Health Benefits of Carrots

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I always wonder why does my husband pushes to me to eat carrots. We always keep 2 - 3 lbs of fresh carrots in our fridge. To solve my query I googled about carrots and found some very interesting facts about it. And now I got to know the reason for his incitement for carrots.

So let's have a look at its benefits.

Prevent Cancer

It greatly helps in fighting against breast cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer. It is rich in compound "Falcarinol", which is an anti-cancer agent. It is pesticide that acts as an anti-fungal agent.

Improve Vision

Our retina needs Vitamin A, the deficiency of which results in night blindness. Carrots contains beta-carotene that is converted into Vitamin A in liver. In retina this vitamin is converted into "Rhodopsin". It is a purple pigment that helps in improving vision at night. It also protect against macular degeneration.

Prevent Heart Disease

Carrots help in keeping the hearth upright. The regular intake of carrots reduces blood cholesterol. The fibers present in carrots combines with and removes bile acid from blood stream. Cholesterol triggers are dissolved further to create more bile acid in the blood stream. Hence it reduces blood cholesterol.

Reduce the Risk of Stroke

According to a research conducted by Harvard University, people who ate 6 carrots a week are less prone to stroke than those who ate only 1 carrot a month or more.

Nourish Skin

 It helps in nourishing skin alike potato. It is a cleansing and detoxifying agent and effective in treating acne caused due to blood toxins. Vitamin A formed with carrot intake helps in revitalizing the dry, dead skin and removing other skin blemishes.

Anti-Aging

It is also an anti-oxidant and therefore helps in improving the immunity of our bodies. It fight against free body radicals and slows down aging cells. 

Dental Health

Eating carrots after the meals is a very good practice as carrots are natural abrasives that helps in removing plague and dirt from teeth and gums. It also helps in producing saliva that helps in removing stains on teeth.

So eat at least one full cup of carrot a day to get benefited.

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Health Benefits of Grapes

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Grapes are one of the very tasty fruits and healthy too. Grape are also one of the expensive fruits as they are produced in only few countries of the world. So, let us have a look at the benefits of grapes.

Migraine

It strongly helps in improving migraine. The best remedy is to take ripe grape juice in the morning without any added water.

Blood Cholesterol

A chemical compound called Saponins combines with cholesterol found in blood to prevent it from absorption. Thus helps in lowering the cholesterol level in the blood.

Kidney Disorder

It helps in reducing the acidity of Uric Acid and hence eliminate acid from the system. This in turn helps in reducing the pressure on kidneys.

Heart Disease

It helps in preventing heart attacks, as it is rich in Nitric Oxide which reduces blood clots that precipitate heart attacks. It also helps in preventing oxidation of LDL cholesterol that block blood vessels.

Indigestion

It helps in curing irritation and indigestion of stomach. It also helps in preventing dyspepsia.

Anticancer Properties

It helps in fighting with Colorectal and Breast Cancer. It contains Resveratrol, an inflammatory and anti-proliferate chemical compound, which helps in preventing cancer from growing and spreading.

Healthy Eyes

It helps in improving the aging effects of eyes. It prevents cataract and macular degeneration. It contains Flavonoids that inhibit the free radicals like cataract.

Asthma

It has tremendous assimilatory power that helps in moisturizing the lungs. Thus helps against asthma.

Antibacterial Activity

Generally red grapes contains antiviral and antibacterial properties that helps in fighting against serious viruses such as polio, herpes simplex virus etc.

 

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Why Do I love Strawberries…?

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Have you all pondered to what extent Strawberries help our bodies? What makes them so special for our life? Apart from a giving a wonderful taste strawberries has many health benefits. So, let us take a look at how these benefit us.

Diet

It helps in controlling our diet as one cup of strawberries contains 13% of RDA of dietary fiber, by giving only 43 calories. This fiber helps in keeping the regular digestion and curbs overeating. It also lowers the blood pressure. So it is very good for ones having constipation or higher blood pressure problems.

Antioxidants

Antioxidants helps in improving the immunity system of our bodies. Strawberries are one of the exceptional antioxidants that mankind has discovered till now. It is ranked 4th among the best antioxidant food sources. It is a rich source of a chemical compound called phenol, particularly anthocyanin, which helps in increasing the uric acid level in the body. Doctors suggest that a regular intake of one cup of strawberries for about 2 weeks increases the immunity of the person against oxidative stress and in-turn lower disease risk.

Anti-Inflammatory

Phenols present in strawberries also fight against inflammatory disorders, like asthma, osteoarthritis. It helps in inhibiting the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX) alike drugs aspirin and ibroofane. However strawberries do not exhibit any unwanted side-effects as these drugs do.

Healthy Eyes

Strawberries contains Vitamin C, Folate (Vitamin B), fiber and some phytochemicals that helps in fighting with cancer. Vitamin C is the crucial element of age related eye disease study. It is an antioxidant and also serves the requirements of making connective tissues for healthy blood vessels of eyes. Thus it helps our eyes against aging phenomenon.

Vitamin C

It is an effective antioxidant rich with 136% of RDA of Vitamin C in one cup of strawberries. It helps in improving the immunity system and lowering blood pressure. It also helps to fight the diseases like cataract and macular degeneration.

Bone Health

One cup of strawberries contains 21% of Manganese, which helps in maintaining healthy bone structure. The other essential ingredients helping in bone building are potassium and Vitamin K. Strawberries contains all the above and thus helps in protecting our bones.

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Never Interrupt Me When I'm Eating A Banana!!!

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Well in reality no body interrupted me for having a banana but I wrote those lines for a simple reason to show that how important it is to have a banana. With taste what else do we get from a banana? So to instigate these quest in your mind I gave this article this wonderful title.

So, what are the benefits of having bananas on regular basis. Let's have a look at the following.

1. It helps in reducing depression.
2. It provides a very essential nutrient "Vitamin B6", which helps in regulating the glucose level in our body.
3. It fights with anemia as it contains iron that further helps in building hemoglobin in our body.
4. It helps in increasing the brain power due to its rich potassium content.
5. It is a tropical fruit that is rich in potassium but has low salt content, helps in maintaining the blood pressure and stroke of our body.
6. Improves constipation. Due to its rich fiber content, the body naturally restores the normal bowel procedures.
7. It has natural antacids to cure from heartburn.
8. Due its rich content of Vitamin B, it helps in calming the nervous system.
9. It balances over-acidity and reduces the irritation as it coats the stomach.
10. It helps in controlling the tremperature both physically and emotionally.
11. The most important benefit of having banana is that it reduces stress. As, potassium is an essential component that is used to normalize the breathing and to send required oxygen to the brain. When we get the stress our metabolic rate increases by reducing the potassium content of our body. So, such high potassium fruits like bananas helps in reducing the stress.

Best time to eat Banana

Well there is no specific time to have banana but it is a very good practice to have bananas in breakfast. It helps in relaxing our body and also gives bountiful energy for our mundane work!!!

So, enjoy banana and your life!!!

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One apple a day keeps a doctor away :)

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It is a famous proverb "One apple a day keeps a doctor away". In reality it is true. An apple is as powerful as an antibiotic. You need to be regular with it and can see its magic by yourself. With a wonderful taste it gives you the benefit of rich nutrients. The following describes the good effects of apples on your health.

1. It helps in improving the complexion. Although it is a gradual process and takes time. But it adds to the beauty of your face.
2. It reduces the risk of lung cancer, breast cancer and colon cancer.
3. It helps in protecting the heart.
4. It is a potential antioxidant.

There are a lot of benefits of an apple. But to learn in short it provides us the substance that helps in improving the immunity of our body. So it is a must and an advisable fruit for all human beings.

Time to eat apple

There is no such specific time to have apple but it is very healthy to have in breakfast with some other fruits. The benefit is the added taste and a good breakfast.

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