Cough treatment using Grapes

I’ve used Grapes as an effective home remedy for cough treatment. I get green seedless grapes. The grapes seem to tone up the lungs and act as an expectorant, relieving a simple cold and cough in a couple of days.

Of course all you have to do is eat them! (Cut up grapes for children)

I’ve also read that a cup of grape juice mixed with a teaspoon of honey is advised for cough relief.

Pumkin soup

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The Value of Carrot Juice

Beta carotene is the most active form of carotenoids, which are pigment substances in plants that can often form vitamin A. The major contributions vitamin A makes to the human body are to promote growth; for visual light and color; to prevent drying of the skin and eyes; for maintenance of the digestive and urinary tracts; and to enhance resistance to bacterial infection.

Vitamin A has also been linked to cancer prevention. A deficiency in vitamin A can cause symptoms such as night blindness; poor growth; dry skin; and xerophthalmia or "dry eye," which can promote blindness due to a lack of mucus production by the eye. Carrots also contain the vitamins B, C, D, E, and K; the minerals calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, and traces of other minerals; and a trace amount of protein.

Calcium helps to strengthen bones, teeth, and the intestinal walls. The high mineral levels in carrots contribute to healthy skin, hair, and nails. Carrots also work as a sort of cleanser for the liver, and when consumed regularly, can help the liver excrete fats and bile.

Detox Vegetable Broth

Adapted from The Tao of Detox, by Daniel Reid (Inner Traditions, 2006)

Simple Solution
Help clear away the ill effects of holiday over-indulgence with this nourishing and effective detoxifying broth! It is filled with vitalizing seasonal ingredients like pumpkin and carrots.

INGREDIENTS

1 3/4 quarts pure water
1 teaspoon Celtic Sea Salt
5 slices ginger root
2 finely chopped carrots
3 stalks finely chopped celery
1 cup finely chopped cabbage
1 cup finely chopped spinach
1 cup finely diced pumpkin
1 finely chopped squash
5 finely sliced shiitake mushrooms (fresh or dried)
1 cup chopped parsley

1. Place all ingredients in a non-reactive cooking pot. Bring to a full boil, then reduce heat to a simmer, cover partially, and let cook until liquid is reduced to about half.

2. Line a colander with a piece of cloth and strain the broth into a bowl. Discard the vegetable pulp and drink the broth with meals or as a snack between meals.

Sorting Oils

Saturated, Polyunsaturated, Monounsaturated -- What Does It All Mean?

Not all fats are the same. There are three kinds of fat -- saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated -- and foods contain a mixture of all three. Butter, for example, is 65 percent saturated, 4 percent polyunsaturated, and 30 percent monounsaturated fat. It's labeled as a saturated fat because that's the fat that occurs in the greatest amount.

Monounsaturated fats

* Are liquid at room temperature.
* May help lower your total blood cholesterol level.
* Are thought to raise HDL (good) cholesterol and lower LDL (bad) cholesterol levels.
* Are found in greatest abundance in canola, olive, and peanut oils.

Polyunsaturated fats

* Are liquid at room temperature.
* Are found mainly in vegetable oils, except tropical oils (coconut, palm, and palm kernel oils).
* Are thought to lower both HDL (good) and LDL (bad) cholesterol.
* Have been implicated in colon cancer.

Saturated fats

* Are usually solid at room temperature.
* Are found in many animal products and tropical oils.
* Cause the total blood cholesterol level to rise.

So what do you do with these facts? First, keep your calories from fat to 30 percent or less of your total calories. Less than a third of the fats you do eat should come from polyunsaturated fats. And less than another third of the fats you do eat should be saturated. The remaining calories should be from monounsaturated fat.

You won't need a chart to accomplish this. Just eat more chicken and fish and less pork and beef. And choose oils over solid fats.

Hydrogenation: A good oil turned saturated

Have you ever wondered how corn oil can turn into corn oil margarine? Or other vegetable oils become shortening? The process is called hydrogenation.

Hydrogenation is a process of changing a liquid oil into a hard or solid fat. Partial hydrogenation only changes some of the individual fat molecules from polyunsaturated to monounsaturated. More hydrogenation will then turn more polyunsaturated fats to monounsaturated fat or change monounsaturated fats to saturated fats. When enough have been changed, the oil becomes "visible" as a hard fat.

Food companies hydrogenate oils either to improve their shelf life or to make an oil into margarine or shortening. When oils are fully hydrogenated, the process turns them into saturated fats...the fat to be avoided.

The oil that may have been heart-healthy in the beginning, may then be no better than lard--so watch out.

Importance of Clean Water For Your Health

Water Can Heal! Water is the essence of life! Drinking enough clean water is the first priority for mental and physical health. Water can prevent and alleviate many of our symptoms. Drinking plenty of water is even more critical during physical therapy and healing process. Detoxation requires a large amount of water to flush the "contaminants" out of your body.

Water Cure - Recomended Insight


75 % of our bodies are composed of water. The brain is 85% water.
If you don’t take enough water, some functions of the body will suffer. Dehydration produces system disturbances.

Recipe -Grilled Apple Rings

1/3 c. sugar
1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
4 med. baking apples, cored and cut crosswise into 1-inch slices
1/4 c. margarine, melted

Mix sugar and cinnamon; reserve.
Brush both sides of apple slices with margarine.
Grill apples 3-4 inches from medium coals 8 minutes; turn.
Sprinkle with sugar mixture (sugar melts while other side browns).
Grill 5-10 minutes