Posts Tagged ‘garlic’
Food Sources of Vitamin C
August 12th, 2010
Natural Food Sources of Vitamin C:
All fruits and vegetables contain Vitamin C.
Vitamin C helps support the immune system and is a powerful antioxidant. It has been used for many years in alternative cancer treatments, but now it has been proven as a fact to be a cancer preventative. This finding was made public just two weeks ago, by research scientists in New Zealand.
So now we can be certain of the value of Vitamin C in maintaining a healthy immune system. Vitamin C is vital to good health.
Vitamin C is destroyed in cooking, so some raw fruits and vegetables must ...
Vitamin C and Colds
August 11th, 2010
Vitamin C : Colds
Does Vitamin C work as a treatment for the common cold?
Research done thus far suggests that Vitamin C, as an additional supplement to the diet, does not work on its own as a prophylactic for the common cold in most cases.
However, in groups of people who were tested as for the efficacy of vitamin C in treating the common cold, it was found that Vitamin C did actually work to reduce the expected duration of the common cold. Dr Holt and Iona MacDonald have an essay entitled 'Vitamin C and the common cold' which you can find ...
Health Benefits of Garlic
July 28th, 2010
Garlic is an age-old food condiment and medicine. It has been used for thousands of years in the Middle East, Egypt, India, and China. Soldiers in the ancient world were given garlic to build strength and courage.
In traditional Chinese Medicine, it is known as 'the penicillin in the earth', because of its healing properties. By the time of the second world war, garlic's popularity as a medicine was recognized even by the British Government, who sent a shipment of garlic to the infantry to help heal the soldiers wounds.
The health benefits of garlic work best when the garlic is used raw, altough ...
Foods Rich in Iodine
June 3rd, 2010
Foods High in Iodine
It is important to eat plentiful amounts of iodine-rich foods in your diet.
Iodine is one of the six most important minerals for body health, along with calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, and zinc. Of course, traces of the remaining dozen minerals are also necessary for the optimum function of body organs and for the maintenance of cellular tissue. However, Iodine is the mineral featured in this article: iodine is so often deficient in people's diets.
Why Iodine is Important:
Iodine is essential for healthy hair, nails, skin and teeth. A deficiency in iodine will affect your hair growth for sure. ...
Causes of Memory Loss
March 21st, 2010
Too often people say that the cause of memory loss is a genetic thing, especially when it is related to alzheimer's. But while it is true that some people have a propensity for afflictions of the brain, such as alzheimer's and memory loss, much can be done to avoid or avert these conditions in most people, even when there is a genetic weakness.
The causes of memory loss are many and varied. It is not usually just one factor which has brought about the condition, but a combination of factors.
Note: We are not addressing those people who have memory loss because ...
