HEALTH BENEFITS OF CUCUMBERS

Cucumbers are the fourth most cultivated vegetable in the world and known to be one of the best foods for your body's overall health, often referred to as a super food.

Here are few health benefits of cucumbers:
Rehydrates body and replenishes daily vitamins - Cucumbers are 95 percent water, keeping the body hydrated while helping the body eliminate toxins. Cucumbers have most of the vitamins the body needs in a single day. Don't forget to leave the skin on because the skin contains a good amount of vitamin C, about 10 percent of the daily-recommended allowance.

Skin and hair care - If you don't like to eat the skin, it can be used for skin irritations and sunburns as aloe would be used. Place a slice over puffy eyes and its anti-inflammatory properties help reduce puffiness. The silicon and sulfur in cucumbers help to stimulate hair growth.

Fight cancers - Cucumber are known to contain lariciresinol, pinoresinol, and secoisolariciresinol. These three lignans have a strong history of research in connection with reduced risk of several cancer types, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and prostate cancer.

Relieves bad breath - Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

Hangover cure - To avoid a morning hangover or headache; eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish many essential nutrients, reducing the intensity of both hangover and headache.

Aids in weight loss and digestion - Due to its low calorie and high water content, cucumber is an ideal diet for people who are looking for weight loss. The high water content and dietary fiber in cucumbers are very effective in ridding the body of toxins from the digestive system, aiding digestion. Daily consumption of cucumbers can be regarded as a remedy for chronic constipation.

Cures diabetes, reduces cholesterol and controls blood pressure - Cucumber juice contains a hormone which is needed by the cells of the pancreas for producing insulin which has been found to be beneficial to diabetic patients. Researchers found that a compound called sterols in cucumbers may help reduce cholesterol levels. Cucumbers contain a lot of potassium, magnesium and fiber. These work effectively for regulating blood pressure. This makes cucumbers good for treating both low blood pressure and high blood pressure.

Promotes joint health, relieves gout and arthritis pain -Cucumber is an excellent source of silica, which is known to help promotes joint health by strengthening the connective tissues. They are also rich in vitamin A, B1, B6, C & D, Folate, Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium. When mixed with carrot juice, they can relieve gout and arthritis pain by lowering the uric acid levels

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Health Benefits of Cabbage

If you want beautiful glowing skin, and an immune system powerful enough to fight off just about anything, don’t forget this highly nutritious but common vegetable.

•Cabbage is powerful. Ancient healers declared it contained moon power because it grew in the moonlight. Modern nutritional science understands its power comes from its high sulphur and vitamin C content. Either way, it’s worth adding this power food to your weekly diet.

• Ideal for weight loss: It has only 33 calories in a cup of cooked cabbage, is low in fat and high in fibre. It is definitely a smart carbohydrate.

•It is a brain food: It is full of vitamin K and anthocyanins that help with mental function and concentration. These nutrients also prevent nerve damage, improving your defence against Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia. Red cabbage has the highest amount of these power nutrients.

•High in sulphur, the beautifying mineral: Cabbage helps dry up oily and acne skin. Internally, sulphur is essential for keratin, a protein substance necessary for healthy hair, nails, and skin.

•Detoxifies the body: The high content of vitamin C and sulphur in cabbage removes toxins (free radicals and uric acid), which are the main causes of arthritis, skin diseases, rheumatism and gout.

•Has cancer preventative compounds: Lupeol, sinigrin and sulforaphane — they all stimulate enzyme activity and inhibit the growth of cancer tumours. A Study on women showed a reduction in breast cancer when cruciferous vegetables like cabbage were added to their diet.

•Helps regulate blood pressure: The high potassium content helps by opening up blood vessels, easing the flow of blood.

•Relieves headaches: A warm compress made with cabbage leaves can help relieve the pain of a headache. Crush cabbage leaves, place in a cloth, and apply on the forehead. Also, drink raw cabbage juice daily for chronic headaches.

•Hangovers from heavy drinking: were reduced by using cabbage since Roman times.

•Anti-inflammatory/blood sugar regulator: The natural red pigments of red cabbage (betalains) is said to lower blood sugar levels and boost insulin production. Of course, it has no white sugars and very few simple sugars. Betalains have powerful anti-inflammatory properties, just like beets.

From Punch Newspaper.

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Tips on citrus fruits

Eating citrus fruit is great for the detoxification of your body, because it help the main detoxifying organs: liver and kidneys. Try simply adding some lemon juice to your water and you will soon see results- your skin will look much healthier, because the citrus will help you clean it.

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Protect your skin from cancer: In numerous studies, resveratrol has had a positive effect on cancer. Research also shows that resveratrol protects the skin from damaging UVB rays of the sun, thereby protecting it against skin cancer.

Protect your body from radiation: What’s more, this potent nutrient has even been shown to protect the body against radiation therapy when used as an adjunct to radiation treatment of cancer.

Turn on your longevity gene: In one study, scientists identified resveratrol as a nutrient that activated the human gene for survival and longevity.

Fight diabetes: Pre-diabetics given resveratrol had a 10 percent drop in blood sugar levels, according to research by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Turn down inflammation: Resveratrol works as an anti-inflammatory, which may be one of the reasons it may be effective for heart disease.

Supports muscle recovery: As a potent antioxidant, it supports the cells and organs in eliminating uric acid and other toxins from the body, supporting muscle recovery for athletes.

Source; The Punch Newspaper. 21/01/2014.

Tips on Lemon Tea

Generally, taking fresh lemon with your tea helps in digestion of foods, it is really good for our health. If you consume food in good proportion sure that will not cause you to become lean as some people believe.

Lemon contains citric acid, which helps you to keep cold away. So no need to worry about it. You can have lemon tea with your taste.

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Benefits Of Taking Fruits

Fruit are very important to carry out daily activities; a healthy body cannot survive without fruit.

However many people are still unaware about the health effects of fruits. The good news is that – fruits are loaded with fibres, water, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytonutrients and have significant chewing resistant which reduce cholesterol, slowed absorption of carbohydrate and contribute in weight loss.

A study on 9,665 Adult in U.S found that fruit intake was associated with 40 per cent lower risk of diabetes in women but there was no different in men
Another study looked at how different type of fruit affect the risk of type 2 diabetes those who consumed grapes, apple and blueberries had the lowest risk
The study that looked at fruit and vegetable separately found no risk of breast cancer. Multiple observational studies have shown that people who eat fruit and vegetable have a lower risk of many diseases.

Fruit and vegetable tend to reduce 7 per cent of heart diseases. There are also few randomized controlled trials showing that increase fruit intake can lower blood pressure, it reduce oxidative stress and improve glycemic control in diabetics.
Even thought fruits are very healthy for most people if not all, the same cannot be said for fruit juice and dry fruit, many of fruit juice in the market are not “real” fruit juice as they consist of lot of water with some sort of concentration and a whole bunch of added sugar.

How to select your fruit

Select fruit that is fresh, bright in colour and flavour and feel heavy in your hands. Look carefully for blemishes, spot molds and signs of insecticide spray; buy a whole fruit instead of section of them for example by a small size watermelon instead of a section of big size of melon.
After selecting your fruit try to wash them immediately after shopping. Rinse them with salt water for few minutes and then wash in cool running water until you are satisfied with complete cleanliness. It is recommended to eat at least 2-3 serving fresh fruit every day.

At the end, fruits are real foods. They are highly nutritious and so eating fruits can help you feel more satisfied with less food.

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