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There Are So Many Food Secrets I’d Like To Share With You And I Will Cover Some Of Them. Real Foods Are Better Than Just Relying On Supplements When You Know The Treasures Some Foods Are Endowed With.

Published on Leave a comment on Spicy Goodness: Special Therapeutic Benefits Of Ginger Saffron And Turmeric

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Years

Whoever Said Great Tasting Food Can't Be Good For You? I Think They Got That Idea From Sugary Fatty Snacks And Desserts. Yes, Spices Are Good For You! Especially These Three Spices. Some People's System Can't Handle Them Due To Certain Food Intolerance Of-course And There Are People Who Can Handle Some Spices But Not Others. The Benefits Listed In This Post Will Give You Plenty Of Reasons To Venture With Ginger, Saffron And Turmeric. Therapeutic Benefits Of Herbs And Spices Have Been Well Attested For Centuries - The Medical Profession Was The New Kid On The Block (the alternative, not the other way round). Never-the-less, You May Be Interested To Know There Is Much Scientific Validation To The Beneficial Properties And Effects Of Turmeric In Recent Times And Ginger And Saffron Are Claiming Attention More Recently, For Good Reasons.

One staggers at the ignorance and sometimes arrogance of statements made by Medicos. I had a MD/GP smirk at the idea of me saying I would use Slippery Elm Powder for a digestive upset with reflux some years ago (you mix it with some warm water).…

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Published on 1 Comment on What Are The Health Benefits Of Raw Honey? Its Good To Be Informed.

By Jennifer Berry

EVERY FAMILY PANTRY SHOULD HAVE SOME!

I FOUND THIS ARTICLE WHEN HONEY CAME UP AGAIN IN MY RESEARCH THIS WEEK. I HAVE RESEARCHED HONEY MANY TIMES IN RECENT YEARS BECAUSE I LOVE ITS BENEFITS AND IT ABSOLUTELY INTRIGUES ME – NEVER FAILS TO FASCINATE ME. I LOVE TO TASTE HONEY FROM DIFFERENT FLOWERS – IT’S A BIT LIKE ENJOYING DIFFERENT CHEESES OR WINES.

Do You Know The Benefits Of RAW HONEY And How To Make Sure It IS Raw Honey?

ONLY, WE MUST BE VERY CAREFL TO MAKE SURE IT IS RAW HONEY WE ARE BUYING, NOT PASTEURIZED, AND NOT ADULTERATED WITH CHEAP TOXIC HGCS (High Glucose Corn Syrup) ETC. NASTY MANUFACTURERS! ALSO, BEWARE OF CHEAP “PURE HONEY” IMMITATIONS THAT CONTAIN VERY LITTLE NUTRITIONAL VALUE AND ARE DEVOID OF THE THERAPUETIC BENEFITS RAW HONEY OFFERS YOU. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE.

CONTENTS:

What is it?  Antioxidants  Nutrition  Antibacterial  Wounds  Coughs Diarrhea  Brain Health  Risks  Choosing honey  Storage  Summary

People have used Raw Honey in traditional medicine for hundreds of years. This sweet, natural substance contains healthful elements that processed honey does not have.

Honey provides a range of health benefits.…

Published on Leave a comment on The Benefits Of Wholesome ‘Spelt’ Ancient Grains Instead Of ‘Modern Wheat’

MANY OF US HAVE BECOME AWARE OF HOW ANTI-NUTRITIONAL WHEAT (Modern Wheat) IS, HAVING BEEN HYBRIDISED SO MANY TIMES - IT'S GLUTEN IS ACTUALLY BAD FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST CELIACS. THERE IS ALSO A SURGE OF INTEREST IN ANCIENT GRAINS LIKE SPELT AND QUINOA AND KHORASAN WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN HYBRIDISED. JUST RECENTLY, I HAD MY FIRST EXPERIENCE MAKING SPELT BREAD AND SPELT & KHORASAN BREAD IN A BREADMAKER. HAVE BEEN MAKING A FEW TOO MANY EXCEPTIONS WITH WHEAT CRACKERS AND SEED BREADS (basically wheat bread) AT ALDI'S. NOW I CAN MAKE MY OWN and NO NEED FOR CRACKERS, MY WHOLESOME BREAD IS NATURALLY CRISPY ON THE OUTSIDE AND SOFT INSIDE. YUM!

What Is Spelt?

Spelt is an ancient grain widely recognized for its many health benefits. Triticum spelta, the scientific name for spelt, is a hardier and more nutritious cousin to modern wheat (Triticum aestivum). Some taxonomists classify spelt as a parent of wheat.

One of the earliest domesticated grains, spelt hasn’t changed since Biblical times. It remains unaffected by concepts such as ‘agribusiness’, ‘cross-breeding,’ ‘hybridization’ and ‘genetically modified’ – words that have come to dominate our modern food supply.…

Published on Leave a comment on Why Is There So Much SOY In Everything? We Should Stand Up To These Manufacturers!

By Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Years

“NO, I DON’T WANT SOY WITH THAT”

Diet Shakes With Soy (added) Bread With Soy, Schnitzel With Soy, Burgers With Soy, Quiche With Soy, Chorizo With Soy Etc Get The Picture? And Everyone Says “YES!”……….”We Don’t Want Soy!” It’s In Almost Everything You Can Think Of. Yes Anything You Can Imagine, If You Haven’t Checked The Packets, Cans And Labels. And We Should Tell Them “NO! I’m Not Buying That”……..Your Best Way To Protest is: Speak Up And Leave The Products On The Shelves (this is more effective in numbers, the more of us the better, don’t wait for someone else). Tell The Cafes, Bakeries And Restaurants “NO SOY”……. Give These Manufacturers, Shops And Venues A Hard Time, So They Have To Take Notice Of Us. Enough IS Enough. They’ve Placed Enough Impositions On Us (for convenience, to cut corners) Lets Impose Our Standards On Them – We’re Far Too Passive, We Didn’t Speak Up. Friends, We Need To Do This.

I Will Give You Enough Reasons To In This Post. Is SOY Healthy? NO! One Of The Major Mistakes Made By Professionals And Health Stores Alike And Now We Have This Problem.…

Published on Leave a comment on What Is Our Microbiome? Find Out In The Interest Of Better Health. Discover The Benefits Of Homemade Kefir Kombucha And Kimchi

Did You Hear About This Discovery? Our Body Is Home To About 100 Trillion Bacteria And Other Microbes, In And On Our Body Collectively Known As Our Microbiome – 10 Times The Number Of Body Cells And We Have Not Even Known About This In Western Countries Until Recent Times. But Some Countries In Europe Have Been Practicing Healthy Diets Etc To Look After It For Generations. In Doing So, It Confers Many Benefits. This Microbiome Consists Of Healthy And Unhealthy Bacteria And The Ratio Varies From Person To Person. A Healthy Microbiome Is One Of The Reasons Why Some People Are Blessed With Really Good Health. Having A Diet And Sleep And Exercise That Favours Healthy Flora (bacteria) In Your Microbiome Is A Good Way To Ensure Against Things Like Overweight And Cholesterol And Strengthen The Integrity Of Your Immune System.

Looking After Gut Flora (Bacteria)

Have you heard of Kefir and Kombucha, Kimchi and Sauerkraut? They are fermented drinks and food staples you feed and nurture your Microbiome with that favours healthy bacteria over unhealthy bacteria and outnumbers them. So incorporating some practices to multiply them will help them to play a dominant role for you so you enjoy better health.…

Published on Leave a comment on To Salt Or Not To Salt? That Is The Question – Some Facts Will Surprise You!

Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher

An interesting question. I remember standing at a Bakery counter about 20 years ago when I bought a quiche as did someone next to me. We asked for a little salt to be sprinkled on them and the reply was, they can't do that, they don't have any salt shaker in the place and they don't use salt. Talk about extremists, they were determining what we could or could not do, based on medical blurb I call paranoia.

At that time, "No Salt" was being promoted - many people joined in the craze and some Cafes weren't placing salt shakers on their tables anymore. Being a Researcher, I commented to the other person that I had worked out about 10 things that can go wrong with our health if we don't have salt in our diet, some weeks before and listed them by memory to her. 5 related to Sodium deficiency and 5 related to Chloride deficiency. Imagine, no salt with egg? Yuck!

I've heard and read the other side of the argument that made some sense to me 1. that certain foods have some naturally occurring Sodium in them but who has those every day?…

Published on Leave a comment on Reasons For Weight Gain: These Are Some Of Them – See What You Find.

Janet Vargas - Independent Natural Health Researcher 30+ Years

Real Foods and Moderate Exercise are the BEST way to Slim and to Maintain GOOD HEALTH. Be aware that Low Fat Diets and Artificial Sweeteners are damaging. So is Strenuous Exercise – they will not help you!

Truth of the matter is, you would be far better following a few IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES, knowing what to AVOID and trying some GOOD NUTRITIOUS Dieting, than all the Fad Diets out there. Especially Chemist and Supermarket brands. Most Slimming Diets are Gimmicky – they are flawed and Cleverly Marketed through the POWER OF PERSUASION. Sometimes there is a Diet that worked for SOME PEOPLE who really gave it their Best Effort and things worked In Their Favour. Those Weight Loss Programs have a Principle of some kind working for them, not everyone responds to and they are very expensive.

The companies are happy to show you Before and After photos and tell you it works for everyone, which is a Lie of-course because different things work for different people and results vary with the individual. No-one’s bio-chemistry is the same but they are happy to tell you “Our Product Will Work For You”…… that my friend is Commercialism (enterprise for your dollar).…

Published on Leave a comment on 12 Japanese Secrets: Why They Live Longer And Healthier – See What You Can Find!

HOW IS IT THAT JAPANESE PEOPLE OFTEN LIVE TO 100 YEARS OR MORE? AND HOW IS IT THAT THEIR KIDS ARE SO HEALTHY? COULD IT BE THAT THINGS START AT AN EARLY AGE AND CONTINUE AS A LIFESTYLE THROUGHOUT LIFE? COULD WE REAP SOME OF THE BENEFITS BY ADOPTING SOME OF THEIR SECRETS INTO OUR LIFESTYLE? WE SHALL SEE. RESULTS VARY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY.

Two Articles Here - 12 Tips!

Want To Live Longer? Borrow These 6 Healthy Habits From The Japanese

By Samantha Cassetty, RD from Today.Com August 2020

Japan has more centenarians than almost any other nation on earth. Take  these 6 secrets to a longer, healthier life.

Want to live to 100? Take a page from the Japanese. Japan has the highest number of people per capita over the age of 100 than anywhere else in the world. There may be some genetic differences at play, but there are also diet and lifestyle practices that lead to longer lifespans with fewer of the chronic illnesses — like heart disease and type 2 diabetes — that are common in the United States. You can improve your health by borrowing these six habits that are rooted in Japanese culture.…