Wednesday 21 December 2011

Foods for Health

Food is a man's best medicine. We should learn to harness the natural healing powers of food to cure ourselves or to maintain our health.  Each type of food is earmarked for different functions such as creating energy, heat, strength, repairing cell structures and so on.
  1. Blood builders

    Some foods are blood builders. The herb that is a wonderful blood builder is the nettle.  In fact all herbs should be considered as they have their effects on the body.  The vegetable, beet, is also a great blood booster.  Other foods also great for the blood are black cherries, green vegetables, sun chlorella and bee pollen. 
  1. Brain foods

    Some foods are brain foods.  We need to nourish our brains with phosphorus-rich foods whereby these same foods can also help to nourish the glands and nerves at the same time.  Plant phosphorus can be used to build the bones however the brains actually needs the higher-evolved animal phosphorus such as those found in codfish roe and egg yolk.
     
  2. Muscle foods

    Some foods are muscle foods.  Proteins are needed for the muscle structures in our body while fats that contains high calories are needed to provide heat in our body.
     
  3. Energy food

    Some foods are energy foods.  Carbohydrate foods are sweet in taste and needs to be chewed.  Chewing them thoroughly will allow them to be properly digested for better absorption in the body.  Most times we tend to simply swallow liquids or cooked foods however we MUST chew raw foods so that we can moisten them, grind them and make sure they can be easily swallowed.  Chewing helps in strengthening our jaw with exercise and supplying the much-needed roughage to our digestive systems to help the bowels tone itself.

Monday 14 March 2011

Why choose Natural Healing Remedies?

We should not reject natural healing options straightaway and should remain open minded to test out its potential benefits. The science of natural healing remedies  has continued to grow however since they are less scientifically validated,  naturally there has always been doubts and questions as to whether we should resort to herbs that are only partially proven compared to proven synthetic drugs.

Although some of these natural healing remedies are less than perfect, there is no harm trying them out first due to its potential high benefits and low risks before undertaking synthetic drugs or undergoing surgeries which has very high potential  side-effects and risks.  Vitamin E is able to help prevent heart disease and prostate cancer while the herb milk thistle can protect the liver from injury. There is no pill or tablet your doctor can prescribe to do the same..  For cases where there are standard drugs to cure ailments, we do not lose out by using natural herbs to complement them. 

 
Secondly, there are many herbs that can provide equal benefits to drugs and with fewer side effects.  These herbs are definitely not completely harmless however they definitely do provide lower risks and risks.


Many people feels more comfortable with natural treatments as they come from nature rather than drugs that are synthetically produced.  Ultimately feelings do matter and it does make a difference as sometimes the psychological effect of it can help to make people recover as it can just simply be a concept of mind over matter which has also proven to be effective in many cases.

For those occasions where there is a choice between natural treatments and drugs then we should always opt to try the natural way  first.  In situations where synthetic drugs are necessary or needed for lifesaving, then obviously we have no choice but to take that route.