Healthy Intelligence for you life
tinytimsummers
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Short article from www.tesh.com. I listen to John Tesh each morning and I thought this was interesting, especially since my muscles were very sore...need to get me some cherries.
Some whole foods have amazing healing powers! So here’s a quick list of super-foods to pick the next time you’re at the market:
•First, kiwifruit. It has twice as much vitamin C as an orange and more potassium than a banana, but it also works like aspirin without the side effects. Kiwi has blood-thinning properties, which reduce the formation of blood clots, lowers cholesterol and reduces blood pressure, all of which can prevent a heart attack.
•The next time you’re sore after a work-out, reach for cherries instead of Advil. Cherries contain a compound which is a natural form of ibuprofen. So, they reduce inflammation and curb pain. Cherries also contain another compound that lowers uric acid in the blood, a common cause of gout.
•Then, you know all good diets should contain fiber, protein and antioxidants, right? There’s one food with all three: Beans. They can lower cholesterol and regulate blood sugar. Beans also contain tryptophan, which you know as the chemical reason you pass out after Thanksgiving dinner. Tryptophan also improves your mood, and beans are loaded with it.
•There is one super-food that you may not necessarily have in your diet, Dandelions. You may think it’s just a pesky weed, but dandelions have major health benefits. They’ve been used for centuries as a natural treatment for hepatitis C, kidney stones, and liver detoxification. They also help your digestion by stimulating bile production, which gets food moving through you. How do you eat them? Well, you can use the roots in a soup or steam the leaves for a salad. Dandelions are available in health food markets, but they may be a little hard to find. So you can also find them in supplemental form.
Some whole foods have amazing healing powers! So here’s a quick list of super-foods to pick the next time you’re at the market:
•First, kiwifruit. It has twice as much vitamin C as an orange and more potassium than a banana, but it also works like aspirin without the side effects. Kiwi has blood-thinning properties, which reduce the formation of blood clots, lowers cholesterol and reduces blood pressure, all of which can prevent a heart attack.
•The next time you’re sore after a work-out, reach for cherries instead of Advil. Cherries contain a compound which is a natural form of ibuprofen. So, they reduce inflammation and curb pain. Cherries also contain another compound that lowers uric acid in the blood, a common cause of gout.
•Then, you know all good diets should contain fiber, protein and antioxidants, right? There’s one food with all three: Beans. They can lower cholesterol and regulate blood sugar. Beans also contain tryptophan, which you know as the chemical reason you pass out after Thanksgiving dinner. Tryptophan also improves your mood, and beans are loaded with it.
•There is one super-food that you may not necessarily have in your diet, Dandelions. You may think it’s just a pesky weed, but dandelions have major health benefits. They’ve been used for centuries as a natural treatment for hepatitis C, kidney stones, and liver detoxification. They also help your digestion by stimulating bile production, which gets food moving through you. How do you eat them? Well, you can use the roots in a soup or steam the leaves for a salad. Dandelions are available in health food markets, but they may be a little hard to find. So you can also find them in supplemental form.
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LOL @ dandelion greens being hard to find!0
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yea I think I could fill a big basket just from my yard, lol0
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