Milk Is A Bad Pair for Tea

June 9, 2010 by jingga · Leave a Comment
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The consumption of milk is good for health, but the advantage of milk will disappear when the tea is mixed with milk. A study in Germany demonstrated that the sedative effect of black tea for relaxation of the artery will lose if it is contaminated with milk.

Tea is a beverage most consumed in the world after water. Especially after reported that the intake of tea will help reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. Stangl and his research team found that women who consumed a half-liter of black tea has a looser artery than not consuming tea. Artery relaxation is shown to be influenced by blood flow caused by tea. This condition will make cardiovascular disease can be reduced.

The effects on the human heart is basically dependent on the ENOS, an enzyme that synthesizes messenger nitric oxide. Tea increases the activity of ENOS. But if the tea is mixed with milk to 10%, the relaxation effect is not seen. Research by Stangl has shown that casein proteins from milk blocked the effect of tea. This type of protein will tighten the enzyme of tea, which is named catecin or EGCG. Catecin is a polyphenol, a material that is deemed to be responsible for the health effects of tea.

Healthy With Super Food Pumpkins

December 17, 2009 by mifta · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Food Facts, Healing and Medication 

Pumpkin seeds are one of nature’s almost perfect foods. They are a natural source of beneficial constituents such as carbohydrates, amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Pumpkin seeds have mainly been used to treat prostate and bladder problems, but they have also been known to help with depression and learning disabilities.

Pumpkins has high potassium, and have good amounts of beta carotene and vitamin C. They are also a good source of calcium and fiber, and as well as other vitamins and minerals. Pumpkin seed oil and pumpkin seeds are a good source of zinc and unsaturated fatty acids (good fats).

Fresh and cooked pumpkin is chock full of vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin A, potassium, alpha-carotene, zinc, beta-carotene, and lutein. It’s easy to add pumpkin to your favorite baked goods and dishes during the colder months, and the vitamins and minerals can help keep your health in tip-top shape during the winter.

Pumpkin seeds can be eaten raw, baked, roasted or toasted. Because pumpkin seeds and good health share such an important relationship, plan to make pumpkin seeds a regular part of your diet. Pumpkin seeds and onions mixed together with a little soy milk make a great remedy for parasitic worms in the digestive tract.

Antibiotic Food for Stomach Disturbance

December 17, 2009 by mifta · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Food Facts, Healing and Medication, Personal Care 

Based on an observational result done by Bastyr University, Seattle, United States of America, stomach upset and an excessive can be caused by helicobacter pylori / H. pylori. This bacteria sticks on abdominal wall, so the nutrition’s absorption can be constrained. Therefore you will feel bellyache enlace, often perceives bloated, bellyful and your body is easily felt run down. Here are some antibiotic foods worth to consume :

1. Garlic

You can choose garlic in a supplement, piccalilli or deep shaped fresh. A variety successful research kind proves that allicin’s content, a sort compound in garlic so effective to exterminate bacteria H. pylori until more than 90%. You can also add fresh garlic or piccalilli in mixed vegetable salad.

2. Yogurt

If consumed by routine up to 6 weeks in a row, a good bacteria (pro-biotic) in yogurt can help to redress the balance good flora rate so gets to force bacteria H. pylori comes out from body.

3. Broccoli

Better elective sprout’s type broccoli, kale and Brussels sprout. Its section, this type broccoli a lot of contains sulforaphane glucosinolate that gets to be changed by body becomes bacteria murderer substance. This broccoli also effective reduce bellying inflammation caused by bloated infection.

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