HEALTH BENEFITS OF BROWN RICE:

 

Can’t we stop eating processed foods? Isn’t it our responsibility to maintain our god gifted 

Most of us not aware about brown rice or unpolished rice, as in this modern world, people tends to eat more processed foods than natural foods. In ancient days people used to eat brown rice. They were very healthy and used to live for long years. But, nowadays on an average a human being life span brought down to 60 years! What’s wrong with us? When we got 100 years of life in hand, why do we spoil our health?

Brown rice is one of the whole grains. It is simply the white rice, which has not had the brown coloured bran covering removed. Most people prefer white rice, since brown rice is fluffier and cooks faster than brown rice. But no one knows white rice is a slow poison. Since, Brown rice has the bran intact, which has more fibre than white rice. One cup of brown rice has 31/2 grams of fibre while the same amount of white rice has less than a gram of fibre. Now you can decide whether to eat brown rice or white rice.

Brown rice also contains nutrients like magnesium, manganese, B-complex and zinc. And brown rice has antioxidants and phytonutrients.

Brown rice health benefits:

• Boosts the immune system

• Lowers cholesterol

• Reduce risk of Heart Disease, Stroke and Colon Cancer.

• Reduces severity of Asthma

• Reduces the risk of Type2 Diabetes

• It contains B vitamins, Thiamine, Niacin, B6, Vitamin K, Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, and Potassium.

• Rich in Fibre

• Because of the mineral content, it supplies important nutrient for the hair, teeth, nails, muscles and bones.

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10 Things You May Not Know About Wheatgrass

1. Nicknamed “liquid gold,” one serving of wheatgrass juice is the rough equivalent of one and a half pounds of dark leafy green vegetables.

2. Because of its high chlorophyll content, wheatgrass has a strong alkalizing and detoxifying effect on the body.

3. Growing wheatgrass at home is easy from seeds or whole grain wheat berries, by hand or with a sprouting kit. Perfect for having wheatgrass on hand for smoothies at all times!

4. Like all chlorophyll-rich green plants, wheatgrass is high in oxygen and therefore an excellent source of natural energy.

5. Wheatgrass is superior to other green plants because it has more than 100 elements needed by humans.

6. Most often, wheatgrass is found as juice but powder supplements are also available and can be mixed into juices, smoothies or water. The best time-saving supplements are from freeze-dried organic wheatgrass juice powder

7. Known to improve digestion, wheatgrass only takes one minute to digest.

8. Even though the word “wheat” is in its name, wheatgrass is gluten-free.

9. The best time to have wheatgrass juice is on an empty stomach and one hour before eating so that all the beneficial nutrients are completely available to the body for absorption.

10. Depending on how toxic your body is, wheatgrass juice can cause headaches or increased bowel movements as the body detoxifies. Otherwise, expect lots of energy as the only side effect.

“Nature’s Sports Drink”

Tender Coconut water - has become all the rage with many celebrities and professional athletes for its hydrating properties. Tender Coconut water may be better at replacing lost fluids than a sports drink or water -- as long as you enjoy the taste. It is enhanced with sodium and it is as good as drinking a commercial sports drink for post-exercise rehydration with better fluid tolerance. Compared with most sports drinks, it’s lower in calories (45 to 60 calories per 250 ml), carbohydrates and sodium, and higher in potassium, another mineral that gets sweated out during exercise.

Tender Coconut water, the juice of young green coconuts, also contains magnesium and calcium. Its claim to fame is its high potassium content; a mineral many people don’t get enough of because they don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables.

But during prolonged exercise, we lose much more sodium than potassium. Coconut water alone can’t replace the sodium lost during strenuous exercise. Lighter exercisers, however, will do fine to rehydrate with coconut water

It is super hydrating and prevents from cramping even in the hottest and most humid conditions. 

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Blackberry-Almond-Banana Slim-Down Smoothie

Blackberry-Almond-Banana Slim-Down Smoothie ❥➥❥ approximately 250–300 calories

Blend together:

1/2 cup almond milk 

1/2 cup low-fat plain yogurt 

1/2 cup fresh or frozen Blackberries

1/2 Banana 

2 tsp hemp seeds (or freshly ground flaxseed) 

a dash of Cinnamon

1 tsp Honey

JUICE POPSICLES FOR THE FESTIVE SEASON

How about real juice popsicles for this festive season for when you're relaxing in front of the fireplace after dinner? Make this easy popsicle that everyone would love. 

First of all, get a set or more of popsicle molds from Walmart or the Dollar Store. 

Make three different colored juices and chill them. Suitable fruit juices for this purpose: Kiwi, mango, watermelon, strawberries, pittaya, or any or your favorite fruits.

Pour the first colored juice into the mold and fill up one third full. Keep the other two juices chilled. Put the 1/3 filled molds into the freezer for about 20 minutes till the juice is almost frozen but not yet fully frozen. Repeat same for the second and third colored juice then leave till fully frozen. Easy joy!! :)

 

WANT TO SHED THAT EXTRA WATER WEIGHT YOU'RE CARRYING AROUND?

If you have swollen feet at the end of the day, or socks marks are showing around your ankles, then you definitely have some extra water weight to lose. Or if you're heavily overweight, try this:

Drink and eat only watermelon juice for a mini juice detox for 2-3 days. You'll be surprised how much water weight you'll be losing. Watermelon is diuretic and a natural laxative. The high potassium content helps release the extra water retention (edema) in your body. Also useful for those PMS moments.

The benefits of watermelon are many ...

- Helps detoxify kidneys and prevents kidney stones

- Helps to control blood pressure

- Helps to lower cholesterol

- Relieves mental depression and fatigue

- Very alkalizing - helps improve circulation

- Relieves edema (water retention); by inducing urination

- Relieves constipation

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The MAGICAL FRUIT Guava and its Health benefits....

You know Guava has lot of health benefits as a whole fruit, also the leaves and bark of guava has its own nutritional value and benefits. This inexpensive and humble food is regarded as one of the 'super foods' natures has blessed us with. It has numerous health benefits.

Benefits of guava leaf and extract:

• The guava leaf extract is also effective in treating gastrointestinal problems as it is rich in quercetin and other flavonoids. A drug used for the treatment of diarrhoea has been developed using guava leaves for this very reason. 

• The juice of the leaves cures toothache, swollen gums and oral ulcers, heals wounds when applied externally, convulsions, epilepsy, and bacterial infections.

• The bark extract is also supposed to protect the heart and improve its functionality and has been recently used to treat irregular heartbeats. 

Guava’s health benefit has a whole fruit:

• The benefits of guava include controlling blood pressure, lowering cholesterol, battling diabetes, combating cancer and protecting prostrate.

• Guava is very rich in astringents, which binds up loose bowels in diarrhea. These astringents are alkaline in nature and have disinfectant and anti-bacterial properties, thus help cure dysentery by inhibiting microbial growth and removing extra mucus from the intestines.

• Guava can improve the texture of skin and help avoid skin problems. For the purpose, you can either eat it raw or make wash your skin with a decoction of its immature fruits and leaves.

• Juice of raw and immature guavas or decoction of guava-leaves is known to bring relief in cough and cold.

• Being rich in Vitamin C; guava is effective in treating male infertility caused by sperm clumping, adhesion and other abnormalities.

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