Showing posts with label Healthy Skin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Healthy Skin. Show all posts

Honey

Honey is one of the most wonderful medicine provided by nature. It is also known as nature's antibiotic. Here are some of its medicinal properties:

  • Heal Wounds: Honey acts as an antimicrobial, antibacterial and antifungal agent and helps disinfect and speed the healing process in wounds, scrapes and burns. Honey has antiinflammatory characteristics which help reduce pain and swelling. Its antibacterial properties prevent the spread of infection.
  • Reduce Scarring:Honey helps reduce the appearance of scars and slowly fades them.
  • Allergy and Hay Fever: Consuming honey from your local area daily helps with allergies and hay fever.

  • Insomnia:Honey has tranquilizing properties and helps with insomnia. Add honey to warm milk and drink before sleeping to get a good nights rest.
  • Under Weight Issues: For those of you who are under weight and looking to add a few pounds, drinking honey with cold milk at night helps add weight.
  • Lose Weight: Drinking honey with warm water and lemon first thing in the morning helps burn excess body fat and lose weight.
  • Beauty: Honey contains vitamins, minerals, and amino acids, and is a wonderful beauty aid that nourishes the skin and the hair. Honey acts as a excellent moisturizer and it is useful to treat mild sunburns. It also helps you get a soft and supple skin.
  • Anti-oxidant: Honey has anti-oxidants which provide defense against free radicals, which cause cell damage.
  • Bone Health: Absorption of calcium is increased with honey intake.
  • Cough and Sore Throat Remedy: Honey is an excellent cough remedy and its antimicrobial property helps sooth a sore throat.
  • Athlete’s foot: Honeys anti-fungal property helps treat athlete's foot and other fungal infections.
  • Ring Worm: Honey can also be used to treat ring worm.
  • Digestive Health: Honey aids good digestive health and helps relieve constipation, diarrhea, ulcers and upset stomach.
  • Yeast Infections: Honey helps to reduce and relieve yeast infections.
  • Eczema and Psoriasis: Honey can be used to provide relief from Psoriasis and Eczema.

Cabbage


  • Maintain Estrogen Levels:Cabbage helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.

  • Ulcers: Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers. Drink cabbage juice in empty stomach daily to cure ulcers.

  • Eyes and Skin: Cabbage is rich in Vitamin A which is responsible for the protection of your skin and eyes. It also protects eyes against cataracts.

  • Immunity: Cabbage is an excellent source of Vitamin C, nutrition and fiber and helps build the immune system.

  • Cancer: Cabbage has a naturally occurring nitrogenous compound called indoles which can lower the risk of various forms of cancer.

  • Prevent Blocks:Cabbage is also believed to prevent blockage of blood vessels

  • Piles: Cabbage helps to provide relief from piles

  • Constipation: Cabbage provides relief from constipation

Olive Oil

Olive Oil is rich in monounsaturated fat which is a healthy fat. Olive oil is also rich in antioxidants like chlorophyll, carotenoids and vitamin E.

  • Healthy Heart: The healthy fats in Olive oil helps in the reduction of the oxidation process of LDL cholesterol and helps prevent clogged arteries and reduce the risk of heart attacks.
  • Reduce Blood Pressure: Adding Olive oil to your diet is believed to aid in the reduction of blood pressure.
  • Reduce Cholesterol: The healthy fats in olive oil helps reduce the LDL Cholesterol levels.
  • Reduce Cancer Risk: Oleic acid found in olive oil helps prevent the growth of cancerous cells and reduce risk of cancer.
  • Diabetes: Olive Oil helps is maintaining blood sugar levels and helps in reducing the risk of diabetes. Adding olive oil is linked to lower triglyceride levels and helps reduce heart diseases.
  • Healthy Skin:Olives are high in poly-phenols. These phenols are excellent anti-oxidants and have anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. Regularly consuming olive oil and also applying on skin is believed to give you a warm and glowing complexion. Olive oil also helps prevent and repair moderate sun damage. Olive oil also helps maintain the elasticity of your skin and heal dry skin.
  • Healthy Nails: Olive oil helps heal dry cuticles and helps with dry brittle nails.
  • Healthy Hair: Olive oil is a excellent deep conditioner for your hair and gives you a healthy shinny hair.

Carrots

Carrot has an alkaline quality and helps purify blood and reduces acidity.

  • Eyes: Carrots has tons of beta-carotene which gets converted to Vitamin A in the body and helps with healthy eyes.
  • Lung Cancer: Carrot is believed to help prevent lung cancer.
  • Blood Cholesterol: Carrots are believed to help reduce cholesterol.
  • Teeth: Carrots is believed to relieve bleeding gums.
  • Constipation: Carrots help with digestion and helps prevent constipation.
  • Skin: Carrots also help us get a shinny and bright skin.