynaud's disease, sciatica, and viral infections.

3. Cinnamon:

cinnamon may have a regulatory effect on blood sugar, making it especially beneficial for people with Type 2 diabetes.

In some studies, cinnamon has shown an amazing ability to stop medication-resistant yeast infections.

In a study published by researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Maryland, cinnamon reduced the proliferation ofleukemia and lymphoma cancer cells.

It has an anti-clotting effect on the blood.

4. Turmeric:

India is the worlds largest producer of turmeric powder as well as the world's largest consumer of the powder.

The city of Erode in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu is the world's largest producer of turmeric. Erode has often been referred to as "Yellow City" or "Turmeric City."

It is a ritual in Indian weddings to apply turmeric paste over the bride and groom's face and arms.

Women in India sometimes use turmeric paste to remove excess body hair.

Dr. Eric Lattman of Aston University has identified turmeric as a natural antivenin for King Cobra snake bites.

People in the Middle Ages called turmeric "Indian saffron" because it was often used as a less expensive alternative to saffron.

5.Cayenne Pepper:

The health benefits of cayenne pepper or mirchi include weight loss, good digestion, strong immunity, good blood circulation, treatment of heart diseases, dyspepsia, inflammation, headache, and throat congestion.

There is No Other Herb That Moves the Blood Faster to the Brain, than Cayenne.

Cayenne is the Surest First Aid Remedy for a Heart Attack & Coronary Collapse. Cayenne Stops the Bleeding of Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers Immediately.

Cayenne is Not for All Types of Ulcer Patients.


Sabtu, 12 Desember 2009

The Acai berry




The Acai berry (pronounced ah-sigh-ee), a powerful antioxidant, known as the globes most beneficial superfood, has recently been taking the world by storm with its amazing health benefits, including: weight management, improvements in energy, improvements with digestion, helping detoxification, improving skin appearance, improving heart health, reducing the signs of aging, and the reduction of cholesterol levels.

Acai has been featured on many world famous TV networks and Talk back shows, and is generating huge excitment in the scientific world bexcause of its extraordinary health benifits, including anti cancer properties.

The Acai Berry is the berry from the Açaí palm or aqai (Euterpe oleracea), an extremely common, slender, yet very tall palm and grows 15 to 25 m in height, which grows in various parts of Central and South America. It’s packed full of everything that is good for you including vitamins, minerals, and cancer fighting anti-oxidants that bring much power and results to your body.

Anti ageing
The specific nutritional composition of acai berries helps to protect the body from free radicals and inflammation, the two main causes of degenerative diseases and ageing. The antioxidant in acai helps prevent ageing of the body and the skin by eliminating free radicals and removing wrinkles. Free radicals are unstable molecules that are missing an electron. Our bodies continue to produce free radicals as byproducts of normal metabolic processes and in response to environmental elements, such as radiation and pollution. Left alone these free radicals can take electrons away from healthy cells and damage DNA, increasing the risk of heart disease, cancer and other degenerative diseases.

Weight management
Acai is rich in antioxidants, fatty acids, fiber and other plant compounds that can increase your health, improve energy and help you lose weight. When your body is healthy and well-balanced, it will be easier to reach your perfect size, and this is why Acai has become one of the most popular supplements to assist with weight management. Acai is reputed to be extremely high on the ORAC scale and provides levels multiple times that of many anthocyanin-rich fruits and vegetables, such as cherries, cranberries and mulberries.

Cholesterol lowering
The berry is rich in Omega 3, Omega 6 and Omega 9 which are the fatty acids that thve been scientifically proven to fight cholesterol. These fatty acids are polyunsaturated essential fatty acids that decrease low density lipoproteins (LDL) in blood and increase the HDL or high density lipoprotein in blood. LDL is also known as the bad cholesterol while HDL is the good cholesterol which is needed by the body and is healthy as well. The LDL is actually the cholesterol which clots in the cardiovascular regions leading to myocardial infraction or a heart attack.

Minggu, 26 April 2009

FAT AND CAROTENOID

Bright and vividly coloured vegetables are rich in carotenoids, powerful plant pigments that reduce your risk of cancer, heartdisease and cataract. But here is a little-know secret to fully benefit from these disease fighting compounds, you need to eat them with fat. In fact, Ohio State University researchers found that people who ate a salad topped half an avocado absorbed five to ten times more beta-carotene and lutein than those who had salads sans the fatty fruit. And eating avocado wiht salsa boosted the absorption of lycopene by almost five times. "fatty acids are needed to help carotenoids disolve in the intes times" says Dr. Steve Scwartz. " These lipids are also an essential part of creatinglipoproteins, which transport the carotenoids in the blood stream."
Any time you eat colourful vegetables have some fat too.And it doesn't have to be an avocado, 30 gr of chese, two tablespoon of caesar salad dressing will have the same effect.

Kamis, 15 Januari 2009

CAFFEINE OVERDOSE

Mostof us take energy drink to be wide awake a long night drive or to stay late night for fun. They promote their products saying it provides increased strength and ability to stay up all night by using the products. They are not closing the potential consequences of the caffeine overdose taht can lead up to death.
Do not use energy with alcohol. Researches at Wake Forest University of Medicine found the combination of caffeine and alcohol sends mixed signals to the nervous system, causing the effect of a "wide awake drunk". 400 miligrams a day is the upper limit for caffeine intake to avoid overdose. Trck your intake of caffeine and energy drink. Having energy beverage while exercising can lead to severe dehydration.

Minggu, 28 Desember 2008

CHOCOLATE AS FOOD SUPPLEMENT TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE

University of California researchers found Flavan-3-ols, a compound found in chocolate that can be attributed to lower the risk of disease cardiovaskular. Chemical substances that are found in chocolate is better than the cure of cough medicine. This is based on a compound called theobromine that can prevent coughing. The compound that found in chocolate can help prevent high blood pressure because chocolate rich of flavanol, a kind of antioxidant that can track and destroy dangerous chemicals in the body that cause aging and potentially serious disease. Chocolate can be to help prevent blood coagulation. Anything that can help patients affected by stroke. The researchers said chocolate has the same effect with aspirin, which is known as anti-coagulation blood. Chocolate contains a high level of Polyphenols, a compound found in foods derived from plants that act as antioxidants that can help protect from serious diseases such as cancer, to help repel the disease such as heart disease.

Kamis, 25 Desember 2008

BLUEBERRY

Blueberry often been used as supplements to increase the human brain remembers. Blueberry give a lot of flavonoid that act as antioxidants. Flavonoid this serves to brace the memory with the way the brain functions that control the learning and memory. So to prevent senility better with consume this blueberry. But for more practically now has found many different brands of supplements containing extract blueberry. So we don't need be bothered to find blueberry in fresh fruit.

Minggu, 21 Desember 2008

PEANUT BUTTER

Jelly beans or what is known as Peanut Butter has the nutritional value that can not be considered unimportant. Breakfast with bread that is given with peanut butter is enough to give us energy to work until lunch time. Peanut butter contain more fat, but fat is contained no saturated fatty acid. In addition to fat peanut butter also contains protein. Fatty acid is not saturated fat is good because it helps reduce the rate of LDL blood cholesterol, so be spared from heart disease. Therefore, peanut butter can be a food supplement to increase our health, especially the heart.