Okra Health Magic

Okra Inhibits 75% of Metastatic Melanoma Cells in Vitro: Okra is emerging as a superfood against both ‪#‎cancer‬ and diabetes.

In this study, ‪#‎okra‬ pectin inhibited the proliferation of highly metastatic mouse ‪#‎melanoma‬ cells (B16F10) by 75% after 48 hours of treatment and also increased the rate of programmed cell death (apoptosis) by nearly 23-fold. The researchers also discovered that the pectin triggered apoptosis by interacting with Galectin-3 (similar to the well-known modified citrus pectin). In other recent studies, okra was shown to kill 72% of human breast cancer cells (MCF-7) in vitro, and a population study revealed that American men eating a "Southern" style diet (characterized by eating okra, grits, cornbread, beans, rice and sweet potatoes) had 40% less prostate cancer. Multiple studies have now also confirmed okra as a potent anti-diabetic food both in lab experiments on tissue cultures and in rats.

Clinical trials on people have not yet started, but the internet is currently teeming with anecdotal reports of diabetics finding help by soaking cut-up okra pieces in water overnight and then drinking the water in the morning (interestingly, roasted okra seeds have been used in Turkey for generations as a traditional medicine for diabetes).

Bottom line: okra may be the next superfood of the 21st century.

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Health Benefits of Malunggay "The Miracle Tree"

Scientific name: 
Moringa oelifera


Malunggay is a widely cultivated plant in the Philippines. It is also known as Moringa, West Indian Tree, horseradish tree, ben oil tree, drumstick tree, la mu (Mandarin), arzan taiga (Burkina Faso), windi bundu (Niger), among others.

Malunggay is a very nutritious plant and its benefits have been acknowledged by nutritionist, dietitians, and nutrition researchers. Considered as a miracle plant, the tea derived from this plant has higher levels of flavanoids or polyphenols. These are anti-oxidants that can help detoxify your body and strengthen the immune system.

Malunggay trees are generally grown in the backyards in countries of Southeast Asia, Central and South America , and Africa. It is said that these plants are "low maintenance," requiring little to no care.

Health Benefits

Malunggay leaves helps strengthens the immune system.
Malunggay can help restores skin condition, controls blood pressure, relieves headaches and migraines.
Malunggay tea can help strengthen the eye muscles.
Malunggay tea can help heal inflammation of the joints and tendons.
Malunggay tea can prevent intestinal worms.
Malunggay can help increase semen count.
Malunggay help normalize blood sugar level therefore preventing diabetes.
Malunggay has anti-cancer compounds (phytochemicals) that help stop the growth of cancer cells.
Malunggay helps relax and promotes good night sleep.
Malunggay tea is used to treat fever and asthma.
Malunggay help heals ulcers.
Malunggay is high in calcium (four times the calcium in milk), therefore lactating mothers are advised to consume malunggay leaves to produce more milk for their babies. The young malunggay leaves are also boiled and taken as tea.
Malunggay contains three times the potassium in bananas.
Malunggay contain four times the vitamin A in carrots.
An ounce of malunggay has the same Vitamin C content as seven oranges.
Malunggay leaves contain two times the protein in milk.
Malunggay seed is used to clean dirty or polluted water.

Making Malunggay Tea - Step by Step Process

Step 1: Harvesting of Leaves

Collection and harvesting of fresh leaves of the Malunggay tree is easy. Just pick the compound leaves from the tree branch. The leaves come off from the branches quite easily. Special tools are not needed to do this step. You have to pick the greenest mature leaves and make sure to remove those that have signs of yellowing. It is up to you to harvest as much or as little as you want.

Step 2: Sorting

Place the harvested leaves in a clean dry pan. Shake the leaves to remove dust or cobwebs. Then carefully pick and remove impurities such as dirt, twigs, and small insects like ants.

Step 3: Air-drying

After sorting and cleaning your harvest, transfer the leaves into a larger flat container for air-drying. Place the container in a shaded and cool area. Do not sun-dry the leaves. This is important because sun-drying can diminish the nutritional content of the leaves. Air-drying takes about three days. After the third day, the leaves will become wilted and they’re ready for crushing.

Step 4: Crushing

Get a fine wire mesh and place the wilted Malunggay leaves on top of it. Start the crushing process by vigorously shaking the leaves on the wire mesh. This will remove more impurities from the leaves and will eliminate leaf petioles that were shed during the drying process.

Step 5: Pan-drying

Pan-drying removes moisture to make the leaves brittle. The process deactivates oxidative enzymes and prevents the leaves from rotting. The application of heat also stops the growth of molds. This is a delicate step and proper care must be followed to ensure that the leaves will retain their flavor and nutritional value.

Place the pan over low fire and allow it to get warm for about one to two minutes. Pour the dried leaves into the pan and continuously turn them over for about three minutes. Quickly remove the completely dried leaves from the pan and place them in a clean open container to cool.

Note: You have the option to further crush the dried leaves to make them more powdery. If you don’t want a powdery consistency, just allow the leaves to cool so you can prepare them for packaging and storage.

Step 6: Packaging and Storage

Moringa tea is best stored in an air-tight colored glass container. This is done to minimize oxidation, increase shelf-life, and to retain the full flavor of the brew. You can buy small tea bags and pack each bag with two teaspoonfuls of the dried leaves. If you do not have tea bags or you don’t want to use one, storing the tea in a glass container will do. Just make sure to use a thoroughly dry teaspoon for scooping the tea leaves.

Step 7: Brewing

When brewing, it is best not to boil the leaves so that you can get the full nutritional benefits of Malunggay tea. What you need to do is to steep two teaspoonful of Malunggay tea in boiling water. Allow the leaves to settle at the bottom of the cup before drinking the brew. You can add honey or sugar to the brew if you want a sweet-tasting tea.

Final Words

All parts of the malunggay tree are usable for nutritional and medicinal purposes - from the roots, trunk, and branches to the leaves, flowers, and seeds. The small, oval, dark-green leaves are famous vegetable ingredient in soup, fish and chicken dishes. The leaves can actually be eaten raw, but best added in meals due to its high concentration of nutrients. The roots is used to make tea, while the trunk, after it's scraped and squeezed for its juice is used to clean wounds.

Yes, you can use it on your skin too as it helps rejuvinate it. In fact, a number of skin toners, creams, lotions and cleansers contain malunggay extracts. The best thing here is that it’s completely natural and safe.

Here is a simple home remedy for those nasty pimples.

Get as much malunggay leaves as you can for the day and then juice it. You can do so by grinding it with a mortar and pestle and then adding enough warm water. You can apply it directly to your face and leave it for 10 minutes. You can also use a small towel or tissue dipped in the malunggay juice. Afterwards, you can rinse your face with your regular cleanser.

Juicing: What Are the Health Benefits?

There are many health benefits of drinking freshly juiced fruits and vegetables, and it’s a great way to add nutrients from the fruits or vegetables that you normally wouldn’t eat. Fruit and vegetable juices retain most of of the vitamins, minerals and plant chemicals (phytonutrients) that would be found in the whole versions of those foods. These nutrients can help protect against cardiovascular disease, cancer and various inflammatory diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis. Valuable compounds called flavonoids and anthocyanins are abundant in a variety of fruits and vegetables and guard against oxidative cellular damage, which comes from everyday cellular maintenance and is exacerbated by exposure to chemicals and pollution.

The Biggest Advantage

“If you’re not big into fruits and vegetables, it’s a good way to get them in," says nutritionist Jennifer Barr, RD, of Wilmington, DE. You should still eat fruits and vegetables, too, says Manuel Villacorta, RD, founder of Eating Free, a weight management program.

Aim to eat two whole fruits and three to four vegetables a day. Choose them in different colors,  so you get a good mix of vitamins and minerals, Barr says.

Fiber Factor

When you juice, you don't get the fiber that's in whole fruits and vegetables. Juicing machines extract the juice and leave behind the pulp, which has fiber.

So you don't miss out on the fiber, you can add some of the pulp back into the juice or use it in cooking.

Barr adds it to muffin batter, or to make broth for cooking soup, rice, and pasta. That's "going the extra step to fortify your meals," she says.

SOURCE: doctoroz.com/ | webmd.com

The POWER of Intra Herbal Juice

Intra Provides the benefits of 23 powerful food supplements in one bottle. Daily use of intra helps increase one's energy, stamina, digestive capability, and the body's ability to repair itself. Its antioxidant properties help combat body pollution and promotes healthy cells.

Intra Philippines is one of the most cheapest distributor in the Philippines and gives 20% discounts to all customers.

Feel The Synergy — Intra & Nutria Taken Together •   The 23 botanicals found in Intra helps balance and strengthen the body’s systems with the essential nutrients that are lacking in modern diets. •   The fruit and vegetable-based antioxidants found in Nutria protect cells and have been shown to fight diseases, including cancer. •   When taken together, a series of synergistic reactions can magnify the power of phytonutrients and antioxidants in Intra and Nutria, providing greater benefits that taking each alone. In fact, taking both at the same time even increases the absorption rate.

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Make Your Life Easier With Simple Tips & Tricks

SOMETHING FOR YOU TO KNOW
&

PASS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS

Ants Problem:Ants hate cucumbers.

Keep the skin of cucumbers near the place or ant hole. 


To get pure and clean ice :

Boil water first before freezing. 


To make the mirror shine:

Clean with spirit 


To remove chewing gum from clothes:

Keep the cloth in the freezer for an hour. 


To whiten white clothes:

Soak white clothes in hot water with

a slice of lemon for 10 minutes 


To give a shine to hair :

Add one teaspoon of vinegar to hair, then wash hair. 


To get maximum juice out of lemons :

Soak lemons in hot water for one hour,

and then juice them. 


To avoid smell of cabbage while cooking:

Keep a piece of bread on the cabbage

in the vessel while cooking. 


To avoid tears while cutting onions:

Chew gum.

To boil potatoes quickly:

Skin one potato from one side only before boiling. 


To remove ink from clothes :

Put toothpaste on the ink spots generously and let it dry completely,

then wash.


To skin sweet potatoes quickly :

Soak in cold water immediately after boiling. 


To get rid of mice or rats :

sprinkle black pepper in places where you find mice or rats.

They will run away. 



Chinese Proverb: 
'When someone shares something of value with you

and you benefit from it,
You have a moral obligation to share it with others.'

So..., DO as I have done!

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ASHITABA "The Tomorrow Leaf": A Healing Herb

ASHITABA, one of elite plants considered for their medicinal qualities. Legend has it that an old Japanese man went off to an island basically to spend his last moments on this earth, having been diagnosed with terminal cancer. He is said to have observe a tribe of old, sickly, and decrepit-looking monkeys head off to a certain place where he witnessed them eating some vegetation daily. The result? The monkeys that ate these plants - that turned out to be the Ashitaba medicinal plant - soon got well and went back to where they came from, only to be replaced by a steady stream of incoming sick monkeys. So, hoping against hope, our terminally- sick man partook of these plants and, before long, found himself strong enough to go home where he was diagnosed free of the dreaded disease. It seems that Ashitaba is well-known and has been documented in the Ming dynasty as Chinese medicine records of the 18th century. It is said that Ashitaba is, strictly speaking, a weed, which accounts for its ability to propagate so quickly. Containing a considerable amount of chlorophyll, it naturally does best in areas with full sunshine."http://www.organicashitaba.com" 

Scientific Name: Angelica keiskei koidzumi

Family: Carrot (Apiaceae)

Rare. Native to Hachijojima Island in Japan. The nutritional and health benefits of this high chlorophyll plant are extensive, and Ashitaba is unique among the Angelicas due to its tasty edibility and the presence of substantial levels of B12, a vitamin normally not found in terrestrial plants. The plant contains flavonoids known as "chalcones" in its yellow sap. Traditionally, the herb has been used as a rejuvenating food that contributes to long life. Eat the fresh stems of the leaves and dry the leaves and make tea. Direction: Dry 21 matured leaves for half day, then boil in 1 liter of water for 10 minutes.

Ashitaba is called "tomorrow's leaf" because, when harvesting one leaf from the plant, you can expect to see a new one "tomorrow." The plant does indeed rejuvenate itself very quickly in much the same way as it rejuvenates the human digestion and skin. The herb is considered effective in treating lungs, coughing, asthma, digestive system, disorders of the gastrointestinal system, kidneys and kidney stones, urinary tract bleeding, liver, gall bladder, gall stones, suppression of growth of cancer cells, constipation, diarrhea, vomiting, blood poisoning, skin allergies, eczema and psoriasis, rheumatism, high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure, diabetes etc."http://www.horizonherbs.com/product.asp?specific=irennrf0" 

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Medicinal Properties

This plant is being studied for nerve growth factor, cancer, menopause, and a sundry of disease conditions

Sources: http://www.nha.gov.ph/linkod/wellness/wellness.html

http://www.ashitabaplant.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashitaba

Guyabano: "The Natural Cancer Cell Killer"

Fights Cancer Cells, Lowers Blood Pressure, Lowers Blood Sugar level,
Increases Immune System & more!
                                                                           

Guyabano

The Guyabano tree, its fruit, leaves, stem, bark is a natural cancer cell killer.

A scientific research published in the Journal of Natural Products in 1996, stated that a certain compound from the seed is selectively cytotoxic to colon adenocarcinoma cells (HT-29) in which it was 10,000 times the potency of Adriamycin (the commonly used chemotherapy drug).

Protect your immune system and avoid deadly infections. Feel stronger and healthier throughout the course of the treatment. Boost your energy and improve your outlook on life.

The source of this information is just as stunning.

Extracts from the tree were shown to: Effectively target and kill malignant cells in 12 types of cancer, including colon, breast, prostate, lung and pancreatic cancer.


What’s more, unlike chemotherapy, laboratory tests shows that the compound extracted from the Guyabano tree selectively hunts down and kills only cancer cells. It does not harm healthy cells! Various parts of the tree–including the bark, leaves, roots, fruit and fruit-seeds–have been used for centuries by medicine men and native Indians in South America to treat heart disease, asthma, liver problems and arthritis.

The results showed that Guyabano’s “leaves and stems were found effective in attacking and destroying malignant cells.

In many independent laboratory tests has proven that Guyabano to be a potent cancer killer.

The most significant part of the report is that Guyabano (Annona Muricata) was shown to selectively target the cancer cells, leaving healthy cells untouched. Unlike chemotherapy, which indiscriminately targets all actively reproducing cells (such as stomach and hair cells), causing the often devastating side effects of nausea and hair loss in cancer patients.

A study at Purdue University found that the leaves from the Guyabano tree killed cancer cells among six human cell lines and were especially effective against prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers.

Source: http://guyabano.com/