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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Grapefruit, Treating Cholesterol, Protect Heart

Grapefruit beneficial lowering cholesterol and fighting heart disease. The fact was revealed by researchers from Israel as they are released at various sites of global health.

The study involved 57 people with high cholesterol levels and had undergone coronary artery bypass surgery. A very high fat content causes the patient's body immune to the drugs commonly used to lower cholesterol levels.

Patients were then divided into three groups.

The first group was given a dish of grapefruit with red flesh of the fruit for 30 consecutive days.

The second group was given white grapefruit.

The last group was given no grapefruit at all.

The result, first and second groups of patients equally decreased blood fat, whereas in the latter group of patients did not experience any changes. Note also that red grapefruit is believed to more effectively reduce levels of fat, especially triglycerides.

Lycopene content of grapefruit is useful to increase endurance. According to researchers, meat and fresh fruit juice has the same benefits. The findings are reported in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

Antibacterial

Experts from the Jagiellonian University, Poland, discover, extract of grapefruit contains antibacterial and antioxidant that can "calm" abdominal lymph system to help the healing process. Dr. Thomas Brzozowski, head of research, suggested that patients with peptic ulcers incorporate citrus into their diets although naturally acidic.

During this time the patient is asked not to enter a stomach wound oranges into their diets, but this study suggests precisely the opposite. Extract is believed to reduce levels of the enzyme COX-1 and COX-2 that exist in medicine.

This condition plays a major role in curing diseases of citrus extract stomach.Researchers trust can blend with both enzymes were in the process of healing ulcers.

Not only useful to keep a healthy heart and stomach, grapefruit is also good for the health of the gums because of vitamin C levels high. This was disclosed Researchers at the Friedrich Schiller University, Germany, who discovered the link gum health in those who ate the grapefruit.

The study involved 58 respondents who experienced severe gum damage. In fact, grapefruit bring positive impact when consumed daily for about two weeks.In fact, the positive impact it is also true for smokers and nonsmokers. As we all know smoking is a major cause of gum ..

Another benefit of grapefruit, the red blood cell cleanse that was old in the body and normalize the hematocrit (percentage of blood cells per volume of blood).As well as a source of antioxidant for cancer.

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Besides consumed fresh, grapefruit is often processed in the form of juice.When juicing, you can mix with the ingredients of grapefruit or other fruit, so it seems to be more enjoyable.

Here's an example mix grapefruit is good for health:

Sources of vitamin C and cholesterol-lowering
Consumption of two "spring" (pieces of fruit) grapefruit-sized daily to gain maximum benefits.

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Take a grapefruit-sized fruit that have been peeled and removed its contents.Put it in a blender, add enough water. Can also add a sedok honey and other fruits such as mangoes or pears.
Alternatively, take a grapefruit-sized fruit that have been peeled and removed its contents, and 1 cm ginger peeled. Enter the ingredients into a blender with a little water added.

Candy

Chop the flesh grapefruit skins (outer skin removed) pie-shaped, simmer for 60 minutes. Discard water boiled, drained, and then weigh it. Prepare sugar equal weight with the weight of orange peel that has been boiled.
Place the orange peel boiled in a pan, season the water until completely submerged, add the sugar. Simmer over low heat while stirring occasionally until a thick syrup. Remove and let the orange peel remains submerged in the syrup overnight.
The next day, cook longer on low heat until the sugar syrup is running out.Remove the orange peel from the syrup, spread out over nyiru, drying up to half dry. Cut into small pieces long, put in a sealed container. For durability (1 month), store in refrigerator.

In addition eaten as snacks, candy skins, grapefruit can be mixed into the cake batter, especially to replace sukade candied orange peel or grated. Candied orange peel mixed with candied dried fruits will enrich the taste of fruitcake.

Mixed fruit salad

Prepare 200 grams of papaya, 200 g apples, 200 grams of pineapple, 200 grams of melon (all diced), and medium-size grapefruit that has been peeled, removed its contents, and cut according to taste. Add the strawberries and kiwi fruit for garnish.
Prepare the dressing ingredients, mix avocado that has been finely blended with mayonnaise. Add four tablespoons of honey, and blend with mixer until blended, give enough water, and mix well. Materials arranged fresh fruit in a bowl or plate, then doused with dressing.

Ingredients Orange Bali

Lycopene

The content of lycopene in grapefruit is high enough, which is 350 micrograms per 100 grams of fruit flesh. If synergy with beta-carotene (provitamin A) are widely available in grapefruit, lycopene may act as antioxidants.

Pectin

Grapefruit contains pectin is much more than other citrus fruits after juiced. A serving of grapefruit juice contains more than 3.9 per cent pectin. Every 15 grams of pectin can lower cholesterol levels 10 percent. Means that grapefruit could lower heart disease risk.

Active substances of blood cleanser
Grapefruit believed to contain active substances that can clean the red blood cells that have been old in the body and normalize the hematocrit, the percentage of blood cells per volume of blood. Normal hematocrit levels in women is 37-47 percent, while men 40-54 percent. The low hematocrit will cause anemia, but if very high can lead to heart disease because the blood thickens.

Potassium

Grapefruit (gravefruit) is a source of potassium, vitamin A (440 IU), bioflavonoids, and lycopene (350 ug/100g). The results of the study, grapefruit including anticancer both healthy prostate.

Vitamin C

Like other citrus, grapefruit is a source of vitamin C (350 micrograms per 100 grams of orange flesh). Vitamin C is very good as a source of antioxidants.

Smokers are encouraged to mengosumsi grapefruit two "spring" (pieces of fruit) every day. Increased levels of vitamin C in the blood capable of repairing damaged tissue, even cancer, caused by unstable free radical molecules due to smoking and air pollution.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

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benefits and efficacy contained in the red betel leaf

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Red betel believed to contain several active compounds, among others:

Flavonoids and polevenolad that are antioxidants, antidiabetic, anticancer, antisepticand anti-inflammatory. While compounds alkoloid have antineoplastic properties,which are also potent inhibit the growth of cancer cells.

Alkaloids are organic materials that contain nitrogen as part of a heterocyclic system.As already noted, red betel can be used to treat diabetes and reduce hypertension.

Drinking water boiled red betel every day, blood sugar levels will drop to normallevels. Red betel in the form of herbal tea can also treat gout, diabetes, ulcers, andfatigue. Patients cured of diabetes by eating red betel herbal tea.

The content of other chemicals contained in red betel leaf is:

Essential oils, hidroksikavicol, kavicol, kavibetol, allylprokatekol, karvakrol, eugenol,pcymene, cineole, caryofelen, kadimen estragol, terpenena, and phenyl propada.Karvakrol is disinfectant, antifungal, so it can be used as an antiseptic to eliminatebad breath and white.

Eugenol can reduce pain, abdominal pain and tannins resolve. Red betel nut is widely used in Herbal Clinic Center as an herb or therapy for patients who can not be cured by chemical drugs. Potential red betel as a medicinal plant is very largemultifunctional so needs to be improved.

Red betel also efficacious cure various penyaki such as:

- Diabetes miilitus
- Preventing hepatitis
- Kidney stones
- Lowering cholesterol
- Prevents liver
- Inflammation of the prostate
- Inflammation of the eye
- Whitish
- Ulcer
- Fatigue
- Joint pain and
- Soften the skin.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

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Blueberry Fruit as Treatment of Various Diseases

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Blueberry is one of the rich benefits of fruit. A study from the University of Michigan cardiovascular center found that this dark colored fruits can reduce belly fat and lowered risk of heart disease and metabolic syndrome. Another study published at the 2009 Experimental Biology conference, also declared that a diet rich in blueberries function of lowering cholesterol levels, improve glucose control and insulin sensitivity, lowering risks of heart disease and diabetes. Still not the spirit of adding this healthy fruit consumption? Here are some other benefits.

1. Blueberries are the most antioxidant-rich fruit such as anthocyanins, vitamin C, B complex, vitamin E, vitamin A, copper, selenium, zinc, iron. All this content enhance immune function. If the immune system strong, then you'll avoid the attack of flu, fever, measles, and other infections are often contracted in the community.

2. Blueberries, which contain antioxidants anthocyanins in it is a fruit that can neutralize free radicals that cause disease and aging. In addition, a high content of vitamin C also helps slow the aging process.

3. Helps reduce abdominal fat. A study from the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center found that a single fruit can also help burn fat in the abdomen. Fat in the stomach-risk trigger diabetes and heart disease.

4. Helps maintain urinary tract health. Formation of colonies of certain bacteria such as bacteria-coli in the urinary tract lining in the walls is a cause of infection. This infection will cause inflammation that causes a burning sensation as well as other complications. And blueberries can help you prevent this. This fruit contains components that can inhibit bacterial growth. In addition, blueberries also contain components of antibiotics.

5. Sharpen vision. Blueberry extract is rich in anthocyanosides, based on clinical studies can slow the loss of vision. The content of these can prevent eye disorders such as macular degeneration, cataracts, and hipermetropi miopi, dry eyes and infection, particularly with respect to the retina.

6. Maintaining brain health. Ingredients such as anthocyanins in blueberries, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B complex, C, and E, zinc, sodium, potassium, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, and manganese, is some substance in this fruit that can prevent and cure neurological disorders by preventing the decline in function and death of neurons, brain cells and restore the health of the central nervous system. The content can even heal damaged brain cells and neuronal tissue and keep the memory sharp. The researchers found that diets rich in blueberries could significantly improving motor skills and learning ability.

7. Heart disease. The content of high fiber and antioxidants make blueberries can lower bad LDL cholesterol. In addition, this fruit can also strengthen the heart muscles.

8. Constipation and indigestion. Fiber in blueberries may also help overcome the problem of constipation and indigestion.

9. Cancer. Pterostilbene Blueberries contain components that could help cure colon cancer and liver cancer. In addition, blueberries also contain ellagic acid which work together with anthocyanins, vitamin C and copper can prevent and cure cancer. A study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry showed that phenolic content in blueberries can inhibit cell division of colon cancer cells and kill cancer cells.

Monday, June 6, 2011

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Pineapple Fruit as Inhibiting Growth of Cancer Cells.

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This fruit contains vitamins A and C as antioxidants. It also contains calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, sodium, potassium, dextrose, sucrose, and the enzyme bromelain.

Bromelain efficacious as anti-inflammatory, helps soften the food in the stomach, and inhibit cancer cell growth. Fiber content can facilitate defecation in patients with constipation.

Some properties that have been mature pineapple fruit :

are cold,
to reduce the discharge of excessive stomach acid,
helps digestion of food in the stomach,
anti-inflammatory,
peluruh urine (diuretic),
clean up of dead skin tissue,
interfere with cancer cell growth,
inhibit platelet clumping.

Some diseases can be cured with pineapple fruit:

Water (juice) pineapple: worms, sore throat, Give, give, lose weight, digestion problems
Pineapple leaf (washed, finely ground, smeared in a hospital): For burns, itching and boils
Dandruff: Provide 1 / 4 ripe pineapple fruit. Peel the skin, and scar, and filtered. Add the juice 1 orange juice and stir until blended. Use this mixture to rub the scalp of dandruff. Do it the night before bed. The next morning washed hair. Do it 2-3 times a week.
Inflammation of the skin: provide 1 / 2 pineapple that has been cooked. Peel the skin, and scar. Results parutannya used to rub the skin is scaly and peeling. Do it once a day, night before bed. The next morning washed clean new. Do it every day.
Constipation: drinking water from 3 pieces of pineapple, but choose the fruit that has not been cooked properly and is a bit sour.

Side Effects:

Pineapple young potential as abortivum or similar drugs that can abort the womb. Therefore, the pineapple can be used to launch a late period. Therefore, pregnant women are prohibited from consuming young pineapple.
trigger arthritis. In the gastrointestinal tract, pineapple fruit fermented into alcohol. This could trigger a recurrence of rheumatic gout. Rheumatism and arthritis sufferers are encouraged to limit consumption of pineapple.
increase blood sugar. Ripe pineapple fruits contain high sugar levels. So, for diabetics, should not consume excessive pineapple.
cause itching. Sometimes after eating fresh pineapple, mouth and tongue itch. To avoid this, before eating, soak pieces of pineapple with salt water.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

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'Cayenne Pepper', spicy but beneficial to health

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Capsicum frutescens plant named Latin consists of three varieties.

First, cengek leutik: Small fruit, green, and stood upright on the stem. Second, the type cengek sheep (cengek Bodas): The fruit is bigger than cengek leutik, white, and becomes orange when ripe. Third, ceplik: The fruit is big, green, and to red when old.
Based on the theoretical treatment of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), a plant named La jiao China has a spicy flavor, its hot, and enter the heart and pancreas meridian.
According to Dr. Sugiarto Budi Widjaja, TCM, Clinics of Beijing, Jakarta, red chillies efficacious as a powerful tonic and stimulant for the heart and blood flow, as well as rheumatic drugs. Cayenne pepper mill to destroy a blood clot (anticoagulant) and cope with rheumatic disorders and frostbite. Cayenne can increase appetite (stomakik), stimulating the skin, laxative fart (carminative), and sweating bullets (diaforetik), saliva, and urine (diuretic).
Containing Antioxidants

According to Dr Setiawan Dalimartha, members of the Center for Development and Application of Traditional Medicine (SP3T) DKI Jakarta, in the cayenne fruit contained capsaicin, kapsantin, carotenoids, volatile alkaloids, resins, oils evaporate, and vitamins A and C. Provide a sense of spicy capsaicin in chili peppers, efficacious blood flow as well as numbing the skin.
Seeds of plants named region lombok jempling (Madura), chili (Java), leudeu needle (Gayo), smooth rica (Manado), metrek wakfoh (Papua), said Dr Setiawan, contain solanine, solamidine, solamargine, solasodine, solasomine, and steroidal saponins (kapsisidin). This last Gynecology efficacious as antibiotics.

   When eaten, spicy taste on the tongue may cause stimulation to the brain to release endorphins (endogenous opiate). As a result, the pain disappeared and the resulting feeling healthier. In the reproductive system, its heat can relieve tension and pain from poor blood circulation.
   One of the results of research, said Dr. Setiawan, cayenne pepper is known to have efficacy to reduce the occurrence of blood clotting (thrombosis) and reduce levels of cholesterol. One more thing, many contain antioxidants (like vitamin C and beta-carotene), can be used to overcome infertility (infertility), an aphrodisiac, and slow the aging process.
   The problem is, not everyone can consume excessive cayenne pepper. People with sore throats, sore eyes, and patients with digestive tract disorders, said Dr. Setiawan, is not advisable to consume cayenne pepper.
   Research conducted Tyas Ekowati Prasetyoningsih from the Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, East Java, in 1987, mentions, cayenne pepper fruit extracts had inhibition on the growth of the fungus Candida albicans, the fungus on the skin surface. The inhibition of cayenne pepper 1 mg / ml equivalent to 6.20 mcg / ml nystatin in Formamide.
   Dr Setiawan added, chillies indications are used to increase appetite, normalizing the feet and hands are weak, comforting feeling of nasal congestion on sinusitis, reduce cough with phlegm, and relieve migraine.
Four La Jiao Potion Recipes

There are several ways you can do to get the benefits of cayenne pepper. Can be boiled or made by powder and pills. For external use, enough to boil, then steam is used heat the body of the sick.
Another way, says Dr Setiawan, by grinding cayenne pepper until smooth, then splash it on the affected part. This last mode can be used for rheumatic disorders and frostbite (pain due to cold finger). Leaves can be milled to smeared on diseased area in order to cope with abdominal pain and ulcers.
Here are four recipes that are offered Dr Setiawan:

1. Rheumatism Ingredients: 15 cayenne pepper, 1 / 2 teaspoon of whiting, 1 lime Usage: Chili pepper until finely ground, halved lemon, take the water. Mix the chili pepper mill, betel leaf, and lime juice, stirring until blended. The concoction smeared on the body of the sick. Do it until the disease cured.
2. Stomach ache Ingredients: 15 g young leaves cayenne pepper, 1 / 2 teaspoon whiting Usage: Wash the leaves of pepper until finely minced. Add whiting, stir until blended.Concoction smeared on the belly of the sick. Do treatment 1-2 times only.
3. Foot and hand weakness (paralysis) Ingredients: 2 cayenne pepper root weevil, 15 pairs of chicken paws, 60 g peanuts, 6 grain hungcao Usage: Clean all the ingredients, then cut into pieces as needed. Add water and wine as much to materials submerged approximately 1 cm above it. These ingredients cooked by steamed. Once cool, strain the water, drink twice a day, each half of the potion.
4. Frostbite Ingredients: 5 fresh chillies Usage: Remove seeds chili pepper, minced until smooth. Smeared into the affected part.

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Healthy With Noni Traditionally

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For the people of Indonesia, Morinda citrifolia, commonly known as 'Noni Fruit' or 'Fruit Pace', is not something foreign. He is known for generations as a remedy for various diseases, including: relief of pain, heal wounds, indigestion, high blood pressure, increase appetite, menstrual problems, and others.

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If it happened in your home environment much noni tree, why not try to consume fresh noni fruit? Here are some healthy recipes with Noni fruit that you can try.

The first recipe:

Young noni juice made by blended with boiled water to taste. For a flavor enhancer, can be spiked with a little honey. Taken 30 minutes before breakfast.

Efficacious for cleaning sediment 'blood fat', so as to cure atherosclerosis and stroke, and prevent a heart attack can limit the absorption of fat, consumption and the formation of fat in the body, so it can help slimming program. Moreover, it can reduce high blood pressure and relieve the mind of tension and stress, anxiety and discomfort.

The second recipe:

Ripe noni fruit is mashed, mixed with grated lempuyang rhizome, and a few tablespoons of boiled water. Squeeze and then drunk.

Efficacious for the treatment of jaundice due to liver inflammation, kidney inflammation, and inflammation of the spleen due to malaria attack of bile and helps remove excess cholesterol. Cure urinary tract inflammation.

The third recipe:

Ripe Noni fruit that have been mashed mixed with grated galangal rhizome, and a few tablespoons of hot water. Squeeze, then drink. For a flavor enhancer, can be spiked with honey or sugar cubes.

Efficacious to reduce the fever with the flu and colds, especially in children, treat sore throats and tonsillitis.

Noni Fruit Benefits include:

Stabilize blood pressure and cholesterol levels - heart muscle
Disturbance in the body - diabetes, headache, kidneys, the kidneys, urine pot, pot and thyroid hempedu
Prevent cell growth and tumor cancer
Respiratory System - resdung, asthma, bronchitis, hingus melt, cough, sore throat, dry cough, fever, cholera and infant selsema
Penghadaman Disorders - abdominal bloating, ulcer, gastric, diarrhea-exacting, vomiting, not hadam, buasir, food poisoning
Mouth and throat - sore throat, sore gums and toothache
Bone and joint pain - terseliuh and gout
Skin disease - ulcers, wounds, ringworm, ulcers, skin ulcer
Sick woman - senggugut, menstrual disorders
Eliminate itching - slit crotch, water worm and skin diseases
Restoring the general impression of aging (youthful)
Eliminating addiction medicine and cigarettes
Helping men and women fertility system
Relieves pain (analgesic)
Increase the body's energy agency
Reducing stress (pressure)
Anti-oxidant

Attention:

Noni Fruit only help reduce or alleviate the above diseases and eliminate the disease rather than guarantees. This is kerana no scientific study and above all the disease that diiktiraf by royal Malaysia or anywhere in the world body.

Keep in mind, his impression depends on the follow-up reply to every individual and long body which he had faced his illness. So, for a chronic disease or long, it may take a long time.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

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Dragon Fruit for Skin Care and Other Benefits

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Savor 'Dragon Fruit' treat cancer, tumors, eye pain, gout, and heart, cure arthritis, balance blood sugar levels, controlling cholesterol, strengthens the kidneys and bones, sharpen vision.

Smooth skin

According to Prof Dr Muhammad Yusuf, a traditional Chinese medicine, in Chinese culture the dragon fruit is believed that smooths the facial skin look more beautiful. However, it is not used to treat deadly diseases such as cancer or heart disease. 'Dragon fruit well to cope with the heat because it is cool,' he said.Proven scientific

Various scientific research results show beneficial to the health of dragon fruit. Marhazlina M, researcher Department of Nutrition and dietetics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, examining the effect of eating a dragon against the blood sugar and cholesterol levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who are not insulin dependent. Tests conducted on 28 patients aged 40-55 years.

Volunteers were divided into 4 groups, each consisting of 7 patients. Patients in group I were given intake of 400 g red flesh dragon fruit every day, group II 600 g, group III with no treatment, and group IV were given blood glucose-lowering drugs on the market.

Blood of patients examined in the first week pascaperlakuan, 4 weeks, and 2 weeks before the treatment ends. The total treatment period of 7 weeks. Blood of patients examined with automated chemistry analyzer machine.

The results showed high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL)-cholesterol, patients in group I increased 14.1% after 4 weeks of treatment. While the patient's blood sugar levels decreased 19.94%, low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL)-cholesterol is bad-5, 94%, and 23.52% triglyceride. In conclusion, fleshy red dragon fruit has the potential to help lower blood sugar levels and prevent the risk of heart disease in diabetic patients. Results were not much different from group II.

Pitaya also proved rich in antioxidants. Results of research Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), dragon fruit red meat contains total phenolic 1076? mol gallic acid equivalents (Game) / g puree. The antioxidant activity reached 7.59? mol trolox equivalents (TE) / g puree. While the white fleshy Hylocereus undatus contains total phenolic 523? Game mol / g and 2.96 antioxidant activity? mole TE / g.

The leaves and fruit skin

Avail 'dragon fruit' for health, was not only present in the fruit flesh. Rosario Vargas Sols The results of the Laboratorio de Investigation de Fitofarmacologa, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, Mexico, the chloroform extract 'dragon fruit leaf' white fleshy contain pentacyclic triterpene compound taraxast-20-ene-3a-ol and taraxast-12, 20 (30) -dien-3a-ol. Both compounds were shown to protect rabbit blood vessel flexibility.

Researchers estimate the efficacy of both compounds were almost equal troxerutin, one of the micro vascular protective drug on the market. The drug was beneficial to reduce the risk of rupture of blood vessels. The in vitro results do Li-chen Wu, researcher Department of Applied Chemistry, National Chi-Nan University, showed the extract 'dragon fruit skin' red fleshy potentially inhibit the growth of B16F10 tumor cells at doses of 25 g. That proves the dragon fruit is not only delicious when eaten, but also useful as a drug. (Imam Wiguna)

Experts agree and acknowledge dragon fruit is rich in potassium, ferum, protein, fiber, sodium and calcium is good for kesihatan versus other fruits are imported.

Following the vice Johncola Pitaya Food, Sarekat planting dragon fruit red and the largest investigation in this country, AL Leong, honey cactus fruit is quite rich with various vitamins and mineral substances which may help to improve durability and reduce metabolism in the human body.

"Studies show red dragon fruit is excellent for penghadaman system and blood circulation. He also gave back instigate action to reduce emotional stress and neutralize toxic in the blood. "The study also shows this fruit can prevent kanser intestine, in addition to preventing high cholesterol content in blood and at the same time reduce levels of fat in the body," he said.

Overall, every red dragon fruit contain adequate protein metabolism that is able to reduce weight and maintain heart kesihatan; fiber (guard kanser intestine, diabetes and diet); carotene (kesihatan eyes, strengthens the brain and inhibit disease), calcium (bone strengthening) and fosferos (growth of body tissue).

Dragon fruit also contain adequate iron to increase the blood; vitamin B1 (hot escort agency); vitamin B2 (add to taste), vitamin B3 (lower cholesterol) and vitamin C (increase slipperiness, smoothness of skin and prevent acne).

Besides the dragon fruit has a high economic value, also have benefits for human health, including as a counterweight blood sugar levels, preventing cancer, protecting oral health, reducing cholesterol, preventing bleeding, vaginal discharge and drug complaint

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

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The Secret Behind Apple Leather

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Everyone must have known that apples contain many health benefits. However, if the benefits of 'apple skin' may not have much to know. To be sure, do not waste apple skin. The reason is simple, because the apple skins contain quercetin - a substance that is needed to raise levels of antioxidants, and prevent various diseases.

Results of research experts from Cornell University states that only apples, which have quercetin. It just means apple can provide antioxidants equivalent to 1.500mg vitamin C of 'fresh apple extract' from a medium size apple.

Then the results of the study also shows, an apple is eaten every day can reduce cholesterol up to 10%. Its phytochemical substances protect against free radicals and reduce levels of bad cholesterol (LDL). And the high fiber, certainly able to withstand the coming hungry.

Meanwhile, Dr. Barry Sears in his book The Top 100 Zone Foods declare an apple is a remarkable fruit that can control blood sugar. "Apples are a source of soluble fiber well, especially pectin which helps insulin levels, slow the spending of sugar into the bloodstream. Pectin is also able to reduce cholesterol levels by reducing insulin spending," he explained.

All results were, in fact has been proven since the time of mythology. At that time, the apple has been associated with healing diseases of the god Apollo. According to the physician Hippocrates and Galen, the habit of eating apples is very beneficial for digestion. That's because the apples that had eaten were mushrooming, and the effect is very good for digestion.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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Broccoli for Improve Skin Health

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Broccoli is a vegetable that is very magical. Broccoli is a source of antioxidants that are high in protein. Half the fiber content of bread wheat, but only a tenth of calorie content.

Broccoli contain many vitamins and minerals, including beta-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin C, iron, zinc, sera of vitamin B and folic acid. These vegetables can strengthen the immune system and become the main force to fight colon cancer. The content of his sulphuraphane able to detoxify and effectively remove all the causes of cancer we eat and breathe every moment. Broccoli protects the immune system as a whole. In addition to fighting cancer, broccoli is also good to fight heart disease and infection, particularly those related to respiratory tract.

Broccoli is a vegetable that has the ability to clean in depth. These vegetables can cleanse and purify the entire digestive system and stimulates the liver, which is the main organ for detoxification. When the liver is working with full capacity, the whole body will function better.

Broccoli prevent harmful poisons stack in the system of the body. When the burden of toxins in the body is reduced, the skin will be significantly better. No wonder the broccoli into food perfect beauty. The content of vitamin B2 was good for the skin, hair, and nails. Vitamin B2 and B5 can join the broccoli to convert fat into energy metabolism so that gives you strength. Appropriate way of cooking is very important to maintain levels of nutrients. Boiling is the best way.

Broccoli is also beneficial for pregnant women because it contains folic acid (another B vitamin), which can protect the baby from spina bifida (a condition the lower body paralysis) and strengthens the nervous system and blood cells of mother and baby. Folic acid can be reduced because of oral contraceptive pill, so the number of red blood cells also decreased. Folic acid is also good to encourage the production of serotonin, a natural chemical in the body that can improve mood. Therefore, broccoli is also beneficial for people with depression. We are encouraged to eat 1-3 servings of broccoli a week.

Benefits:

Against colon cancer.
Protecting the immune system.
Detoxify the body systems related to the digestive and liver.
Protect the baby from the risk of spina bifida.
Improve mood.
Improve skin health.

Hopefully this information is useful for us all.

Monday, April 11, 2011

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Benefits of 'Black Rice' for Health

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In terms of efficacy and nutrition turns out that black rice pigment has the best efficacy compared to other colored rice. 'Black Rice' is very different than the 'black sticky rice', good taste, aroma and appearance. Very specific and unique. When cooked 'rice black' color is really black. Tastes good and smells unappetizing meal.

According to research by experts, black rice has the properties:

Increases resistance to disease
Repair damaged liver cells (hepatitis and chirrosis)
Prevent renal dysfunction
Preventing cancer / tumor
Slowing the aging (antiaging)
As Antioxidants
Cleaning the blood cholesterol
Prevents anemia

Saturday, April 9, 2011

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Benefits of 'Guava Red' for Health

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In the Latin it means Guava Psidium guajava. His English Guava. We often know klutuk guava.

The fruit is very rich in vitamin C and some types of minerals that can fend off many diseases and maintain physical fitness. The leaves and bark contain antibacterial substances that can cure some types of diseases. Besides vitamin C, guava also contains potassium and iron.

Besides anti-oxidants, vitamin C here has a function to maintain and promote health of capillaries, prevent anemia, mouth sores, bleeding gums, etc.. In addition, vitamin C here also can boost the immune system against various inveksi. So we are not easily hurt like the flu, cough, fever, etc.. Vitamin C here also play a role in the formation of collagen which is very useful to heal wounds.

The availability of vitamin C is in the blood can cause selenium in inhibiting cancer cells, especially lung cancer, prostate, breast, colon, bladder and brain.

Most of the vitamin C guava concentrated on the skin and outer flesh is soft and thick. So, better guava eaten with the skin.

Benefits of Guava

Guava fruit is renowned multi benefits. For treatment of canker sores, cut segengam Daum and one finger guava guava bark, as necessary, wash thoroughly, then boiled in water until boiling. Once cool, filtered, and drunk.

For bleeding wounds, could dengana terlebh first wash of guava leaves freshly picked, and then milled. Next attach a bandage on the wound, and bandages. Replace the bandage and herbs 3 times a day until healed.

Young twigs can be used to treat vaginal discharge (leukorea). The roots can cure dysentery, that is by boiling 15-30 grams of fresh guava leaves and boiled water. Boiled water also can be used to wash wounds.

Red guava fruit can be used in increasing platelets in the blood for patients with dengue fever. In addition, guava fruit can be used for the treatment of diabetes (diabetes mellitus), high blood cholesterol levels (hypercholesterolemia), and treat constipation. Guava fruit is advisable to choose the red.

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Efficacy of Grapes

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Fruit grapes has many health benefits because it contains antioxidants and high fiber so it can be a source of energy is refreshing and nutritious prevent premature aging. In addition, this fruit contains vitamin C, A, B (thiamin), E, and K (potassium). Vitamin C, in addition to healthier gums and mouth (anti-thrush), also contains aktioksidan that can maintain the body's antioxidants.

Besides the meat, grape seed is actually no less nutritious because it contains pycnogenol, boosters of collagen to the blood vessel flexibility. While his skin is rich in flavonoids that function antioxidant substances. Another benefit of eating grapes is to prevent colon cancer because the content of antioxidants and fiber.

The number of properties of grapes have been viewed as a business opportunity by various beverage producers in the packaging so that we can now consume grape juice whenever we want.

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'Chocolate' as an Antioxidant

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Chocolate containing cocoa (chocolate beans) are more than 70% also have benefits for health, because chocolate is rich in the antioxidant content of phenols and flavonoids. With the presence of antioxidants, will be able to capture free radicals in the body. The amount of the antioxidant content is even 3 times more than green tea, drink very often regarded as a source of antioxidants.

With the presence of antioxidants, making the chocolate into one health drink. Phenol, an antioxidant capable of reducing cholesterol in the blood so it can reduce your risk of heart attack are also useful to prevent cancer in the body, preventing the occurrence of stroke and high blood. In addition, the fat content in chocolate high quality proven cholesterol-free and does not clog arteries.

Chocolate also contains some vitamins are useful for the body such as vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin C, vitamin D, and vitamin E. In addition, chocolate also contains substances and nutrients essential for the body such as iron, potassium and calcium. Cocoa itself is the highest natural source of magnesium. If someone is magnesium deficiency, can cause hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, joint pain and problems that a woman's monthly pre-menstrual (PMS). By eating chocolate will add magnesium in daily nutrient intake that causes increased levels of progesterone in women. This reduces the negative effects of PMS.

Chocolate for Beauty

Other benefits of chocolate is to beauty, because antioxidants and catechins are present in it to prevent premature aging, so do not be surprised if at this time developed a very good chocolate body scrub for skin beauty.

Most Healthy Chocolate Types

Many types of chocolate are available in the market. There are expensive, some are cheap. What are the differences? Here is a comparison type of chocolate and benefits of each.

Dark Chocolate

Dark Chocolate contains cocoa beans (cocoa), the highest of at least 70% containing cocoa. Dark chocolate contains cocoa or chocolate beans ever, without a lot of sugar and no trans fats or hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVO).

White Chocolate

While white chocolate has only 33% content of chocolate or cocoa, the rest is sugar, milk and vanilla. The content of this sugar which can give negative effects, such as tooth decay and diabetes.

Milk Chocolate or Chocolate Milk

Milk chocolate or chocolate milk is a mixture of cocoa with milk and sugar added. This type of chocolate is also very popular because it tastes delicious.

Any careful Eat Chocolate

Mistakes are often made when selecting chocolate is to choose a chocolate "branded" a cheap or very cheap. Thus has a cocoa content of chocolate (cocoa beans) are on average slightly less than 20%, some even less than 7%. This type of chocolate also contains high sugar, high saturated fat content and other evils such as hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVO), resulting in tooth damage and health problems like diabetes.

Other chocolate products are also dangerous and bad for health, especially in the form of fondant (usually used to decorate cakes) and praline. Fondant actually contains 100% sweetener and pralines are also just as bad.

Wherever possible choose a chocolate with a little sugar content so you can enjoy the great benefits that have chocolate. You will feel the benefits if you are consuming chocolate containing cocoa or chocolate beans is high. Enjoy your chocolate!

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Aloe Vera for Beauty and Health

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Aloe Vera

Efficacy of aloe vera for the treatment and beauty has been known since the time of ancient Egypt thousands of years ago. In fact, the queen Cleopatra is famous for its beauty believed to use these plants to still look beautiful. Aloe vera leaves are already large, generally has a length of about 30 cm. In the leaves have a slimy flesh, this section is rich in benefits for humans. The older leaves of aloe vera, the more useful content it has. Want to know what are the benefits of aloe vera?

Beautiful with Aloe Vera

Aloe vera is famous for making the hair into the hair becomes soft, so beautiful. Perhaps these benefits we have heard since childhood, we are often advised to use aloe vera for beautiful hair. That's why a lot of shampoo that uses aloe vera extract in their products. The benefit is obtained from the content of glyco proteins. When you have this plant at home, you can use it in a way to peel his skin and then rub the meat to the scalp and hair to become fertile and beautiful hair.

Lignin is the content contained in Aloe vera leaves is useful to keep the skin moist so that the skin does not become dry and supple, also useful for preventing the occurrence of skin allergies in the wearer. Coupled with the content of anthraquinone and the amino acids that would be very useful for skin because it helps the skin to instantly update itself to produce new cells and to remove dead skin cells. Meat from the leaves of Aloe vera also has similar acidity to that of humans and is able to penetrate well into the body also contain saponins that can function as an anti-bacterial and anti fungal. The use regularly can make your skin look healthy and beautiful glow. You can also use aloe vera as a face mask, because it also contains antioxidants that prevent premature aging.

Cool effect of aloe vera jelly can be a first aid when you are suffering from severe burns or scalded. Can also be used for sore skin due to excessive sun. Simply paste the flesh of aloe vera on the injured area. The cold produced from the aloe vera will help the healing process.

Healthy with Aloe Vera

We have had a lot of drinks made with the use of aloe vera or aloe vera because these plants also have their uses for treatment. Meat from the aloe vera can cope with the heat that can cause ulcers or sore throat. Another benefit in the health sector is to reduce cholesterol. You can drink it in a way juiced or cooked. Instead, immediately if the meat from the aloe vera after peeled, because if left in the open air will cause it oxidized so diminished his usefulness and the meat will be brown.

Drink or eat the flesh of the leaf aloe vera or aloe vera will also provide benefits for beauty. Aloe vera can also be used as a refreshing drink by adding sugar or honey plus water ice cubes. Use aloe vera or aloe vera for beauty can be enjoyed by buying cosmetics or beverages in containers that exist in the store or supermarket.

But, for those who want to try the traditional properties, try to make this plant as one of the collections of living in your home pharmacy. This plant is easy to grow and not have to care to bother. In fact, this plant can clog your pores leaves the meeting so that can live long without flushing. Indeed, aloe vera is one of the traditional way for the benefits of healthy and beautiful all at once for you.

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Turmeric (Curcuma domestica), a traditional herbal medicine with Various Benefits

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Historically turmeric comes from India, but has spread throughout the world especially in the tropics. In Indonesia in general can grow and produce well. This plant is in a pseudo stem that is composed of leaf midrib with a maximum of 25 â € "100 cm. Elongated oval-shaped leaves, light green, terraced compiler leaves each plant had about 6 â € "10 leaves.

Elliptical rhizome and branch out. Turmeric grows well in soil that good irrigation system, rainfall 2,000 mm up to 4,000 mm per year and in a slightly sheltered. But to produce a larger rhizome needed a more open space.

Young rhizomes and yellow skin and yellow flesh, after the old rhizomes into the orange skin and flesh browning slightly yellow-orange light.

Turmeric rhizome contain ingredients such as oil adsiri, phelkandere, sabinene, cineol, zingeberence, turmeron, champene, camphor, sesquiterpene, caprilic acid, methoxinnamic acid, thelomethy carbinol, curcumene, and dyes that contain alkaloids curcumin. Curcumin is a yellow dye which was conceived by turmeric, an average of 10.29%, has a broad spectrum of biological activities, among others hepatotoxic, antibacterial, and antioxidant.

Turmeric rhizome are mainly used for kitchen purposes (spice, food dyes), cosmetics and in traditional medicine. Traditionally, the water decoction of rhizome mixed with a small cube used as a water rinse mouth for swollen gums.

While the ointment of turmeric with kawak acid used for the treatment of leg wounds. Ointments made from a mixture of turmeric with coconut oil is widely used to cure swelling legs and to remove fluid causes swelling. There's more, turmeric knead with seed clove and jasmine are used for medicine liver inflammation, and skin diseases. While turmeric root knead can be used as an external medicine swelling and rheumatic diseases.

Turmeric can also be used for hair care in order to be free from dandruff, the way is as follows: take turmeric, peeled and then washed besih, was taken after the juice and rubbed on the scalp with a massage-massage. Allow 3-5 hours to extract kunyitnya sink in, then the hair on the scalp and wash thoroughly. Do this several times until the dandruff disappears. In addition, turmeric also can cure diarrhea, acne, skin care, arthritis, ulcers, hepatitis and diabetes.

For the treatment of diabetes how to set up a turmeric rhizome, then washed and thinly sliced, add Â ½ teaspoon salt, put into a saucepan containing 1 liter of water and simmer to boil, strain and drink the water Â ½ cup a day.

Security studies (toxicity test) to show turmeric, turmeric extract safely be used in therapeutic doses. Turmeric rhizome is administered orally no teratogenic effects (effects on embryo / fetus) in rats. Security extract of turmeric during pregnancy has not been proven, use during pregnancy should be under medical supervision. Turmeric extract excretion through breast milk and its effect on the baby has not been proven, you should use during breastfeeding under medical supervision. Good luck.

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