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Sunday 17 March 2024
These teas can help lower bad Cholesterol
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Wednesday 13 March 2024
Sea Salt gaggle in Warm Water to Reverse Toothaches
Toothache can be very distressing whenever it comes and usually come with little or no notice. We are aware that consuming sugary foods especially biscuits and other highly acidic foods is one of the leading causes of toothaches. Too much carbohydrates whose end product is sugar can also trigger toothache. Stress makes it worse . There are several home remedies to help with toothaches and other oral problems. Some common foods to help Reverse or prevent frequent toothaches and oral problems includes,:
Guava leaves tea
Cloves tea or oil
Chia Seeds
Garlic
Sesame seeds
Cold pressed coconut oil
Cold pressed olive oil
Cashew nuts
Almonds
Ginger and tumeric tea
Mint tea or mint essential oil
pomegranate tea
Sea salt gaggle with warm water
Sea Salt Gaggle with Warm Water
One of the cheapest and easiest way to reverse a toothache and other dental problems is using about one teaspoon of seasalt to a cup of warm water and using it to gaggle at the earliest time the first symptom occurs. Do it for about two days. Keep gargling and pouring it out until the warm water is exhausted and tomorrow you make another. Two days is enough to resolve all the oral issues and reverse that toothache. It's been working for me.
Here are 3 Reason Why It works:
1. Our teeth just like our bones are made of minerals and seasalt contains over 82 minerals as against the refined table salt. It helps to add minerals to strenghten our teeth as we gargle.
2. It is not acidic like table salt. It reduces excess acidity in the mouth which is a convenient ground where bacteria and germs thrives.
3. It does not feed yeasts. Most of these yeast and other agents live in the mouth and helps to support inflammations including toothache.
Summary:
It is best to prevent and reverse oral problems including toothaches as they hardly respond to treatment until the tooth is remove, because of the nonsterile nature. Prevention is always better especially if we use the sea salt gargle with warm water.
Sunday 10 March 2024
Detox your body and Prevent Infections
What is Detoxification:
This is simply a process through which your body gets rid of toxins, pesticides and other harmful chemical naturally by the help of key organs. Major organs involved in detoxification are the liver, kidney, pancreas, skin, colon, and lungs. Our bodies are expected to naturally remove these toxins naturally without assistance, however as we age and the toxins increase in our systems, the organs are nolonger getting younger and the toxins are increasing at an alarming rate due to exposures which brings an overload of these toxins upon our organs. When they accumulate over a period of time, the entire body begins to feel sick.
When Do We Need Detoxification
Constipation: It is expected that we pooh daily or every other day depending on the individual, however, if constipation becomes persistent over a long time, then their may be need for us to bring in natural ingredients to assist our body get rid of these waste that may soon choke our organs.
Skin:
If we discover frequent break outs our, skin problems that refuses to heal. Then the skin may be sending a message to detox. The skin will always report correctly what is happening inside. If all is well within, then you will have a clear glowing skin.
Weight Gain:
When gain continues with much effort to loose weight and not getting result, it may be a sign that there is overload of toxins whithin.
Other signs of need of detox includes: Not sweating for a long time, poor appetite, sluggishness, lack of sleep for a long period of time and other unfamiliar symptoms.
How Toxins Enter Our Body
Whether we believe it or not, our exposure to toxins today has never been so alarming in history:
A brief look a how and when they enter our body
- Through the food we eat, many of us enjoy processed and packaged foods and drinks laden with sugar and other chemical preservatives and the liver must work hard to get rid of these preservatives when they get inside
- Drinks:
These includes carbonated beverages containing gas and other harmful agents to our body. Drinks include hard water, from poor sources.
- Body creams,
Soaps, detergents, perfumes, powder and other beauty products.
- Our Physical Environment: Usually when generators and other machines are in operation, they release fumes into the air, making even the air we breath sometimes toxic. when we live in environments with so much toxic waste in the surrounding, when we live in industrial areas with large generators and machines, we take in toxins through the air we breath.
Ways to Avoid Toxins
- Go for organic foods whenever possible
- Ensure your water is purified, avoid water from tanks, dirty bottles, cellophane bags , reservoirs or other unhealthy sources.
- Reduce exposure to chemicals from beauty products, whenever possible make your own soaps, creams and other products. I make mine own bathing soaps, kitchen soaps and body creams for several years and it has been helping me reduce toxic expossure.
- Maintain healthy lifestyle and ensure personal hygiene
-Reduce junk foods and natural foods
- Stay closer to nature. Gardens, flowers and home grown trees.
Benefits of Detoxifying your System
- Helps slow down aging
- Glowing skin, hair and nails
- Boost your immune system. Your body is stronger to resist infections.
- Energy Booster. You feel increased energy after a good detox
- Aids fertility both in men and women
- Reduce frequent bacteria infections, including fungal
- Helps in achieving weight losss
- Helps prevent tumors and reduce their spread.
Simple Detox you can Do at Home
Liver/Kidney
You can combine any of these fruits for a liver/kidney cleanse
Avocado
Carrot
Lemon
Apple
Watermelon
Cucumber or Green apple
You can also include any of these herbs:
Nettle leaf tea
Bitter leaf juice
Tumeric
Garlic
Raw Vegetable juice
Olive oil
Eat Walnut, green vegetables and cabbage
For Natural Blood Cleansing. Use any of the following:
Mistletoe tea
sorghum tea
Golden seal root
Cayenne pepper with red clover
Dandelion or garlic
You can make a tea or tincture from any of the above items and drink and ensure to take more water during your detox
DETOX THE ENTIRE BODY
You can make a detox drink for your whole body cleans by making use of any of the fruits mentioned below especially citrus fruits - lemons, limes, oranges, etc
Cucumber slice
Mint leaves
Fresh ginger or garlic
slice of lemon or lime
Citrus fruits
FAT BURNING DETOX
You can make use of any of the following:
- water
- Apple cider
- Lemon and lime
- Cucumber slice
- Cinnamon
Common Detox Hot Drinks - General
-Lemon + Ginger + Honey
Tumeric + Green Tea
Ginger + Tumeric
Green Tea + Lemon/Lime
Cold Drinks
Lemon slice + Cucumber slice with water
Lemon juice or slice with water
Carrot + Orange juice plus ginger powder
Cucumber plus aleo vera
In summary,
it is advised we do a daily simply detox or include these detox food to our regular meals instead of allowing a heavy build up of toxins requiring rigorous detox that are some times difficult and stressful.
Saturday 9 March 2024
My Top 16 Foods to Reverse Malaria and Typhoid Fever
Introduction:
Malaria and are twin disease that troubles many, it afflicts the young and old alike. The obvious reason for the rise in this ailent amongst people today is likely linked to the food choices and the lifestyle and so when you consider the amount of sugars, processed foods and lack of exercise in our life today, absence of probiotics also, Do not be surprised that malaria and typhoid becomes one of the most frequently treated ailments today especially in Nigeria. I was a victim of this twin disease but with coming of knowledge and use of natural foods already found in our region, I was able to overcome their frequent attacks.
Here are some of the common foods to start including in your diet if you suspect or starts feeling those symptoms and what are those symptoms the most common symptom of malaria and typhoid are:
Chills
Headache
Loss of appetite
Sluggishness and frequently sleeping
Insomnia
Body pains
The above are symptoms and more. They are some of the most common signs that the parasites of malaria may be in the body. However, the most and best ans surest way to have a test done because these symptoms also represent other illnesses and not just malaria and typhoid and so it is always better to be sure before going for malaria drugs most people just go for antibioticd as soon as they suspect mild symptoms.
Here are my 16 Top Foods to Reverse Malaria and Typhoid fever:
1. Lemongrass tea:
Lemongrass tea can be made by boiling the leaves of the fresh or dried leaves of the lemon grass plant which wecan usually get from our backyards or around the house it is easy to plant lemongrass by just cutting part of any living lemon grass and using the head of it to put in the soil allowing sand to cover it and then water initially. In in a few days it may begin to sprout from there. The lemon grass is popular for it's ability to reverse inflammations arising from several other factors including malaria and typhoid so it is one of the top herbs whenever you're feeling some of these symptoms like coldness, pains not being able to sleep which is some of the symptoms of malaria lemon grass tea is able to resolve all these including those arising from malaria and typhoid. Making the tea is easy you can just wash the leaves a handful of the leaves put in the pot and then sometimes you may add fresh leaves of the guava leaves you can also add the hibiscus flower tea to go with it for added synergy and benefits to the tea it helps to ward off the symptoms area and if there is shortage of blood or iron deficiency the guava leaves and the hibiscus flower will also help to support that because whenever we are fighting any disease it is good to fight from all fronts to ensure that we attack it because sometimes iron deficiency may also be hiding behind the corner sponsoring the problem or the symptoms such as coldness so that is one of the reason why we should back it up with some of these other herbs to make it more effective. Remember also to consume sufficient protein after taking such if you need to get result.
2. Pawpaw Leaves tea:
Fresh leaves taken from the papaya fruit or the papaya tree is also effective in reversing malaria or typhoid. When you suspect those symptoms it is very bitter and it's a source of some nutrients too bitter foods are great when you suspect malaria and typhoid and papaya leaves is one of such bitter herbs that have to strengthen our liver and other organs to be able to reverse those symptoms and another area that papaya leaves helps is in helping you sleep because sleep itself is medicine most of these diseases attacks us and brings in things like not being able to sleep which makes it worse like triggering the rise in blood sugar and blood pressure, Including or making tea from the leaves of papaya leaves usually helps in reversing the symptoms. Use the fresh leaves wash and add to the pot, add clean water and boil for about 15 minutes on a medium gas fire.
3. Fermented Millet Pap:
Many people may be wondering what has fermented millet pap got to do with malaria and typhoid, yes when taking most hash herbs we need protein buffers such as fermented foods to help replenish our gut as most of these herbs also operate like antibiotics. the strong bacterials used and other harmful agents in the body and in doing this most times our gut health is affected and left unprotected fermented millet is a source of protein it does not produce gas. it is easily digested and helps to support our intestine, yes sometimes, the delicate gut could be weakened by too much hash spices and herbs like many people do. so most times also we are not able to make or digest fatty foods and fermented millet is one food with fiber and protein which is also gentle on the gut it is one of the few foods that you can prepare and take moderately until your body recovers. You can easily make the millet pap yourself by fermenting it and on the third day you take to grinder and then after that you save it just like we do our corn pap and begin to take it after preparing wirh boiled water as pap moderately, not too much you can store it in your fridge or you can be changing the water for a few days in order to preserve it because the fermentation of it has already put it in a form of preservation
4. Apple Cider Vinegar:
Apple cider vinegar is made from fermented apple with a very sour taste and a little percentage of acetic acid in it and because of that our taste most times does permit us to eat when malaria and typhoid attacks people they do not have appetite to eat and the reason for not having appetite is because yeast and other harmful agents has taken over the gut and our intestine so our stomach is not able to produce acid for digestion because of all those harmful agents that are already in the stomach, so taking apple cider in the morning before food helps to remove and reduce their acidity and then help the stomach to produce acid I mean to produce acid which makes us begin to have that appetite for food and then the stomach also will be ready for digestion but we must not take too much of it moderately and it shouldn't be a daily food like some people do take it. but 4 or 5 times in a week maximum depends also on how you are going with it because too much may also begin to give you some other uncomfortable symptoms
5 Cloves:
These tiny buds are also powerful in reversing malaria and typhoid especially when you make tea out of it or chew it after a starchy meal. It helps in reducing blood sugar, thinning the blood, warding off inflammations and pains and killing off yeasts and bacterias which are some of the sponsors of those malaria and typhoid symptoms.
6. Kudin Tea:
This is another bitter Chinese tea which helps in reversing inflammations and strengthening our immune system. I usually use about 3 to 4 sticks of the tea, brew and drink whenever I feel like boosting my Immunity.
7. Guava Leaves Tea:
Guava leaves from the purple guava is known for its numerous health benefits, such reducing inflammation, reducing blood sugar and a source of iron too. Making tea from the leaves by boiling about 7 fresh leaves and drinking before or after meals helps ward off cough and improve sleep generally, we know that malaria and typhoid also sometimes comes with cough.
8. Dandelion tea:
Dandelion is a great liver supporting herb and its great for kidney health and being a good source of potassium helps in managing high blood pressure. You can make tea from the fresh leaves or dried as I often do since I do not have the fresh leaves around. The dried leaves is very effective too. Supporting the liver and kidney function is a great way to reverse most diseases including malaria and typhoid.
9. Oregano tea
Another powerful herb to start drinking as tea if you have or suspect malaria is around is oregano tea, it is a warming herb and warming the body is a great way to fight diseases including cancers, malaria and typhoid. Oregano is known to contain vitamin K which makes it friendly for those managing stomach ulcers or trying to heal of ulcers too. It may prevent ulcers from bleeding because of this nutrient. If you cannot get the fresh oregano leaves, the dried leaves is effective too and its what I use, whether in tea bags or just ground or dried leaves. It kills bacteria causing infection and destroys yeasts too. It is also a calminative.
10. Pineaple Peels:
Pineapples or the pills is a great food or drink to include in your diet if you want to reverse malaria and typhoid fever you can eat the fresh pineapple but because of sugar wash, you can also make tea from the peels or you can add it to your hibiscus flower tea as it is also a taste enhancer using the peels because the peels has less sugar than the fruit and it also contains some amount of bromelin which helps in digesting proteins especially those from beans and other starchy foods which may be creating inflammations or supporting inflammations and painful joints in the body and so pineapple peels is a great way as you make tea out of it and even adding hibiscus leaves to get also some essential nutrients because when most nutrients are lacking in the body, that is exactly one of the reasons why some diseases resist treatment and not going because the nutrients the body needs to heal are not available so when we take things like this, until we take healing drinks naturally such as tea made from the peels of pineaple.
11. Fennel seeds Tea:
Fennel seeds is also great when you make tea from The Seeds of the fennel, the fennel is great in helping the body reverse diseases like malaria and typhoid as it also aid digestion,, it has some amount of Iron and calcium which is needed to fight iff diseases it's also aids metabolism helping the body to produce digestive juice which is most times lacking or missing when malaria and typhoid attacks we have loss of appetite and we are not able to digest our food easily, taking fennel tea is also a great way to tackle constipation and when constipation is nor allowed to have an upper hand by making tea from the seeds of fennel, it will help to ward off constipation and in the long run, reverses those malaria and typhoid symptoms.
12. Fenugreek Oil:
Fenugreek seeds or fenugreek oil is also a great support. It is a gentle seed and one of the reason I like it because those days when diseases like malaria and typhoid attacks our intestine appeared to be very tender and using fenugreek seeds either by soaking the seeds will not spike our sugar and it has some little amount of protein and then the oil particularly is what I use because it is always readily available, I'm talking of the fenugreek essential oil it's great for also helping breakdown cholesterol and tackling constipation if we can remove constipation then it means we are able to deal with malaria and typhoid because sometime they come with chronic constipation and so fenugreek oil is one of the oils that I take on my empty stomach after having my water therapy or with lemon juice or sometimes before the water therapy.
13. Raw Garlic:
The ability of garlic to reverse many diseases including malaria and typhoid is not in doubt any longer because of its special agents like the Allisin, its antifunga property is a great addition to tackling resistant strain of bacteria that helps to sponsor diseases like typhoid and even malaria and so having the purple garlic like two or three chewing on empty stomach in the morning do consistently for about 3 or 4 days and following it up with water you will notice that the viral load would have reduced after 3 days of doing this thing or even more days sometimes you can extend it to seven oe eight days but within 3 days, you would have started seeing result.
14. Ginger:
It is a great anti-inflammatory and helps to reverse things like pains, all kinds of pains combine it with your turmeric small amount of tumeric but ginger has more effect when it comes to malaria and typhoid and so we can include it being a circulatory food because we need better blood circulation when dealing with diseases and helps to reverse inflammation's and kill off yeast also helping the stomach to produce digestive juice, once we are eating the right food and our appetite is up again it helps to reverse all kinds of diseases because the body uses this food in order to work and repair. It heals itself.
15. Efirin and bitterleaf:
If you have access to the fresh scent leaf as some people call it. It is a great stomach aid because it's a friend of the stomach it works both ways whether it is diarrhea, it deals with it because sometimes diseases and some of the ailments come with diarrhea. not just constipation, It helps to reduce constipation as well and so using it helps to reduce blood sugar because blood sugar in the blood. Combine it with a little bitter Leaf makes a great support for our key organs like the kidney and the Liver you can wash it, and drink to start the day you know that to start fighting the disease firstly it will reduce the blood sugars and those bacteria causing diarrhea it is also able to destroy them in case its diarrhea because some people also have diarrhea as the symptom which I have also experienced in the past especially while using frequent antibiotics to destroy them.
16. Lemon Juice on Warm water,:
Adding the juice of half a lemon to your warm water therapy in the morning before you start your day is also a great way that alkalines body and then reduce c your cholesterol levels and all those factors that contributes to inflammation and diseases. Using the lemon juice about half a lemon helps also in boosting the immunity and then reversing diseases and reducing and weakening their chances of overcoming us which is the host so I often do this each time I suspect my immune system is weak it will prevent things like coughing as well which often comes with malaria and typhoid and a lot of other benefits including the antioxidant vitamin C which is present in the lemon juice naturally occurring.
Summary:
The best way to benefit from these 16 foods is by incorporating them into our diet on a regular basis so as to strengthen our immune system and prevent the diseases from occurring. it is not okay to try to put everything together as that can do little or nothing immediately after we have already come under attack they are best as preventive measures and that is reversing the symptoms but if we neglect them and come under heavy attack of malaria and typhoid it is best to go to the hospital and be safe first before we start to use the herbal remedies they are best when we are hsle and heartyand should be taken moderately.
Wednesday 21 February 2024
Reasons to Always have Dark Palm Kernel oil at Home
Palm kernel oil is rich in antioxidants. Many people have
discovered that the active substance may have the ability
to reverse blockage of the carotid artery and platelet
aggregation thereby reducing the risk of life treating
diseases.
Palm kernel oil which is extracted from palm fruit and have a strong black color with a strong taste. It is mostly used in the eastern region of Nigeria. Palm kernel oil have a lot of benefits and can be used for different purposes.
It is used to manage convulsion in children and can be used to reduce the effect of epilepsy attack .
For Constipation:
Black oil is used in children during delivery. It is traditionally believed to help avoid body odour when they grow up and make the skin of the baby
shinning.
For Cough:
first stage of cough.
It can also help manage stroke and retard tumor progression.
Arteriosclerosis and other heart disease problems. This is thus one of the health benefits of palm kernel oil as it is rich in unsaturated fatty acid. Tocotrienols present in palm oil may also inhibit certain
types of cancer.
For Cholestérol Réduction:
cholesterol as compared to other saturated oils such as red palm oil. Thus the health benefits of palm kernel oil also include promoting health of people with cardiovascular issue. Even when massaged on hands and feet, it still brings reduction and relief to cholesterol. I personally noticed that if a wound or certain infection such as athletes foot is taking to long to heal, sometimes, it may be due to much bad cholesterol which may reduce blood circulation to the area and using black kernel oil is beneficial also in such cases.
Monday 5 February 2024
Nine Best Foods To Eat on Empty Stomach
When it comes to wellness through nutrition, it is important to mind how you start each, what you eat in the morning, I mean the first foods that goes into your stomach determines how the entire day will go for you. So be selective in your breakfast, be cautious on what set of foods you start your day. Some foods will make you sluggish throughout the day. Remember that Water therapy should always be the first and you can make it warm as it may help lower blood pressure for those with high blood pressure:
Here are Nine best foods on Empty stomach:
1. Lemon juice with honey and warm water:
This liquid on empty stomach is not only Calming on you throughout the day but help settle several health issues such as:
- excess acidity
- excess body weight
- lowers blood pressure
- kills bacteria and other harmful microbs
- kills fungus
- treats Insomnia and
- kills deep rooted pains
2. Fresh Pineapples
Fresh pineapples is another healthy food best in the morning on empty stomach, though acidic in taste, it's great when you start your day with fresh pineapples some of its benefits includes:
- Burning unhealthy fats
- hydrating your down to the cells
- providing more nutrients and antioxidants with no fat
- killing pains and inflammations
- fibre to kick start your day
- provides alkaline environment to ward off microbes, and harmful bacteria etc
3. Cold pressed Olive oil
After your water therapy, another best food on empty stomach is cold pressed pressed olive oil. This is particularly required if you are battling chronic Constipation. It is usually my last resort and rarely fails.
Another best benefit of this oil on empty stomach is that it destroys yeast and fungal. These cause a host of problems unknown to many. If you can take a teaspoon of this oil on empty stomach. You would have taken you heart healthy fat to kick start your day and avoid weakness of unknown origin.
4. Fresh garlic soaked in Organic Honey
Another best good on empty stomach is fresh cloves of garlic soaked in honey. It will benefit you if you:
- Suffer frequent infections
- malaria and typhoid fever
- inflammations and pains
- yeast infections including vaginal infection, sore throat, earache, cold and cough
- kills most drug resistant bacteria
- heals ulcers and many more
5. Cold Pressed Coconut oil
This another power but silent antibiotic best in empty stomach as it kills yeasts. Other Benefits of this oil on empty stomach include:
- Burns stomach fat
- heals ulcers
- kills bacteria and other microbes
- heals sore throat and reduce inflammations
- provides you with quality energy to kick start your day.
- Boost metabolism
6. Apples
Green apples isxa great detox food which is best taken in the morning after water therapy especially when you need to detox your body od toxins or during chronic constipation, it is rich in fibre that helps deal with constipation.
7. Cabbage juice with carrot 🥕
Carrot and cabbage juice in the morning is particularly great for those experiencing stomach ulcers. However, this remedy is better for those without insulin resistance. It can help also heal ulcers. Tackle constipation and strengthen stomach walls and reduce cases of intestinal bleeding .
8. White Garden Egg
I noticed lately that this particular fruit works well for prediabetics and diabetic, as it is low in calorie, rich in fibre and soft. Most raw vegetables are good to start your day with but make sure it is soft.
9. Fennel Tea
Fennel tea helps with stomach acid production, it helps prepare the stomach for digestion, tackles constipation and is a source of important nutrients like calcium and iron.
Apart from the above, there are several other foods that can help give you a good start especially when taken on empty stomach such as watermelon, lime with honey and warm water, ginger tea, pawpaw, apples, Bananas, kudin tea, lemon grass tea, tumeric, black seed tea and many others. It is important to avoid excess of any of these as that may give another unpleasant result.
Saturday 3 February 2024
Top Foods to Help lower Bad Cholesterol
Introduction
It is quite common these days to hear people complain of high cholesterol especially bad cholesterol. This is obviously due to our food choices and lifestyles especially consuming more of animal protein more of highly processed foods and a stressful lifestyle that we live, that is devoid of exercise. All these have contributed to the increase in the number of people with high cholesterol. it is a good idea to try as much as possible to avoid being diagnosed of high cholesterol because cholesterol is not easy to pull down when eventually they gather cholesterol are actually sticky wax that takes time to accumulate and so as they accumulate gradually over time, once they begin to pose problem to our health or present symptoms, Seeking medical attention is not a bad idea but most times after the medical laboratory tests and other investigations we may likely be placed on cholesterol lowering drugs which usually come with its own side effect though we may not be told about the side effect most times. High cholesterol may also trigger some other health problems like heart issues, symptoms of stroke, and even affecting other internal organs without our knowledge, organd like our liver and our kidney although sometimes high cholesterol may present no physical signs and symptoms but if we are alert to the warnings that our body normally send to us and signals, we may discover or suspect when our cholesterol is high and this is particularly common among older adults who are sensitive to what the body is saying to them. Sometimes the cholesterol actually may block blood from flowing to some important areas or organs as you can see in the above image in the diagram above, that is how bad cholesterol behaves they may block the heart or reduce blood flow to the heart, it can also reduce blood supply to some organs in the body and that is why we must make conscious effort to ensure that we do not consume foods that will buildup cholesterol along our arteries which is usually the location where these bad fat usually clog arteries, to avoid these things we must include high antioxidant-rich foods in our daily diet, and other healthy lifestyles.
Here are some common foods that can help lower cholesterol if we suspect high cholesterol, this is also in addition to regular exercise:
1. Avocadoes:
Consuming the fruit or using the oil is one of the top foods that can help to lower blood pressure because of its antioxidants and potassium content potassium is one of the nutrients that most people suffering from high blood pressure and fortunately fruits like avocados supply most of the nutrients that are missing in the diet and yet, it is a raw food because it's not cooked so the body uses it effectively to manage high blood pressure supplying nutrients needed especially when it's taken in moderation because it's a source of Calorie and such foods that are high in calorie must be taken cautiously when managing high cholesterol. High calorie food will not support fight against bad cholesterol when it's much so consuming eat moderately especially using it to replace carbohydrates temporarily temporarily in the diet is another way to deal with high bad cholesterol, it is a smart way to tackle high blood pressure too.
2. Olive oil
Cold pressed olive oil is another very powerful oil that supports good blood circulation and is very high in antioxidants and those who are managing high bad cholesterol must also be careful of fats in their diet because when the arteties are already tensed, bringing in more fats will push on the walls causing the blood pressure to continue to escalate, due to cholesterol blockage, so oils in the diet should be monitored and replaced with only healthy oils especially cold pressed like those found in olive oil the profile that supports good blood pressure and prevent incidences of stroke and other complications arising from clogging of arteries as a result of bad cholesterol.
3. Sardines and other fatty fish
Monday 29 January 2024
I Will be 60 this year, Here are New Additions to my list (part 1)
Thursday 25 January 2024
Better Consume your starchy vegetables these 6 Ways
I. Boil them by sprinkling some cinnamon powder during cooking and a sprinkle of sea salt too. The cinnamon powder helps with insulin resistance.
3. Boil by sprinkling tumeric and ginger powder during cooking which turns it to slightly yellow colour. It helps reduce inflammatory responses which is common with most starchy foods.
4. Consume it with healthy fats like avocados, olive oil, red oil, cold pressed coconut oil, peanut oil or other healthy oils you know.
5. Consume with green vegetables. It helps add fibre and support digestion and reduce insulin resistance arising most times due to lack of minerals and nutrients in the foods.
6. I noticed also that if you allow starchy vegetables like unriped plantain, sweet potatoes, local rice and any other starchy food to cool very well before consuming. It has better blood sugar effect.
7. In case you forgot or you could not wait for the starchy vegetable to cool before eating, after eating. drink a little cold water, not iced water. I notice it works too.
Those with high blood pressure should try these too because all mature adults must pay attention to their blood sugar. and check it occasionally. We believe in prevention.
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Wednesday 24 January 2024
12 Top Foods that helped me heal of stomach ulcer
Wednesday 17 January 2024
Are You Still Consuming Wheat products?🍞
Introduction
Are you still consuming Wheatbread because you think it is healthy or you just love the taste? if you have been consuming it especially storebought or processed wheat bread from the market then here are five reasons why you may need to reconsider your decision because recently I tried to enjoy the Wheatbread because it's been quite a while that I have been off it and of course it is very nice and quite filling especially for older adults and pre-diabetics even diabetics and so it went that I enjoyed it again then again. Here are the top 5 reasons why I may not want to try it again unless just a bite
1. It comes with Preservatives:
Store-bought or supermarket with bread comes with a lot of sugar preservatives and even sometimes added milk and other ingredients so if you are trying to clean up your body from toxins or you are managing some elements it's important to control the amount of toxins that goes into the body and with bread especially processed with bread from supermarket but store bought wheat bread should not be in the list because it will increase toxic overload in the body which will not help your fight against that ailment.
2. It contributes to Weight Gain
It contributes to weight gain some people have resorted to Wheatbread ignorantly with the hope and mind that it is high in fibre and will contribute to weight loss or may not lead to weight gain but the answer is No. A trial will also convince you that it is not the choice to make if you are trying to lose weight wheatbread should not be in your list because it will ultimately contribute to weight gain because of several other factors including the sugar added preservatives and sometimes milk that are added to enhance its taste for commercial purpose.
3. It raised my blood sugar.
It also has a tendency to raise blood sugar for those who are susceptible to it, if you are an older adult or you are conscious of your blood sugar or you're pre-diabetic or diabetic it is important to be very careful with wheat bread because it will not help or support the fight against that disease except once and you are taking a bite just like less than half a slice but anything that is high to say you are taking it for maybe your breakfast up to two or three slices continuously may not give you a desirable blood sugar.
4. It increases toxic overload
This may be due to several additives in the bread because most of the chemicals and other additives preservatives added toit tends to increase toxic overload in the body and if adequate water is not added it definitely will even lead to constipation instead of relieving constipation which is expected to be the hope of fibre consumer and in this case it does not really work that way probably because of the presence of gluten in it too.
5. It does not support brain Health
If you are consuming it frequently, You will soon notice or discover that it's not a brain food. if you are someone that listen to your body and listen to how your body is communicating, what your body is saying or how is communicating to you you will discover that is not a super food for the brain although it contains some vitamin B group of vitamins which helps to give energy, that is you feel energetic to do whatever you want to do because of the vitamin B group and that vitamin B group of vitamins is what actually contribute to its ability to lead to weight gain and don't we need the vitamin B in it? maybe we may just take a bite which is not very common with a lot of us
Summary:
In conclusion, consuming wheat once in a while in very small amount may not really cause health problem. But frequent consumption of it like in this case just consuming it for a whole week maybe four times or three times in a week may not give a good health result as observed in this case we should as a matter of fact reduce wheat and all its derivatives because of the gluten. Reduced it as much as possible it is obvious that it does not help when we are managing ailments and it's not only wheat but most of the grains comes with the same character of leading to weight gain and not really supporting fight against some degenerative diseases.