Chop, chew or crush your garlic for maximum immune support If you are into FOOD AS MEDICINE then garlic is GOLD for health benefits. Garlic has been used both as a food and a medicine since the ancient Greeks. We know, because they wrote about garlic’s benefits even then. The Egyptians kept their workers on the job by using garlic to increase resistance to infection and also used it topically to prevent wound infection. These antibacterial (antimicrobial) properties were later proved scientifically by Louis Pasteur. Traditional use records garlic as useful in … [Read more...] about GARLIC GOLD FOR HEALTH
Apples and pears reduce your stroke risk
White fruit and vegetables, including apples, pears, bananas, garlic, onion, cauliflower and cucumber have come up trumps for a 50% reduced stroke risk, in a large study of 20,069 men & women. White vegetables reduce your stroke risk We have all heard about the health benefits of eating brightly coloured fruit and vegetables, so this is news to those of us who have embraced the concept of green, red, yellow and orange as the most healthful fruit/vege basket. This premise is based on the presence of particular pigmented compounds, such as carotenoids, … [Read more...] about Apples and pears reduce your stroke risk