FOOD AS MEDICINE !

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Food as Medicine HAY FEVER? EAT YOGURT! Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season. Also-eat honey from your area (local region) daily. TO PREVENT STROKE DRINK TEA! Prevent build-up of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses oftea. (actually, tea suppresses appetite and keeps the pounds frominvading.... Green tea is great for our immune system)! INSOMNIA (CAN'T SLEEP?) HONEY! Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative. ASTHMA? EAT ONIONS!!!! Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (onion packs place on chest helped the respiratory ailments and actually madebreathing better. UPSET

STOMACH? BANANAS - GINGER!!!!! Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea. BLADDER INFECTION? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE!!!! High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria. BONE PROBLEMS? EAT PINEAPPLE!!! Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese inpineapple.COLDS? EAT GARLIC! Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (remember, garlic lowerscholesterol, too.)COUGHING? USE RED PEPPERS!! A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hotred pepper. Use red (cayenne) pepper with caution-it can irritate yourtummy. BREAST CANCER? EAT Wheat, bran and cabbage Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels. LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE

AND VEGGIES!!! A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in darkgreen and orange vegetables. ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE ALSO!!! Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenalulcers. DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES! Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure thiscondition. (Bananas are good for this ailment)CLOGGED ARTERIES? EAT AVOCADO! Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? EAT CELERY AND OLIVE OIL!!! Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too. BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!!! The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and bloodsugar. Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium,Vitamin E & fibre. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange. Apple: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a lowVitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances theactivity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heartattack & stroke. Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest totalantioxidant power among major fruits & protects the body from cancercausing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry isgood for you..they're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep usyoung....... ..blueberries are the best and very versatile in the healthfield....... .they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade ourbodies) Orange: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2 - 4 oranges a day may help keepcolds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as wellas lessen the risk of colon

cancer. Watermelon: Coolest Thirst Quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is alsopacked with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immunesystem. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fightingoxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium. (watermelon also hasnatural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy,protecting our skin from those darn uv rays) Guava & Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C. They are the clear winners fortheir high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fibre which helpsprevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes. (also good forgas and indigestion) Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, keeps thoseprostrate problems from invading their bodies ......G OOD AS

MEDICINE .