20 Healthy Reasons To Love Strawberries

Here’s a great find about strawberries!

1 – Prevents Hypertension: Strawberry contains potassium and magnesium, which are both highly effective in lowering high blood pressure or Hypertension caused by sodium.

2 – Prevents Leukemia: Strawberries also have a very good therapeutic effect for preventing leukemia, anemia (lack of blood) and blood diseases.

3 – Digestive Support: Strawberry contains soluble fiber and Vitamin C that can help stimulate the secretion of salivary and gastric juices, thereby improving the digestion of starchy and protein foods, and prevents constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.

4 – Hearty Health: Strawberry contains fiber, potassium, folate, anti-oxidants vitamin C, anthocyanidins, and flavonoids (quercetin), that helps reduce the risk of atherosclerosis, lowers homocysteine levels, platelet built up, blood clotting, and reduces LDL cholesterol. Strawberry also contains Vitamin B which strengthens the heart muscle.

5 – Anti Cancer: Strawberry is high in antioxidant with flavonoids, Vitamin C, and also phytochemicals called ellagik acid that fight oxidation, inhibiting tumor growth and decreasing inflammation in the body, and preventing damages caused by free radicals in our body.

6 – Boots Immune System: Strawberries are very rich in vitamin C, which plays a key role in enhancing immune system function, as well as in preventing and fighting infectious diseases such as flu and cold.

7 – Strengthens Bones: Along withpotassium, vitamin K and magnesium, strawberry contains manganese, a mineral that helps maintain bone formation and bone structure.

8 – Anti Inflammation: Antioxidants and the flavonoid- Anthocyanidin, in strawberries help inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX), reduce inflammation in the joints that can lead to asthma, intestinal bleeding, gout, artherosclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

9 – Healthy Brain: Strawberry contains iodine and folate, support the brain and nervous system, and help improve memory, concentration and the brain’s ability to process information. A variety of antioxidants also play a role in preventing brain cell damage that can lead to dementia.

10 – Anti-Anemic: Strawberries can help prevent and fight certain types of anemia, due to their high content in folate, which is essential for the synthesis of hemoglobin, the protein in red cells responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body.

11 – Anti-Coagulant: Strawberries contains moderate amount of acetylsalicylic acid, that helps thin blood and prevent blood clots formation, thereby reducing pressure on the heart and improving its function.

12 – Diuretic: The high content in potassium found in strawberries enhances diuresis, which contributes to detoxifying the body, as well as regulating blood pressure.

13 – Calms the Nerves: Consuming strawberries, as fruit or juice, stimulates the release of serotonin, which improves mood and is responsible for a feeling of relaxation and a general sense of well-being.

14 – Skin Tonic: Strawberry contain vitamin C, Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs), salicylic acid, ellagic acid, antioxidants, flavonoids and exfoliants , that help remove dead cells, tighten pores, remove impurities, soothe allergies, removing age spots, freckles, wrinkles and blemishes, protects the skin against the sun’s harmful UV rays, and clear acne. Being astringent in nature strawberries can reduce puffiness and circles beneath the eyes.

15 – Prevents Alopecia: Strawberry is abundant in folic acid, vitamins B5 and B6, and ellagic acid, protects your hair from thinning or falling and delays onset of androgenetic alopecia. Manganese and copper in combination with dicarboxylic acids produce complexes that can inhibit fungal growth on the scalp.

16 – Fights Allergies: Anti-inflammatory effects of Vitamin C and quercetin, help alleviate symptoms of asthma and allergies including runny nose, watery eyes and hives.

17 – Diabetes: Strawberries have low glycemic index, are rich in fiber, and contain fisetin, a flavonoid, which helps to regulate blood sugar levels and reduce diabetic complications such as kidney disease and neuropathy.

18 – Pregnancy: Adequate folic acid intake is essential for pregnant women to protect against neural tube defects in infants.

19 – Depression: Folate in strawberries combats depression by preventing an excess of homocysteine formation, that interferes with the production of the feel-good hormones-serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, which regulate not only mood, but sleep and appetite as well.

20 – Eyes: Strawberries provide abundant Vitamin C that your eyes need to protect from free radical damage from the sun’s UV rays and to strengthen the cornea and retina of our eyes, and preventing eye related diseases like cataracts.

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Watermelons!

The weather is getting warm in NYC and there’s nothing like a big, juicy, chilled watermelon.
Here are some benefits of watermelons -

• prevents heart disease
• prevents prostate cancer
• reduces cravings
• high in vitamin C
• helps deal with stress
• anti-inflammatory & antioxidant support
• improves cardiovascular function
• reduces body fat
• a natural diuretic which helps increase the flow of urine
• great immune support

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The Power Of Triphala

Ama, or toxins accumulate in the body especially when your digestion or elimination is out of balance.  And these days, with all the crap that I’m sure we all eat from time to time, puts our bodies out of balance.  And when out of balance, the body craves to be cleansed.  Signals are given to us when digestion or elimination is not up to par, for example, you may feel fatigue, lack of sleep, foul smell form body, breakouts, etc.  This is where the power of Triphala does the job!

Triphala is made up of 3 powerful fruits – Amalaki, Bibhitaki and Haritaki.  Each of these fruits contain balancing and rejuvenative  qualities known as Rasayana.  Basically, tripahala is a mild laxative and when used over a long period of time, the deepest level of tissues and organs become free of toxins.

Here are some more powerful benefits of triphala -

• purifies the urine
• cleanses and tones the digestive tract
• detoxifies the liver
• clears all channels of circulation
• nourishes eyes and skin
• maintains good cholesterol
• contains anti-inflammatory & anti-viral properties
• maintains regularity
• natural antioxidant

Get your hands on some!

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Walnut = Brain

Did you ever take a walnut, remove it from its shell and notice that it looks like the human brain?!  Well, it does!

Did you know that just a handful of walnuts everyday helps reduce your chances of heart disease, diabetes and cancer?

Here are some more benefits-

• Promotes good health for the brain! 
• Make sure you eat the skin of the walnut because 90% of the nutrients are on the skin.
• Contains a great amount of omega 3.
• Relieves irritable bowel syndrome
• Lowers cholesterol
• Reduces blood pressure
• Anti-inflammatory
• Has a potent phytonutrient quinone juglone, which is abundant in walnuts that destroys cancer and precancerous cells leaving healthy tissue intact.
• Decreases LDL cholesterol
• Increases sperm health

Benefits of Avocados

Avocados are really good for you and have such great health benefits.

They're great on your cholesterol level
Blood sugar regulation
Blood pressure
Great on digestion
The heart
The brain
The eyes
Anti-inflammatory
Anti-cancer
High level of natural fiber
Anti-oxidant booster
Boosts immune system
Promotes healthy bones because of its Vitamin K contents

A Handful of Sunflower Seeds

A handful of sunflower seeds a day can lower cholesterol, are anti-inflammatory and has a great source of magnesium.

Kale

As you all already know, my mother makes us all eat healthy by giving us a variety of fresh vegetables everyday!
We've been eating a lot of kale.
And it's delicious!
Especially the many different ways my mom cooks it.
Here's why we have kale once a week.

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Cloves & Toothache

I had a check up at the dentist today and all looks well.

My dentist asked if I was feeling any discomfort or pain anywhere in my mouth especially the teeth.

I said no, but if I were to what can I do.

He said I can use Orajel or Anbesol.

These medicines can cause allergic reactions and other side effects. 

That's when I told him about cloves and if used properly it can relieve toothache! 

Cloves have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antioxidant, and anesthetic properties that help relieve tooth pain.  

You can chew on a clove to release tooth pain or use clove oil around the teeth and gums.