CLOVES PROVIDE NATURAL PAIN RELIEF

This fresh-tasting spice is naturally antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, and is therefore not only useful in the kitchen but also as a herbal medicine.

Cloves are beneficial for pain relief, especially for the teeth and gums, and help to reduce inflammation, which is associated with many chronic diseases.

Cloves are the dried flower buds that come from the Evergreen clove tree.

Cloves and clove oil are used in cooking, perfumes and flavorings, and have a sweet, warm flavor and smell.
Cloves contain manganese, vitamins C and K, magnesium, calcium and fiber.

Cloves also contain significant amounts of an active component called eugenol, a substance helpful for relieving pain, killing bacteria and reducing inflammation.

Eugenol and other components of clove combine to make clove a mild anesthetic as well as an anti-bacterial agent, which have been used in conjunction with oral pain relief.

Health Benefits

Pain Relief
A study found that clove oil is helpful in dentistry before a needle is injected into the gums. The subjects reported feeling less pain.
For a natural headache remedy or other pain relief, make a paste from one-quarter teaspoon clove powder and one teaspoon cinnamon oil.

Apply this to the forehead for headaches or to any other painful area.

For toothache, chew on a clove or apply clove oil to the painful area. This will help to numb the pain and combat the bacterial infection and inflammation that can lead to gum disease and to the risk of further damage to teeth.

Heart Health
A few grams of cloves per day boosted insulin function.

One study found that all participants who ingested cloves, regardless of the amount, showed a drop in glucose and triglycerides levels.

Clove oil was also found to inhibit lipid peroxidation, which can lead to heart disease.

Inflammation Eugenol, a component in cloves, has been found to inhibit enzymes and pathways that lead to inflammatory conditions in human cell studies

Yeast Infections

An animal study found a reduction in yeast infections when clove oil was applied to the infected area.

Lung cancer

One study found that when mice with induced lung cancer were given an IV clove infusion, cancer growth was reduced.

Tips on Using Cloves

Choose whole, fresh cloves whenever possible as the powder form loses its flavor quickly.

If a clove is fresh, it will float vertically in water.

Fresh, good quality cloves also release an oil when squeezed.
Use cloves in combination with other herbs and spices to flavor meats, or add ground cloves to homemade cakes, cookies etc.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF CORN

I love corns....its sooo good. Does these corns look delicious. Learn the goodness of corns.

Corn is a highly nutritious food that is particularly rich in immune-boosting vitamins and minerals that benefit heart health, and reduce the risk of diseases like various cancers and diabetes.
Corn is a cereal grain and is also eaten as a vegetable.

Sweet corn is the most popular corn consumed, Other types of corn include dent corn (or field corn), pop corn and flour corn, which is ground corn. However, the most nutritious form is sweet corn, which are the kernels that grow on the cob.
Corn is high in folate, a vitamin not only beneficial for reproductive health, but is known to reduce homocysteine, an inflammatory marker attributed to heart disease.

Corn is very high in phenolic compounds that are associated with helping to prevent colon cancer and other digestive cancers.

Corn is also high in resistant starch that helps promote butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid found in the colon that may be beneficial in fighting colon cancer.

Cornstarch, a component of corn, was shown to improve glucose metabolism in normal and overweight women.

Improved memory Function
Corn is a good source of thiamin, or vitamin B1, an important nutrient for enzymatic reactions involved in energy production, and is also critical for brain cell/cognitive function.

Tips on Using Corn
The sugar content in corn rapidly turns to starch as soon as the corn is picked, so to enjoy it at its optimal sweetness and nutritional peak, corn should be eaten as fresh as possible.

When storing corn, keep it in the refrigerator and do not remove its outer husk since this will protect its flavor.

To tests the juiciness of the corn, press your fingernail into a kernel. Corn that is fresh will exude a white milky substance.

PROPER WAY TO EAT FRUITS

Most people think that eating fruit along with their main meals is a good way to stay healthy. Without properly understanding the body's digestive cycle over a 24 hour period, many people consume fruit in a manner that will not bring them any nutritional benefit.
Having lots of fruit with your main meals or eating it as a desert after meals is not the way fruit should be eaten.
In order for your body to get the maximum benefit of eating fruit you should follow the guidelines given below.

• Always eat fruit on an empty stomach. You can do this at any time during the day, as long as it is on an empty stomach.
• After eating fruit, you should leave around 30 minutes before consuming any foods besides fruit.
• After you have had a proper meal, leave at least three hours before you eat any fruit. This will ensure that the previous meal has left the stomach and putrefaction and fermentation of that meal in the stomach can be avoided.
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  Try your best to consume mainly fruit before noon.
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  Never eat fruit along with other foods. Fruit should only be eaten on its own.
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  Never eat fruit as a desert, after a meal. This is a complete waste of the fruit's benefits.
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  Avoid fruits like bananas and avocados in the morning because they are heavy foods and tax the digestive system in the morning. These can be eaten after noon when the body is in the appropriate digestive cycle for such foods to be eaten.
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  If you feel hunger during the morning, eat fruit and you can keep eating portions of fruit until your blood sugar level goes back to normal, resulting in your hunger disappearing.
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  Eat only organic fruit to the best of your ability.
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  Avoid processed, cooked, or canned fruit. These contain large amounts of sugars, additives and other undesirables.

Fruit is digested in the intestine and not in the stomach. It is also rapidly digested and goes through the digestive system in around half an hour. The brain runs on glucose and fruit is the most efficient source of blood sugar. With sufficient fruit consumption your blood sugar levels normalize, allowing your body's hunger mechanism to be properly regulated and thus avoid over-eating and obesity.

So change your ways of eating fruits....like we always do after our meals.

CAUSES OF LIVER DAMAGE

Here are some guidelines on taking care of your liver.

The main causes of liver damage are:

1. Sleeping too late and waking up too late are main cause.

2. Not urinating in the morning. So remember to go to the toilet the first thing when you wake up.

3. Too much eating. Always eat to 70% or 80% full. Try not to go for buffet...too tempting to control.

4. Skipping breakfast.

5. Consuming too much medication.

6. Consuming too much preservatives, additives, food coloring, and artificial sweetener.

7. Consuming unhealthy cooking oil. As much as possible reduce cooking oil use when frying, which includes even the best cooking oils like olive oil. Do not consume fried foods when you are tired, except if the body is very fit.

8. Consuming raw (overly done) foods also add to the burden of liver. Veggies should be eaten raw or cooked 3-5 parts. Fried veggies should be finished in one sitting, do not store.

We should prevent this without necessarily spending more.We just have to adopt a good daily lifestyle and eating habits. Maintaining good eating habits and time condition are very important for our bodies to absorb and get rid of unnecessary chemicals according to 'schedule.'

DO TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEALTH..................HEALTH IS WEALTH!!!!

BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

Here are some bad habits to avoid to live a healthy life.

BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

1. Not taking breakfast

People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level. This leads to an insufficient supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2.Overeating

It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking

It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption

Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of protein and nutrients causing malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution

The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our body. Inhaling polluted air decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain efficiency.

6. Sleep Deprivation

Sleep allows our brain to rest. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate the death of brain cells

7. Head covered while sleeping

Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide and decrease concentration of oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness

Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness of the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts

Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts may cause brain shrinkage. The best is playing mahjong.

10. Talking Rarely

Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain but dont gossip ;-)

CANCER CAUSING FOOD

I received this in my mail today and want to share with all friends.

The top five cancer-causing foods are:

1. Hot dogs

Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.

2. Processed meats and bacon

Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.

3. Doughnuts

Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.

4. French f ries

Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contaiN cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process.. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams .

5. Chips, crackers, and cookies

All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.

So if possible try to avoid these foods and eat healthily.

BREAST LUMPS AND TENDERNESS

Here is a sharing on treatment of breast lumps and tenderness by drinking fruits and vegetable juice.

Breast tenderness and breast lumps are common and worrying problems. All women with breast symptoms are worried that it may signal cancer.

The causes of breast tenderness or lumps are:

Hormonal imbalances during menstrual cycle,

Poor diet lacking antioxidant.Side effects of oral contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy.

Poor fitting bras.

Here is the Juice for breast tenderness

1 orange or 1 mandarin

1 grapefruit

2 sticks celery

2 dandelion or cabbage leaves

1 spring onion or 1 clove garlic

1 medium carrot

3 or 4 drops pf phytolacca tinture can be added to the juice and is available in health food stores. Phytolacca is a herb that cleanses the lymphatic system,

The diet should be high in raw fruits and vegetables and dairy products should be completely avoided.

Useful supplements:-

Selenium 100mg daily

Vitamin B complec or Brewer's yeast

Vitamin E

Cold pressed faxseed oil and evening primrose oil

Natural progesterone cream or lozengess can help reduce the oestrogen dominance, and may reduce hormonal cases of breast tenderness.