Healthy superfood trio: ginger, turmeric and carrot
Foods which are considered "super" significantly outperform others with their great nutritive values and quantity of antioxidants.
Ginger and turmeric excel in these properties, and when you combine them with carrot, there's no end to health benefits their bring.
Recent studies have shown people who eat these foods within a single meal become resilient to heart disease, cancer, diabetes and various inflammatory conditions.
Ginger and turmeric belong to the same family of plants called Zingiberaceae. Both spices have always been used in cuisine, but also for alleviating many illnesses.
Their benefits are particularly powerful if you use them together, for instance in tea.
Studies confirm: GMO causes obesity
Obesity is one of the most urgent and fastest growing health issues in the world.
The statistics show that it affects as much as one third of the world's population.
In spite of vocal warnings from the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of obese people has been growing year in, year out.
Experts predict that a half of the world's population will suffer from this problem by 2050.
The statistics presented are particularly worrying since excessive weight significantly contributes to many diseases
8 simple natural methods for treating ingrown nail
You have certainly had ingrown nail at least once. And you wondered how it came to be.
When the lateral edge of the nail pierces the soft tissue of the toe, the nail starts to grow into the tissue.
The main culprits are:
- tight and uncomfortable shoes
- irregular nail forming and trimming
- various injuries
- unnatural nail curvature (rarely)
Research has shown this problem affects more frequently the people with poor circulation and those with diabetes.
Healing properties of hibiscus
Throughout history hibiscus was known by many peoples. Hibiscus tea was a favourite drink of the pharaohs from the ancient valley of the Nile.
Hibiscus belongs to the family of Malvaceae, originally from the tropical areas of the Central Africa, Southern Asia and the Central America.
There are more than 130 species of hibiscus, all of them being popularly known simply as hibiscus. A less frequent name is rose mallow.
They may be wild or cultivated, annual or biennial, having flowers ranging from bright yellow to dark red.
Hibiscus always looks neat, and its flowers are among the most beautiful and exotic in the world.
It is consumed throughout the world becaues of its favourable effect on the blood pressure, and its cooling and relaxing action.
Essential clove oil - healing buds that relieve pain
Clove (lat. Syzygium aromaticum) is a favourite spice originally from Indonesia, more specifically from the Maluku Islands.
It is a flower bud from the evergreen tropical clove tree, which is currently planted in many areas of Asia, Africa and Brazil. The clove's bud resembles a nail, which is why it was given the Latin name of clavus (nail).
Clove was widely used in the Ancient India and Egypt before spreading to Europe in the 7th and 8th century.
The clove oil is most notably used in dental and oral care. Due to its healing properties it is a frequent ingredient of tooth pastes, mouthwashes and dental pain killers.
It combines well with other oils including rosemary, peppermint, cinnamon, lavender, geranium, lemon, orange, grapefruit and rose oils.