Healthy Garlic Recipes With Antiviral Power

Healthy Garlic Recipes With Antiviral Power

Love garlic? The Garlic Dressing, Firecracker Salsa and Roasted Garlic recipes below give you the taste you love, backed by the antiviral power of “the stinking rose.”

Garlic has a long history that dates back to as early as 5,000 years ago: Ancient Greeks and Egyptians used it for heart problems and headache; the Chinese used it for a variety of common ailments and to boost immunity. And modern scientific research confirms its curative powers. National Cancer Institute studies indicate that a diet rich in garlic may reduce risk of colorectal, stomach and prostate cancer by as much as half. Research also shows that garlic has antiviral properties that protect against infection and inflammation, may destroy certain flu viruses, and help to kill intestinal parasites.

How can one small bulb do so much? That’s because it’s packed with nutrients, including vitamin A and vitamin C; phosphorus, potassium, selenium and zinc; and amino acids. It also contains the sulfur compound allicin, a strong antibiotic.

Any garlic is good for you but raw garlic is slightly more effective when it comes to health benefits. The following easy-to-prepare salad dressing is a tasty way to get your daily dose:



Jalapeno Garlic Salsa
Serves 2-4 people

• 3 jalapeno peppers
• 4 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 can stewed tomatoes
• 1 tsp. lime juice
• 1/4 cup cilantro leaves
• 1/2 tsp. cumin powder
• Salt, to taste

Remove stems and seeds from peppers. Chop all the ingredients by hand or in a food processor. Serve with tortilla chips or over chicken.

And here’s a classic with taste that’s out of this world:

Yummy Roasted Garlic

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Peel away the outer layers of the skin, leaving the clove skins intact. Cut off 1/4 to a 1/2 inch of the top of the cloves with a knife.
3. Place the garlic heads in a regular baking pan or muffin pan, cur side facing up. Drizzle a couple teaspoons of olive oil over each head, “massaging” them with your fingers to make sure each garlic head is well coated. Cover with aluminum foil and bake at 400°F for 30-35 minutes, or until the cloves feel soft if you push on them gently.
4. Let the garlic cool so you can touch it. Use a knife to cut the skin slightly around each clove, and then pull or squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of the skins.

You can eat the roasted garlic as is or mash it with a fork to use in recipes. It also can be spread over warm French bread, mixed with sour cream for a baked potato topping , or mixed in with Parmesan and pasta.

These recipes taste great but if garlic bothers you, try a nutritional supplement instead. Research has shown that supplements are as effective as fresh.

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Uses of Aloe Vera

Uses of Aloe Vera

Of course most people know that this so called "Miracle Plant" Aloe Vera, in the early twentieth century, was used for the treatment of skin disorders. The treatment of various skin complications such as burns, sunburns, thermal burns, scalding, heat rashes and lesions has all been safe uses for Aloe Vera.

As early as the 1930's research scientist found that fresh Aloe Vera reported very positive findings in the use of Aloe Vera in the treatment of (roentgen ray) dermatitis or dermatitis burns from x-rays. Thus, it became known and acknowledged for its topical applications of all skin traumas.

Then in 1949 a most significant finding, of that time, involved the anti-bacterial potential in the treatment of Mycrobacterium tuberculosis.

During the decades of the fifties and sixties, as research techniques improved and more refined systems of measurements arose, the findings that favored Aloe Vera began to abound and the FDA admits that the Aloe ointment does actually regenerate new skin tissue.

In 1963 a study revealed more of Aloe Vera capacities for healing and published the report on the treatment of peptic ulcers. The response was so favorable that it created the clinical impression that this medication of Aloe Vera can certainly delay and perhaps even prevent the development of peptic ulcers.

Another study in 1963 determined that Aloe Vera did inhibit Staphylococcus Aureus, Staphylococcus pyogenes, Corynebacterium xerosis, Shigella paradysenteriae, Salmonella typhosa and Salmonella paratyphi. In layman's terms, this study and research determined that Aloe Vera was effective against a broad range of bacteria, viruses fungi and molds that caused such manifestations as different kinds of staph infections, pussing, dry and itchy skin, certain strains of dysenteric parasites and contagious and non contagious typhoid.

In 1971 another test conducted to test the various percentages of "stabilized" Aloe Vera in a culture medium against four types of pernicious microorganisms:

* Staphylococcus aureus, a staph bacteria found in boils carbuncles,
* Strept viridans, a highly pathogenic bacteria found in various kinds of wounds and infections
* Corynebacterium xerosis, bacteria found in dry itchy skin such as exist in seborrhea.
* Candida Albicans, a monilial fungus prevalent in such conditions as yeast infections, vaginitis, and now believed to be the number one cause of what is commonly known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

What was found, that testing against these pathogenic bacteria and fungus, was that stabilized Aloe Vera in a 90% solution reduced the presents of these microorganisms by as much as 98.5% in strep, staph and corynebacterium strains and by 97.5% in the candida fungus ...in other words the Aloe Vera virtually eliminated them. In fact, it was most effective at killing or stopping over 80% of the candida at as low as a 50% concentration.

To be sure, we have just touched on a few of the reasons, why you should drink Aloe. What is so remarkable is the consistent broad spectrum healing potentials that Aloe Vera possesses, a phenomenon that only grows and widens as the studies and research continues.

In closing there are some more reasons why you should drink Aloe Vera:

* Acne
* Bowels
* Colitis
* Allergies
* Digestive
* Herpes
* Hemorrhoids
* Inflammation
* Eczema
* Canker sores
* Asthma
* Stomach discomforts
* Colds
* Flu

Aloe is recognized for being virtually harmless and non-toxic.

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Health Benefits of Peach

Health Benefits of Peach

Nutritive Values : Per 100 gm.

*Vitamin A : 880 I.U.
*Vitamin B : Thiamine .02 mg.;
*Riboflavin : .05 mg.;
*Niacin : .9 mg.
*Vitamin C : 8 mg.
*Calcium : 8 mg.
*Iron : .6 mg.
*Phosphorus : 22 mg.
*Potassium : 310 mg.
*Fat : .1 gm.
*Carbohydrates: 12 gm.
*Protein : .5 gm.
*Calories : 46



Health Benefits of Peach :

* Anemia
* Constipation
* High blood pressure
* Gastritis (inflammation of the stomach)
* Nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys)
* Acidosis (deficiency of alkalinity in the body)
* Bronchitis (inflammation of the bronchial tubes)
* Asthma
* Poor digestion
* Bladder and kidney stones.
* Helps improve the health of the skin and adds color to the complexion.
* Helpful in the removal of worms from the intestinal tract.
* May help prevent cancer in organs and glands with epithelial tissue due to its high Vitamin A content.

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Vitamins and Eye Health

As with so many other aspects of our health and fitness, when it comes to eye health it is sadly only to obvious when people are not getting enough essential vitamins. Good nutrition and good vision go hand in hand. In developing countries around the world, children are prone to a disease called xerophthalmia. This debilitating illness causes childhood blindness and is caused by a simple lack of vitamin A. In more fortunate societies like ours, we don’t think twice about getting sufficient quantities of vitamin A. It’s found in liver, full fat dairy products, spinach, broccoli, tomato juice, peppers, watercress, mango, dried apricots, butternut squash, and sweet potatoes to name but a few! But it just goes to show how things we take for granted, like getting our fresh vegetables every day, support key functions in our bodies – like our precious eyesight.

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Vitamin D & Diabetes

Scientists have carried out many tests on the effects of vitamin D, its role and also what happens during a deficiency. Results from studies carried out animals shower that there may in fact be a strong link between the incidence of type ii diabetes and vitamin D deficiency.

As these results were so encouraging, scientists are hoping that tests on humans will produce similar results and that by ensuring vitamin D levels are increased in the human body, some cases of diabetes may be preventable or the nature of the disease less affecting.

At the moment the tests carried out on human subjects are limited but do so far show that vitamin D deficiency is more common in those with type II diabetes than those with type I diabetes. More extensive studies must be carried out testing a wide range of variables before any treatments or interventions can be recommended.

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Vitamin D

Known for commonly causing rickets in the past, vitamin D is responsible for maintaining bone health and also for tissue strength and longevity. It is difficult to receive the recommended levels of vitamin D through diet and nutrition alone and experts tend to agree that most humans do not have enough vitamin D in their systems.

Only through regular exposure to natural sunlight can the body produce enough vitamin D to keep us healthy for longer. This does not mean that we should be spending hours in the garden getting burned by the damaging rays of the sun, but that we should when we are able spend at least half an hour outside every day.

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