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Ginger could manage diabetes. Ginger, the common spice and ancient Asian remedy, could have the power to help manage the high levels of blood sugar which create complications for long-term diabetic patients, a University of Sydney study reports.

Ginger could manage diabetes.

The study, published in the prestigious natural product journal Planta Medica, reveals the potential power of ginger to control blood glucose by using muscle cells. Photographic Series Showing What 200 Calories Looks Like in Different Foods. Photographic Series Showing What 200 Calories Looks Like in Different Foods.

Photographic Series Showing What 200 Calories Looks Like in Different Foods

Vitamin C In Cancer Prevention And Treatment: Was Linus Pauling Right All Along? Vitamin D myths, facts and statistics. Fifteen facts you probably never knew about vitamin D and sunlight exposure.

Vitamin D myths, facts and statistics

(Compiled by Mike Adams, based on an interview with Dr. Michael Holick, author, The UV Advantage) Vitamin D prevents osteoporosis, depression, prostate cancer, breast cancer, and even effects diabetes and obesity. Vitamin D is perhaps the single most underrated nutrient in the world of nutrition. Jesus healed using cannabis, study shows.

Vegetarianism Can Reduce Your Risk of Death Over 30% and Add 9 Years To Your Life. According to two large studies, vegetarians are a third less likely to need hospital treatment for heart disease or die from it, and the diet could mean living nine additional years than you might consuming meat based diets according the the findings.

Vegetarianism Can Reduce Your Risk of Death Over 30% and Add 9 Years To Your Life

The largest study of its kind found vegetarians have healthier hearts than those who eat meat or fish. It is thought the benefits come from lower blood pressure and improved cholesterol levels through eating low-fat diets based on vegetables, whole grains and fruit. In the first study of almost 45,000 volunteers included a high proportion of vegetarians -- 34 per cent -- and mostly women, which resulted in ‘clear findings’, said researchers. Co-author Professor Tim Key, deputy director of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the University of Oxford, said: ‘The results clearly show the risk of heart disease in vegetarians is about a third lower than in non-vegetarians.’ Gary Null Power Foods. Holy Basil Herb Varieties and Basils Healing Power and Side Effects.

Holy basil, or tulsi (in Sanskrit), is revered and worshipped by Hindus.

Holy Basil Herb Varieties and Basils Healing Power and Side Effects

Aside from its religious significance, the herb has a substantial medicinal connotation and is extensively used in ayurveda. By Rajgopal Nidamboor A tropical, much-branched herb, holy basil has small leaves with a pleasantly divine smell, aromatic taste, and purple flowers. There are two basil varieties: green and red. Red holy basil has a stronger smell. Medicinal Uses and Health Benefits of Basil. Basil is a common herb in most of our kitchens, but did you know that, besides tasting good in our chicken and pasta dishes, it can be of use toward having more healthy bodies?

Medicinal Uses and Health Benefits of Basil

It is an excellent alternative health treatment for many minor ailments. Grown originally in Asia and the Middle East, basil traveled the world along the spice trail. Millet Nutrition, Benefits & Uses: Your Guide to this No-Gluten, High Vitamin B & High Calcium Grain-like Seed. Vegetarian Resource Group. VRG > Vegetarian Journal > 2009 Issue 2 > FAQs About Vitamin D Subscribe to the Vegetarian Journal.

Vegetarian Resource Group

Paul Stamets: Place Mushrooms in Sunlight to Get Your Vitamin D: Part One. What Is The Dosage Of Kelp For An Average Person? When you swim in the ocean and your foot brushes against a piece of algae, it's a natural reaction to flail until you're clear of the slimy plant.

What Is The Dosage Of Kelp For An Average Person?

Companion Planting. Health Benefits of Onions - Over 10 Reasons to Love Onions. ByMike BarrettApril 22nd, 2012Updated 04/15/2013 at 5:08 am If you habitually separate the onions in your food because you do not want to eat them, then it’s time for you to change your ways.

Health Benefits of Onions - Over 10 Reasons to Love Onions

There are simply too many health benefits of onions for you not to eat them! Many foods act as overall health boosters simply from consumption – onions are in this healthful food group. Nutritional Content of Onions: When compared to some other fruit and vegetables, onions just don’t seem to offer the most powerful nutritional punch, but the vegetables certainly still has much to offer.

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Hemp Milk Made Easy. If you ever run out of nut milk or organic milk and don't have time to soak the almonds, fret not for those hemp seeds in your freezer/fridge can come to the rescue.

Hemp Milk Made Easy

It takes less than a minute to prepare fresh, purely delicious homemade hemp milk. 1 cup hemp seeds 3 cups filtered water 2 medjool dates (pitted) - optional pinch salt 1 tsp vanilla extract Put all the ingredients in a powerful blender (I use a Vitamix) and let it run for 45 seconds. Skip the dates and salt if you are watching your sugar or sodium in take. Unbelievably ripped 77-year-old bodybuilder credits vegan diet for superfit body - National Celebrity Fitness and Health. Professional bodybuilder Jim Morris has the ripped-to-shreds physique that few men of any age can achieve, let alone a senior citizen. But Morris, 77, is proof that exercise and eating well are indeed the keys to the fountain of youth. Guerrilla Gardening Seed Bomb Guide. I’m Sick Of Rich People Telling Me How To Spend My Money. (But I Think This Guy Is Onto Something.)

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