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Benefits of Virgin Coconut Oil (Cold Pressed and Unrefined)
Benefits of Coconut Oil*
- Improves digestion and absorption of other nutrients including vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.
- Coconut oil is a rich source of lauric acid and capric acid (medium chain fatty acids that play a vital role in building and maintaining a strong immune system.
- Heart healthy; improves cholesterol ratio reducing risk of heart disease…contains no cholesterol.
- Prevents and treats diabetes by helping control blood sugar, improves the secretion of insulin, and also helps in effective utilization of blood glucose.
- Helps protect the body from breast, colon, and other cancers.
- Reduces symptoms associated the psoriasis, eczema, and dermatitis.
- Improves calcium and magnesium absorption and supports the development of strong bones and teeth. Also helps protect against osteoporosis.
- Helps relieve symptoms associated with gallbladder disease.
- Relieves symptoms associated with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and stomach ulcers.
- Supports thyroid function.
- Useful in reducing weight. Read the rest of this entry
Apple Cider Vinager
How It Heals
Pulverize apples into a slurry of juice and pulp, allow the slurry to ferment so that the fruit sugar converts to acetic acid, and you have a folk remedy for a laundry list of ailments. By helping break down proteins and other nutrients, apple cider vinegar may in fact improve digestion, says Bastyr University associate professor and certified nutritionist Jennifer Adler. Also, a study in the journal Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism found that adding 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to a meal containing carbohydrates reduced postmeal blood glucose in healthy people by about 20 percent; the vinegar appears to slow the release of sugar into the bloodstream. “This may confer protection against diabetes and spur weight loss. The cobweb-like substancereferred to as the “mother of vinegarthat you see floating in the fluid is believed to contain most of the cider’s nutrients, enzymes, and beneficial bacteria. According to Adler, these bacteria may help boost the immune system. To best reap the brew’s medicinal benefits, purchase raw unpasteurized apple cider vinegar.
Eat It Up
Apple cider vinegar’s bright, crisp taste and more-than-a-hint-of-tart flavor work well with lentil soups, slaws, baked beans, braised cabbage, and roasted winter squash. “Bean salads and cooked whole grains also take well to apple cider vinegar’s tang. Or try the cider in a hot or cold beverage lightly sweetened with natural honey or agave syrup.
To improve digestion and blood sugar control, try mixing 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with 1 cup of water and imbibing before meals. Due to its acidity, apple cider vinegar can burn the esophagus, so adequate dilution is a must.
THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM: YOUR HEALTH DEPENDS ON IT!
By Carolyn Monck
Mainstream medicine ignores the lymph system, but its vitality is crucial to your health. The Lymphatic System acts as the lifeline of the body and conducts a plethura of vital functions.
One function is to transport lymph or interstitual fluid through the body, collect waste products and cellular debris from the tissues, then destroy and eliminate these toxic substances. Read the rest of this entry
Pancreas Balance
Definition
The term “diabetes mellitus” refers to a group of diseases that affect how your body uses blood glucose, commonly called blood sugar. Glucose is vital to your health because it’s an important source of energy for the cells that make up your muscles and tissues. It’s your brain’s main source of fuel.
If you have diabetes, no matter what type, it means you have too much glucose in your blood, although the reasons may differ. Too much glucose can lead to serious health problems.
Chronic diabetes conditions include type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. Potentially reversible diabetes conditions include prediabetes — when your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as diabetes — and gestational diabetes, which occurs during pregnancy.
Symptoms
Diabetes symptoms vary depending on how high your blood sugar is elevated. Some people, especially those with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, may not experience symptoms initially. In type 1 diabetes, however, symptoms tend to come on quickly and be more severe. Some of the signs and symptoms of type 1 and type 2 diabetes include:
- Increased thirst
- Frequent urination
- Extreme hunger
- Unexplained weight loss
- Presence of ketones in the urine (ketones are a byproduct of the breakdown of muscle and fat that happens when there’s not enough insulin)
- Fatigue
- Blurred vision
- Slow-healing sores
- Mild high blood pressure
- Frequent infections, such as gum or skin infections and vaginal or bladder infections
Although type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, it typically appears during childhood or adolescence. Type 2 diabetes, the most common type, can develop at any age and is often preventable. Read the rest of this entry
