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Monday, November 7, 2016







THE WONDER HERB THAT IS TUMERIC










Genesis  KJV 1:11 , "And God said, let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth, and it was so".







Have you heard about TUMERIC? Well, I have. It is an herb which The Bible says was among  the first that God made when He created everything, thank God! An herb is a plant that can be used as medicine. From what I have read on the internet, it says that it belongs to the ginger family that came from Asia.  The powder is yellow in color, an image of which is on this page.
                         
                         
There was a time in my life when I did not care at all about herbal stuff. That was when I was not so conscious with my health. I had been abusive I never did care if I was eating too much meat with fats or too much sweets, only later in my life I am reaping what I had sown. Too bad really that I was not interested in the subject of  good health.

Before my mama died, she was stricken with Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that causes memory loss and change in thinking and behavior. I have read that it can be passed on to your descendants, that is so scary for me especially when I noticed that I am already manifesting some of its symptoms like being forgetful.  As what I have also learned, Tumeric has an ingredient that is called curcumin which lessens development of Alzheimer's disease.

To ensure that I have a daily dose of Tumeric, I add a teaspoon of Tumeric powder   to a hot water as a tea with 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 to 2 pieces of calamansi or lemon. However, we can incorporate Tumeric powder with other recipes , too. Although Tumeric is also sold in other forms like in capsules and topical medicine, the powder form can be added to your curry recipes and soups. In the Philippines, the powder is used as food coloring, as well, like in my favorite Arroz de Valenciana, a yellow sticky rice recipe.



                       

Tumeric has so many benefits for our health , I can enumerate some of it.

- It can prevent cancer
- Prevents liver disease
- Controls diabetes
- Prevents Alzheimer's disease
- Relieves arthritis
- Reduces cholesterol level
- Immune booster
- Improves digestion
- Helps in loosing weight
- Anti-inflammatory
- Helps in your Menstrual problems
- A help for Stomach ulcers




I can say that with all of the above-mentioned benefits, this herb is a wonder herb.

This wonder herb may have so many benefits, however, we should also check if taking this will give us an offshoot. Although in my case, I only have good effects in taking my daily dosage of Tumeric powder for my tea, however, there had already been recorded side effects, so let us always check with the doctor in this case, after all, we are talking about good health here. Available in foil packs and bottle packaging at 100 grams for only P150 per pack/bottle.

Have a nice cup of Tumeric tea, everyone!! Smile!


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Wednesday, October 26, 2016



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AT LAST! I FOUND, MY HONEY!! 





KJV Proverbs 24: 13 "My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste".








How I came across in having honey in my hot drinks?

Well, it had been sometime now when I was contemplating on what measures should I take in order to .. hmm, it may be embarrassing to say this..but, well, okay, I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT!

So? Oh, well,  I guess everyone had been in my situation , too. Based on my current pictures, it is apparent that I had gained weight and some of my clothes are too tight now. 






If  I jog or do rigorous physical exercises to sweat, I am afraid, that is not possible for me these days, I have a hard time breathing well, so I resorted to walking, not even brisk, just so I get some cardio exercise which I read is effective in burning calories from our body. Doing the thing will get our heart rate beat fast and it will increase blood circulation. 


Okay, since I still have to take things easy, I will have to resort to adjusting my food intake as well. I had checked some videos about the best ingredients in our food to help lose fat and I discovered that honey with lemon on hot water is a good drink after all.


I checked in the local groceries for honey that costs less since I always want to be economical, but lo and behold! No cheap honey in any groceries today, however, my nephew introduced me to a locally made honey, It is pure and raw and most of all, it is not expensive. It is not commercialized so I was assured that it it is truly potent.


Honey has no expiration, it is forever. What are the benefits of Honey? Well, let me just enumerate some of the benefits we can get from honey.



- helps in weight loss

- wounds will be healed with honey
- good substitute for sugar
- maintains good level for blood      sugar
- insulin in your body will be  regulated
- it can be applied as an antiseptic
- can be applied as a hair conditioner , just rinse after
- can be be applied as a facial mask,  just leave it for 30 mins then rinse





There had been accounts on how honey had been  beneficial to their health and most especially, it is effective in weight loss if you add it to your hot drink. Every night, I have a hot tumeric drink with this honey. My recipe is one teaspoonful of tumeric powder, with 1 or 2 pieces of squeezed lemonsito or calamansi and 2 teaspoonfuls of honey for a good drink which I take before 6 pm, afterwards no more food intake until breakfast. However, in case you feel hunger pangs, you can always drink hot or lukewarm water. 











Although honey may have so many benefits,  however, we should never give raw honey to infants, children and pregnant women and those who are breastfeeding. If you are allergic to pollen , honey may cause allergic reaction. Please, let us always be safe,  refer to your doctors first. 


Now, if you ask me if you can have my honey, well of course, HAVE THE BEST HONEY AT HOME!! <3 . We have wild honey and honey lemon.









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