Archive for July, 2010
Benefits of Avocado
July 27th, 2010
The Avocado Plant, Persea Americana from the Lauraceae family, has been widely used in Guatemala and parts of Africa and South America for centuries by indigenous peoples. The benefits of avocado to the health are now widely appreciated in the Western world, where avocado salad has become a popular health item to add nourishment to a meal.
Avocado essential fatty acids are known to benefit the hair, skin, teeth, bones and nails, and make it a great nerve food. The benefits of avocado oils on the brain and eyes has also been fairly well established.
Avocado is rich in antioxidants and phytonutrients which are of huge ...
Gluten Free Banana Bread
July 23rd, 2010
Gluten Free Banana Bread has always been a favorite with my family.
This high fiber banana bread recipe is entirely gluten free, and so is a good alternative for people with the coeliac condition, for people who have an allergy to wheat, or simply for people who want to avoid eating wheat for the betterment of their health.
This bread is highly nuitritious, with the added health bonus of flaxseed, or linseed for added fiber. It is ideal for those school lunches or for your work lunch box. It is a great picnic item, as this moist bread slices easily.
Gluten Free ...
Fast Home Remedies for Acne
July 22nd, 2010
Fast Home Remedies for Acne
Merrilyn's Three Day Porridge Cleanse. This treatment works mainly by healing the acne from the inside by cleansing the liver - you eat porridge to help assist cleansing, and nourish the body whilst you are doing it. With this treatment, determination is the key factor, as its success relies on your persistence in avoiding other cooked foods and dairy products.
This treatment is designed to rid the body of all those harmful poisons which it is harbouring, as it is these, essentially, which make you sick. The theory is that if you cleanse the intestines, which cleanses the blood, and you provide nourishing and ...
Flaxseed Health Benefits
July 22nd, 2010
Flaxseed, or Linseed has many, many health benefits. For a start, it is one of the most beneficial foods for preventing heart disease. But just take a look at the list of flaxseed health benefits below......
Linseed oil, now more commonly known as flaxseed oil, has been used for centuries in the palette of the artist, but it is only fairly recently that flaxseed, or linseed, has become widely used in other palettes: it is now recognised in westernised countries for its valuable health giving properties and used as a health-giving addition to the diet by many people all over the world.
Ground linseed, ...
The Best Foods and Vitamins for Hair Growth
July 21st, 2010
In Chinese Medicine, there are foods which strengthen the digestive Qi, or Chi. These same foods are recommended for encouraging hair growth by many other health professionals who use other modalities of healing. Many of these same foods, used in Chinese medicine to enhance Chi and to promote hair growth, also appear in Ayurvedic medicinal texts, as being some of the best foods for hair growth. In Western medicine, we would term these foods as being alkaline, rather than acid-forming.
Ayurvedic medicine attributes hair loss to over active Pitta: this causes an excess of heat in the body. Excess heat ...
