🍏 ACV is the secret superfood that is able to quickly balance your PH and boost your health!

Drinking diluted Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) can lead to several truly extraordinary health benefits. In this article we are going to explore a handful of of them and hopefully convince you to give this very well deserved Superfood a try. I realize that drinking Vinegar may not sound as pleasing as sprinkling it on your chips but as soon as you've discovered some of the impressive ways in which it'll improve your well being I am confident you are going to be looking for excuses to incorporate more of it in your diet plan.

Are You Ready to Find Out What ACV Can Do For You? Read on…

Lowering Your Blood Pressure Levels

Yes we decided to kick off with a biggie. ACV contains acetic acid, which is nothing like other acids. It's a good one! Acetic acid is often utilized in medicinal applications and has been shown to help reduce blood sugar, increase blood circulation in the intestines as well as reduce hypertension.

Drinking undiluted ACV can help you shed extra pounds

A great deal more research is required in this area to be able to claim 'scientifically proven' but you will find quite a lot of anecdotal confirmation that would suggest ACV is a miracle liquid in the case of weight loss. Some research does indeed exist that promotes this idea, individuals that were given ACV drops on bread reported feeling much more satisfied when compared with a test group although eating less. The results of the research suggest that adding ACV to what you eat will cause one to feel full earlier, thereby, you take in far fewer calories. The experiments concluded that this affect could lead to an average intake of two hundred and fifty lower calories each day.

Reduces the threat of cardiac disease

Lowering your blood pressure level is clearly a step in the right direction when it comes to good cardiovascular health but that's not all ACV has to offer. It also contains chlorogenic acid, which happens to be the antioxidant responsible for stopping LDL cholesterol from oxidising. This is certainly vital for a healthy cardiovascular system and a significant factor to the avoidance of coronary disease.

Can make your food more healthy and nutritious

ACV boosts the nutritional value of whatever you consume, and not by using it as a condiment, by drinking it. A diluted ACV solution ingested before food can improve the PH value of your gut acids making the digestive function more effective at getting all those lovely little vitamins and minerals from the food you consume and into our bodies. Helping your digestive organs has other benefits too, it will help reduce bloatedness and indigestion by destroying undesirable micro-organisms and sterilising the intestinal tract.

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Apple Cider Vinegar Increases the bodies Alkalinity

This one shocks most people so we're planning to check it out in a little more depth. Vinegar is acidic, and as a consequence of our bad diet of refined food and treats, our bodies tend to be acidic as well, so you would probably imagine that consuming a vinegar solution will make everything worse, right? Well certainly, it does… if you consume ordinary vinegar. But ACV is not like ordinary vinegar. As ACV breaks down inside your body it has an alkalising effect, therefore it naturally shifts the bodies PH towards alkaline. And why is that great news? For two good reasons. One, most harmful microorganisms and viruses simply cannot live in an alkaline environment and two, whenever the body isn't alkaline enough it'll take calcium from your bones to make an attempt to maintain a PH balance. It's this calcium leeching process that leads to a lot of people suffering from early onset osteoporosis.

It makes you tougher!

ACV is very good news for your muscles. It possesses high levels of potassium, which is 1 of 7 essential minerals that your body needs to work properly. If you don't have enough potassium in your diet you'll experience muscular cramps and twitching. ACV will certainly stop that. The acetic acid in ACV also increases your muscles capacity to convert carbohydrate into energy, which is the power that the body needs to have when you go to the gym!

ACV helps to keep candida under control

Everyone has candida in our gut, and occasionally (particularly if we have a poor diet) it gets a tad unmanageable. The result… sore joints, digestive difficulties, stinky breath as well as feeling absolutely knackered for no good reason.

ACV has powerful anti-fungal characteristics that keep candida under control. So if you've been feeling any of the above symptoms, maybe you ought to take a closer look at ACV and start introducing it to your health routine.

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Seven good reasons that you should be adding Tumeric to your eating plan

If you appreciate Superfoods, you will be in love with Turmeric!

Turmeric isn't a commonly used ingredient in the West but its popularity is growing quickly, and with good reason. In the East, its medicinal properties have been known for many years and it is used in Chinese and Indian medicine too.

So why are people so excited with Turmeric?

Does it deserve its place in our SuperFood hall of fame? Let's take a look at 7 benefits of adding Turmeric to your diet…

Turmeric can decrease your cholesterol level

Curcumin is the ingredient in turmeric that's responsible for its remarkable health benefits. Curcumin reduces your cholesterol levels in 3 very powerful ways. First, it reduces the time that cholesterol spends in the blood stream. Second, it stops the oxidation of LDL cholesterol due to its antioxidant properties and third, it helps to boost the efficiency of LDL cholesterol by increasing the receptors. All of which results in significantly improved cardiovascular health.

Lowers the pain from (and spread of) arthritis

During tests, the curcumin that is found in turmeric was proven to be as effective as a traditional anti-inflammatory medicine for joint stiffness. Introducing turmeric to your food plan will have a notable impact on the quality of your life, especially if you are a sufferer of rheumatoid arthritis. Likewise, the antioxidant qualities found in curcumin help to eliminate free radicals from the body. Free radicals can be extremely troublesome for people with arthritis because they damage cell membranes which is one of the main causes of joint pain.

Turmeric allows you to retain healthy thyroid functionality

Thyroid problems are extremely widespread in todays society and can contribute to all manor of issues, including weight gain, dry skin, constipation, numbness or tingling in the hands brittle nails, and even thinning hair. Manganese is a vital mineral that's essential for correct thyroid function. Turmeric is rich in Manganese and helps you to make a great step towards a healthy and better functioning thyroid. Given the large list of symptoms (and we only touched on a few, there are many many more) that are a result of a poorly functioning thyroid, its a very good idea for you health, well-being and future medical expenses to start adding turmeric to your diet.

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Lessons swelling and pain

When compared to traditional medical anti-inflammatories, curcumin (prevalent in turmeric) wins hands down. The compounds that cause pain and inflammation are known as mediators, and they hunt in packs! Most traditional anti-inflammatories or NSAIDs target a couple of these mediators but curcumin targets dozens! The result… more efficient, natural and complete pain release, and non of the nasty side affects associated with regular remedies!

(Very possibly) Increases your memory and helps make you smarter!

A food that can make you smart ? I don't think much else can make a food more worthy of the esteemed title 'SuperFood' than its ability to improve your intelligence.

Curcumin strengthens brain function and lowers the risk of brain disease by promoting the neurotrophic factor. As we grow, neurons build new connections and our ability to understand and remember more information increases. The hormone that facilitates this process is called the brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF). Decreased levels of this hormone have been linked to many common brain conditions, such as Alzheimers and depression.

Curcumin increases BDNF levels, which can help our brains do what they are supposed to do… grow, learn more things and make us wiser, although more research is needed to prove that we actually do get smarter. An increase of BDNF could also prevent, and maybe even reverse, the affects of several age-related brain functioning problems.

Can help to prevent, and possible even treat, cancer

During scientific tests on animals, curcumin was shown to help reduce metastasis (the spread of cancer) decrease angiogenesis (the growth of blood vessels in tumors) and even kill cancerous cells. During a second study (this time on people) curcumin reduced colon lesions in 44 adult males by 40% over 30 days. Although the study wasn't on men actually suffering from cancer, colon lesions can become cancerous, so it's a significant indicator that curcumin may possibly help prevent cancer.

A natural beauty remedy

So far we've discussed some of the excellent health benefits of turmeric, but did you know it can make you more beautiful as well!

For generations women in Asia have been using turmeric as a natural beauty treatment. Its powerful beautifying properties have been praised for their power to reduce acne, treat eczema, reduce dark circles from under the eyes, reduce the appearance of signs of aging, reduce scarring and even remove sun spots.

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🍪 Delicious and Healthy Cookies?

Regular cookies (they don't need to be chocolate chip) are full of sugar and refined white flower.

We are going to look at to sugar later. First, let's have a quick delve into the terrifying truth of refined white flower.

Why is white flour bad for you?

Whole grain is made up of three pieces. From the outside moving in we have the bran, which happens to be an awesome source of fibre, B vitamins and anti-oxidant, after that we have the endosperm (the part that a lot of people haven't heard of!) this is the least nutritional part of the grain, and mostly consists of starch. Last of all, at the heart, there is the germ, that has healthy proteins, minerals, fat and more B vitamins.

As you've probably already guessed, the refining system which is used to produce white flower disgards the bran along with the germ and just focusses on the endosperm. The part of the grain which has the least nutritional value.

Flour, and ultimately cookies (and bread, and a whole range of other things) which is made from the endosperm is incredibly bad for your health. So just why do they make it? Why does refined white flour even exist? Because it stays fresh longer. And foods that stay fresh for longer make a lot more profit. (which evidently is way more important than our well being, right!?)

Refined white flower can cause an entire host of health issues. Including but certainly not limited to: gaining weight, diabetes, coronary disease, tumors, digestion problems, the list continues!

The sugar

Sugar gets such a bad rep already that I don't think I have to beat it down anymore. We are all aware it's bad for us… but it makes stuff taste better, so we keep eating it.

A lot of things are just as good without sugar too. Oatmeal cookies are a great example. They get their sweetness from more healthy alternatives to sugar, including honey, cinnamon, vanilla extract, raisins, or maybe even chocolate!

Oatmeal cookies are also made using whole wheat flower, which includes all of the healthy parts of the grain, exactly like nature intended.

I also feel that I ought to say that they actually taste better as well! Don't you think? To me at least, oatmeal cookies are much more indulgent and sophisticated than regular cookies… and don't get me started on oatmeal cookies with stem ginger! They always get the top secret hiding place at the back of the pans! Far too good for kids!

 

🐝 Manuka Honey includes several incredible health boosting features, for example, do you know...

Manuka Honey earns a place in our super food wall of fame due to the impressive health benefits it provides. All honeys (apart from ‘hip hop hunnies’) are good for you, but Manuka takes the royal crown.

Here are 5 brilliant reasons that you ought to be grabbing yourself a jar of Manuka Honey…

Improve your immune system

Forget about the flu jab, Manuka honeys immune-boosting characteristics help make it a wonderful pro-active answer to an extremely common problem. Just 2-3 teaspoons a day will keep those pesky winter blues in check. In case you’ve already come down with a nasty bug, then a lovely hot glass of water with a teaspoon of Manuka Honey will have you feeling chipper in next to no time.

An incredible alternative to conventional medicines without the horrible side effects!

Making IBS much less Irritating!

If you have Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) then I certainly won’t have to sell you on this one. Laboratory experiments have verified that Manuka Honey (taken orally) helps to reduce colonic inflation as well as defend against structural damage. And we are all aware how important it is to have a happy colon!

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An All Natural Cough Remedy

Ever noticed how many over-the-counter cough syrups are honey flavoured? There’s a really good reason for this, honey contains hydrogen peroxide. However, Manuka Honey works much better, not only due to its unusually high levels of hydrogen peroxide, but because it also includes numerous bioactive agents which are missing from lesser honeys.

Immune Boosting Qualities

Laboratory tests show that Manuka Honey includes properties the have the ability to raise the production of cytokine. These essential proteins help support a healthy immune response inside the body.

This, together with the higher nutritional value of Manuka honey makes it a powerhouse for boosting the immune system, helping to protect you from illness and also keeping the body’s most vital system in perfect condition.

Reduces Balding

Manuka Honey is high in amino acids, minerals and B-complex vitamins, which are food for the scalp! Just blend a teaspoon of Manuka Honey with a gentle conditioner to stimulate and nourish your hair follicles and put a stop to pre-mature hair loss.

Manuka Honey is not only excellent news for your hair at the root end, it’s also xcellent for the tips! The hygroscopic characteristics of Manuka Honey prevents split ends and frizz!

To learn more great ways that Manuka Honey can help you, and to grab your free Manuka Honey Cook book, click here!

 

 

🍅 Pass the ketchup... on second thoughts, maybe not!

Many times it's not the food which we eat that's making us put on weight, it's the condiments that we put on the food. Today we'll be taking a look at probably the biggest condiment culprits... ketchup!

I really like tomato ketchup, I use it everythingthat I eat. So this particular one pushes a few personal buttons for me.

Tomatoes are good for you, correct?

Ketchup is mostly produced using tomatoes. Therefore you would believe that it's not that bad for you. All of us know that it's also packed with sugar, but tomatoes are lovely wholesome veggies, correct? So at the very least you're getting the nourishment from those...

Well not when they've been boiled to within an inch of their lives!

Ketchup is essentially made from incredibly over cooked tomatoes that have shed all of their natural value, some water and a LOT of sugar.

The sugar added to ketchup will be worth a closer look. Because, although this starts as sugar (which is already pretty unhealthy) before it goes into the ketchup it's processed into high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) which is much worse!

As well as this, it is packed with flavourings, like MSG, which make us want to consume more.

Therefore , ketchup is not a good idea if you want to eat healthy. It's only healthy ingredient (tomatoes) has lost any value it once had and all of the additional stuff has been linked to a great number of health issues, like...

High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is linked to

• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Cancer

.. and contains absolutely no nutritional worth. It just makes food sweet, so people eat more.

Is MSG really bad for your health?

If you do a quick search on MSG, you will discover numerous articles saying that it has a poor rep but it really isn't that bad for your health. Then you'll stumble upon this little insight from Michael Galitzer...

“It’s probably one of the most harmful substances that one can eat.”

I honestly think that there's a bit of a conspiracy here, attempting to prevent the majority of people from discovering the truth about MSG. So that we keep eating products which are packed with it.

MSG may lead to 'Leaky Gut' which certainly sounds revolting and is associated with...

• Bloatedness
• Gas
• Diarrhea
• Stomach pain

I have to admit, on numerous occasions I've had all those, specifically after scoffing a yummy takeaway.

Healthy Tomato Ketchup options

Anyway, let's get back to ketchup. We really like it. We would like to keep consuming it. But we don't really want 'Leaky Gut'.

The healthiest substitute for shop bought ketchup is to make some in your kitchen.

If you fancy giving that a try, then check out this video from "Cooking With Plants"

If you basically don't have time for that,  a few shop-bought ketchups that are a healthier option.

In 2010 ConAgra eliminated the HFCS from their tomato ketchup (Hunt's Ketchup) but sadly they added it back in a couple of years later. Why? Honestly, I believe that they were trying to cash-in on many peoples growing awareness of the dangers of HFCS and hoping that their much healthier option would earn them a greater share of the market.

I don't for a single moment think that they did it out of genuine concern public health.

Obviously, it didn't work, because they put it back in. But folks are constantly getting more health conscious, so maybe they will give it an additional go when they think the general public will prefer to buy it. It's definitely worth picking up a bottle and going through the ingredients every once in a while.

Another option, but not a very tasty one, is to use tomato puree. In recipes this works perfectly, but like a condiment it's really not too nice. Tomato puree isn't as sweet and has an extremely strong flavor. But give it a try, add a little sweetener and it'll be much more agreeable. I'm pretty sure that whatever you do will be a lot healthier than any branded ketchup!

Simply don't boil all of the nutrition away, cram it with HFCS and lace it with 'gut-leaking' MSG! Aside of that, experiment... even adding a few spoons of (deadly) sugar will still produce a far healthier ketchup compared to the one you're likely using now.

Tomato puree (mixed with a sweetener) is a good option to making your own ketchup as it lasts a lot longer than fresh tomatoes, takes up less room inside your fridge and its easy to rustle up in a couple of seconds when required. Try it, and let me know how you get on.

Are Sneaky Labelling Proceedures Making You Put On Weight?

Alert: If you have been trying to reach your weight loss goals this could be the reason...

You are going to discover a sneaky hidden reality that is fooling many people, and it can accountable for plenty of unwanted struggle in case you might be seeking to lose bodyweight.

It is these seemingly beneficial yet incredibly deceptive labelling statements...

“Reduced fat” or “Fat free”

One problem is one which you'll without doubt have seen. When people discover that food is reduced fat content or free from fat they assume that it'll be perfectly fine to go ahead and enjoy it without any limit. I hate to say that this definitely is not true.

Much the same culprit is "Sugar-Free" They simply swap the sugar with a chemical substitute that is just as bad or even worse than "natural" sugar!

One of the key problems is that food companies remove fat but replace it with sugar. Fat causes the food taste good. So when they get rid of it, they have to add something in it's place to satisfy our taste buds, and sugar does that really well.

But sugar is very much worse for your body compared to fat. It has in fact been confirmed that sugar can be more addictive than cocaine! {Plus it is very quickly converted in to fat cells that end up being the leading cause of diabetes.

When you check the ingredients of 'healthy' food which you innocently consume, then you will no doubt discover a large amount of it is sugar. Sometimes it's truly scary.

I had been eating some dried cranberries... a food which you'd definitely think to be a healthy option, right? When I read the ingredients it stated that a serving was 40 grams. And guess how much sugar... 29 grams!!! So that handful that I'd just popped in to my mouth had been almost 75% sugar! I was gob smacked.

I think this is really bad! That much sugar was totally destroying any benefit I was getting from them.

So how do you fight this craziness? Well, you may use your body's organic process to really quickly and securely lose weight. To find out how it works Just click here to watch this free presentation video. It shows why this process works and how you can use it to become a much healthier, happy and thinner version of you!

🍎 ACV is the secret SuperFood which can restore your PH and improve your health!

Drinking diluted Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) can lead to numerous genuinely remarkable health benefits. In this article we are going to explore just a few of them and with a little luck convince you to give this well deserved Superfood a try. I know that drinking Vinegar may not sound as appealing as sprinkling it on your chips but once you've discovered some of the impressive ways that it'll boost your well-being I am positive you will be searching for reasons to include much more of it in your diet plan.

Ready to Find Out What ACV Can Do For You? Let's get started…

Bringing down Your Blood Pressure

Indeed we decided to start with a biggie. ACV contains acetic acid, which is nothing like other acids. It's a very good one! Acetic acid is sometimes utilized in pharmaceutical applications and has been shown to decrease blood sugar, increase blood flow in the bowel and reduce blood pressure level.

Drinking undiluted Apple Cider Vinegar will help you lose fat

Much more study is required in this area to be able to claim 'scientifically proven' but there is loads of anecdotal evidence that suggests ACV is a miracle liquid with regards to weight loss. Some research does indeed exist that promotes this idea, individuals who were given ACV droplets on bread reported feeling more satisfied when compared to a test group while eating less. The results of the study suggest that adding ACV to your food causes you to feel full sooner, as a result, you ingest a fewer number of calories. The scientific tests concluded that this affect could possibly lead to an average intake of 250 lower calories daily.

Cuts down the threat of cardiovascular disease

Reducing your blood pressure is going to be a step in the right direction when it comes to good cardiovascular health however that's not all ACV has to offer. It also includes chlorogenic acid, which is the antioxidant responsible for preventing LDL cholesterol from oxidising. This really is essential for a healthy cardiovascular system and a significant contributing factor to the prevention of coronary disease.

Makes your meals more healthy and nutritious

ACV increases the nutritional value of anything that you eat, but not by using it as a condiment, by consuming it. A diluted ACV solution ingested before food will improve the PH value of your gut acids making your digestive organs more efficient at getting all those lovely little vitamins and minerals from the food you consume and into our bodies. Helping the digestive system has a few other benefits as well, it helps reduce bloating and indigestion by killing dangerous microorganisms and sterilising the bowel.

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ACV Boosts the bodies Alkalinity

This one shocks most individuals so we're going to check it out in a little more depth. Vinegar is acidic, and thanks to our poor diet of junk foods and treats, our bodies are likely to be acidic as well, so you'd feel that drinking a vinegar solution can make things worse, right? Well yes, it does… when you consume regular vinegar. But ACV isn't like regular vinegar. As ACV breaks down inside your body it has an alkalising effect, so it naturally shifts the bodies PH in the direction of alkaline. And why is that good news? For a couple of reasons. One, the majority of microbes and viruses can not live in an alkaline environment and two, in cases where your body is not alkaline enough it'll steal calcium from the bones to aim to maintain a PH balance. It is this calcium leeching procedure that leads to lots of individuals suffering from early onset osteoporosis.

It helps make you stronger!

ACV is seriously good news for the muscles. It includes high levels of potassium, which is one of 7 crucial minerals that your body needs to perform properly. If you don't have adequate potassium in your diet you will experience muscular cramping pains and twitching. ACV has the ability to put a stop to that. The acetic acid in ACV also improves your muscles capacity to transform carbs into energy, which is the power that your body requires if you hit the gym!

ACV keeps candidiasis under control

We all have candida in our gut, and sometimes (especially when we have a bad diet) it gets a tad out of your control. The result… sore joints, digestive problems, bad breath and feeling totally knackered for no good reason.

ACV has powerful anti-fungal capabilities that keep candida under control. So if you have been feeling any of the above symptoms, maybe you ought to take a closer look at ACV and begin introducing it to your health routine.

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Why Tumeric is growing in popularity as the latest must have SuperFood

If you appreciate Superfoods, you're gonna fall in love with Turmeric!

Turmeric isn't commonly used in the West but its popularity is growing, and with good reason. In the East, the medicinal properties of turmeric have been known for a very long time and it's used in Chinese and Indian traditional medicine.

So why are people so excited with Turmeric?

Is it worthy of its place in our SuperFood wall of fame? Let's find out and take a look at 7 reasons you need to be adding Turmeric to your diet…

Turmeric can reduce your cholesterol levels

Curcumin is the active ingredient in turmeric that's responsible for its amazing health benefits. Curcumin will help to reduce cholesterol level in 3 very powerful ways. First, it prevents the oxidation of LDL cholesterol due to its antioxidant properties. Second, boosts the effectiveness of LDL cholesterol by increasing the receptors and third, it reduces the amount of time cholesterol spends in the blood stream. All of which leads to dramatically improved cardiovascular health.

Reduce the pain from (and the spread of) arthritis

In laboratory tests, the curcumin that is found in turmeric was found to be just as effective as a traditional anti-inflammatory medicine for joint stiffness and swelling. Adding turmeric to your food plan will have a considerable impact on the quality of your life. Likewise, the antioxidant properties in curcumin help get rid of free radicals from the body. Free radicals can be particularly problematic for sufferers of arthritis because they cause damage to cell membranes which is one of the main causes of joint pain.

Turmeric assists you to retain healthy thyroid gland functionality

Thyroid problems are incredibly prevalent in todays society and can be responsible for all kinds of issues, including weight gain, thinning hair, dry skin, brittle nails, numbness or tingling in the hands and even constipation. Manganese is a vital mineral which is essential for proper thyroid function. Turmeric is loaded with Manganese and helps you to make a great step towards a healthy and better functioning thyroid. Given the quantity of symptoms (and we only touched on a few, there are many many more) that are due to a poorly functioning thyroid, its a very good idea for you health, well-being and future medical bills to start adding turmeric to your diet.

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Can help to reduce pain and inflammation

When compared to traditional medical anti-inflammatories, curcumin (which is found in turmeric) wins hands down. The compounds that trigger pain during inflammation are called mediators, and they don't come alone! Most traditional anti-inflammatories or NSAIDs only target two or three mediators but curcumin targets dozens! The result… more reliable, natural and more complete pain alleviation, and non of the nasty side affects linked with ordinary medications!

(Very possibly) Boosts your memory and helps make you more intelligent!

A food that can make you smart ? I doubt much else can make a food more worthy of the esteemed rank of 'SuperFood' than its potential to enhance your intelligence.

The curcumin in turmeric strengthens brain functioning and reduces the risk of brain disease by enhancing the neurotrophic factor. As we grow, neurons make new connections and our potential to learn and store more information increases. The hormone that facilitates this process is called the brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF). Decreased levels of this hormone are linked to many widespread brain conditions, such as Alzheimers and depression.

Curcumin increases BDNF levels, which helps our brains do what they are intended to do… grow, learn more things and make us wiser, although additional research is needed to verify that we actually do get smarter. An increase of BDNF could also stop, and likely even reverse, the affects of several age-related brain functioning issues.

Will help to prevent, and potential even treat, cancer

During scientific tests on animals, curcumin (which, as you know by now, is found in turmeric) was shown to lessen metastasis (the spread of cancer) lower angiogenesis (the growth of blood vessels in tumors) and even kill cancerous cells. During an alternative study (this time on humans) curcumin decreased colon lesions in 44 adult males by 40% over a period of 30 days. Although the study was not on men that were actually suffering from cancer, colon lesions can become cancerous, so it's a significant indicator that curcumin may well help prevent cancer.

Is an effective and healthy beauty treatment method

So far we've highlighted some of the fantastic health benefits of turmeric, but did you know it can make you more beautiful as well!

For thousands of years women in Asia have used turmeric as a natural beauty treatment. Its powerful beautifying characteristics have been praised for their power to reduce acne, cure eczema, get rid of dark circles from beneath the eyes, lessen the physical appearance of signs of aging, diminish scarring and even remove sun spots.

To discover more amazing benefits of Turmeric and to grab your FREE Turmeric Cook book Click Here!

 

 

🍪 Healthy Cookies?

Regular cookies (they don't have to be chocolate chip) are high in sugar and refined white flower.

We'll get back to sugar later. First, let's take a quick delve into the alarming reality of refined white flower.

White flour is bad for you

Whole grain is made up of 3 pieces. From the outside moving in we have the bran, which is a terrific source of fibre, B vitamins and anti-oxidants, then there is the endosperm (the section that many people haven't heard of!) this is the least valuable part of the grain, and mostly consists of carbs. And finally, at the heart, there is the germ, which incorporates proteins, minerals, fat and more B vitamins.

As you've probably already guessed, the refining system that is used to produce white flower chucks out the bran and the germ and focusses on the endosperm. The part of the grain which contains the very least nutritional value.

Flour, and ultimately cookies (as well as bread, and a whole range of other foods) which is made from the endosperm is very bad for your health. So just why do they make it? Why does refined white flour even exist? Because it stays fresh longer. And products that have a longer use by date generate more money. (which evidently is much more important than our health, right!?)

Refined white flower can lead to an entire host of health conditions. Including but definitely not limited to: an increase in weight, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, digestive difficulties, the list never ends!

Now for the sugar

Sugar has got such a bad rep already that I don't think I have to beat it down any more. Everyone knows it's bad for us… but it makes things taste good, thus we carry on eating it.

Lots of things are just as good without sugar too. Oatmeal cookies are the ideal example. They get their sweetness from healthier alternatives to sugar, like honey, cinnamon, vanilla extract, raisins, or maybe even chocolate!

Oatmeal cookies are also made with whole wheat flower, which still contains all of the healthy parts of the grain, just as nature intended.

I also feel that I should add that they actually taste better as well! Don't you think? To me at least, oatmeal cookies are more indulgent and sophisticated than normal cookies… and don't get me started on oatmeal cookies with stem ginger! They always get the top secret hiding spot at the back of the pans! Far too tasty for kids!

 

🐝 Manuka Honey includes plenty of amazing health boosting capabilities, for example, did you know...

Manuka Honey earns its spot in our super food wall of fame due to the amazing health and fitness benefits it provides. All honeys (with the exception of ‘hip hop hunnies’) are good for you, but Manuka takes the royal crown.

Here are 5 excellent reasons why you ought to be investing is a jar of Manuka Honey…

Improve your defense system

Forget about the flu jab, Manuka honeys immune-boosting properties make it a wonderful pro-active answer to a really common problem. Just two to three teaspoons daily will keep those annoying winter blues at bay. Just in case you’ve already come down with a nasty bug, then a nice hot drink of water with a teaspoon of Manuka Honey is going to have you feeling chipper in next to no time.

An ideal alternative to regular medicines without the nasty side effects!

Helping to make IBS much less Irritating!

If you suffer from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) then I definitely won’t need to sell you on this one. Laboratory experiments demonstrate that Manuka Honey (used orally) may reduce colonic inflation and defend against structural damage. And everyone knows just how important it is to have a happy colon!

To Grab your FREE Manuka Honey Cook Book Click Here

An All Natural Cough Treatment

Maybe you have noticed how many non-prescription cough syrups are honey flavoured? There’s a very good reason for this, honey contains hydrogen peroxide. However, Manuka Honey works even better, not only due to its unusually high levels of hydrogen peroxide, but because it also contains a number of bioactive substances which are missing from lesser honeys.

Immune system Boosting Benefits

Laboratory tests have shown that Manuka Honey includes properties the can boost the production of cytokine. These essential proteins help to support a more healthy immune response within the body.

This, combined with the higher nutritional value of Manuka honey makes it a powerhouse for improving the immune system, helping to protect you from illness and keeping your body’s most vital system in perfect condition.

Reduces Premature Hair Loss

Manuka Honey is high in amino acids, minerals and B-complex vitamins, all of which are food for the scalp! Simply blend a teaspoon of Manuka Honey with a gentle conditioner to stimulate and nourish your hair follicles and put a stop to pre-mature hairloss.

Manuka Honey is not just excellent news for your hair at the root end, it’s also xcellent for the tips! The hygroscopic characteristics of Manuka Honey helps to prevent split ends and frizz!

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🍅 If you don't want "Leaky Gut" you'd better hold the ketchup!

It's not necessarily the food we eat that is stopping us from losing weight, it is the stuff that we slather over the food. Today we'll be taking a look at one of the guiltiest condiment culprits... ketchup!

I really like tomato ketchup, I put it on pretty much everything. So this particular one pushes a few personal buttons for me.

Tomatoes are pretty good for you, correct?

Ketchup is mostly made of tomatoes. So you would probably believe that it's not that bad for your health. We all realize that it's also filled with sugar, but tomatoes are wholesome veggies, right? So at the very least you'll be receiving the goodness from those...

Unfortunately not when you boil them to death!

Ketchup is essentially manufactured using extremely over cooked tomatoes which have now lost all of their organic value, some water and loads of sugar.

The sugar in ketchup will be worth a closer look. Because, although this starts out as sugar (which is already pretty bad) before it goes into the ketchup it is processed into high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) which is a lot more damaging for your health!

In Additional to this, it's packed with flavourings, such as MSG, which make us want it more.

Therefore , ketchup is bad. It's only nutritious ingredient has been stripped of its value and all of the other ingredients have been linked to many medical issues, for instance...

High Fructose Corn Syrup is linked to

• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Heart Disease
• Cancer

.. and contains absolutely no nutritional benefit. It just makes stuff sweet, so you eat more.

Is MSG really bad for your health?

When you do a little research for MSG, you will discover a lot of articles stating that it has a bad rep but it isn't really that bad for you. Then you'll stumble into this quote from Michael Galitzer...

“It’s probably one of the most harmful substances that one can eat.”

I truthfully think that there might be a little bit of a conspiracy here, hoping to avoid most people from obtaining the truth about MSG. So that we carry on eating products which are packed with it.

MSG could lead to 'Leaky Gut' which certainly sounds revolting and is associated with...

• Bloating
• Gas
• Diarrhea
• Stomach pain

I have got to admit, on many occasions I've had all those, specifically after scoffing a greasy Chinese takeaway.

Healthier Ketchup alternatives

Anyway, back to ketchup. We like it. We would like to keep consuming it. But we don't want 'Leaky Gut'.

The best substitute for shop purchased ketchup is to make your own.

If you fancy giving that a go, then watch this video from "Cooking With Plants"

If you simply don't have time for that,  a few ketchups that are a more healthy option.

Back in 2010 ConAgra eliminated the HFCS from their tomato ketchup (Hunt's Ketchup) however they put it back a couple of years later. Why? Honestly, I think that they were seeking to cash in on peoples growing understanding of the dangers associated with HFCS and expecting that their more healthy option would earn them a more significant share of the market.

I don't for one minute feel that they did it out of genuine concern public health.

Obviously, it didn't do the job, simply because they put it back in. But folks are constantly getting more health conscious, so maybe they will give it another go when they determine the public will prefer to buy it. It's well worth picking up the bottle and going through the ingredients every once in a while.

One more option, but not a very tasty one, is to use tomato puree. In recipes this works perfectly, but as a sauce it's really not too nice. Tomato puree isn't as sweet and has a very strong flavour. But try it, put in a little sweetener and see what you come up with. I'm pretty certain that anything you do will be a lot healthier than any kind of branded ketchup!

Simply don't boil all of the nutrients away, cram it with HFCS and lace it with 'gut-leaking' MSG! Aside of that, experiment... even adding some (deadly) sugar will still create a more healthy ketchup compared to the one you're likely using now.

Tomato puree (mixed with a sweetener) will be a good alternative to making your own ketchup since it lasts a great deal longer than fresh tomatoes, occupies much less room in your fridge and its simple to rustle up in a few seconds as needed. Try it, and let me know how you get on.