Mixing Honey and Garlic is Best For Your System

Sep 29, 2015

For centuries, people used natural remedies to boost their immune system. Nowadays, we tend to forget to boost our immune system and react after we are already ill.

The trick, however, is to provide your immune system with the tools and assets to fight illnesses. And when it comes to natural remedies, honey and garlic are on the top of the list of home and natural remedies you can find in your kitchen.

Honey and Garlic

These two ingredients look like total opposites but mix them together, and the result is one of the best mixtures to boost your immune system. The best way to maximize the potential of the mixture is to add raw honey into crushed garlic.

You can also use whole parts of the garlic, but crushing the garlic releases the natural enzymes into it and allows the enzymes to reach the maximum potential.

Health Benefits of Honey

Raw honey has been used in the medicine for centuries. Different cultures have a different use for the precious gem that is high in antitoxins and antiseptic. Honey is an excellent natural remedy thanks to the high amount of minerals, vitamins and enzymes it packs.

Honey also can be used to fight free radicals, serving as an antioxidant. In just one tablespoon, honey packs more vitamins and nutrients than most super foods. You can even say that a spoon of honey per day is better than the famous premise, “an apple per day keeps the doctor away”.

In the 20th century, honey was discarded from medicine due to the popularization of antibiotics, but some people still prefer it as an alternative medicine.

Health Benefits of Garlic

The first association people get when garlic is mentioned is probably Dracula and fighting vampires. But garlic is one of the healthiest foods you can get. For thousands of years, garlic has been used as a medicine by different cultures.

Ancient Egyptians, for example, used garlic as a medicine to treat ailments and infections. In Ancient Greece, athletes at the Olympic Games consumed garlic in an effort to enhance their performances.

Even Romans gave garlic to their soldiers and workmen. In India, ayurvedic physicians prescribe garlic as a medicine for rheumatism and prevention of heart diseases. In China, even from ancient times garlic has been used as a remedy for high blood pressure.

Nowadays, garlic is used to improve heart function, fight fungal infections and help us maintain regular blood pressure. But the most frequent use is to fight common flu and cold.

Honey and Garlic Sauce

The combination of sweet and sour gives this sauce an ideal taste, making it popular with dishes such as chicken wings. To prepare the sauce peel one head of garlic and then chop it and squeeze it.

Crush it until you get a transparent mixture. Now it is the time to add honey and you need approximately 200 grams of raw honey. Stir, and then put the mixture into a jar. You can keep the jar in the fridge, and consume half a spoon per day to boost your immune system.

The recommended dose is three doses of half a spoon per day. You can also add lemon or ginger tea for maximum health benefits.

Honey and roasted garlic

For the second mixture of honey and garlic, you can throw in some other healthy ingredients. For starters, you need 250 grams of honey and 10 cloves of fresh garlic.

Also included on the ingredient list is dry white wine (approximately 30ml), olive oil, fresh rosemary, cracked white peppercorns, and little sea salt.

Peel the garlic and stir with olive oil and white wine. Preheat the oven while you prepare the mixture. Place the stirred garlic on a baking paper and then on an oven dish. Sprinkle some salt and add rosemary springs.

Close the package with the baking paper and place it in the oven. Wait for 15 minutes, or wait until the smell of the garlic occupies the kitchen. After you extract the garlic from the baking paper, smash it with a fork.

Now, add honey and stir until you get a composite mixture. Pour the mixture into a jar and take one tablespoon per day. Your honey and garlic mixture can last two months.

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Kids, asthma and secondhand smoke at home = twice as many hospitalizations

Parents of kids with asthma need to be aware of risks

AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ALLERGY, ASTHMA, AND IMMUNOLOGY

Photo source: http://www.alltreatment.com/blog/2013/replacing-cigarette-adiction/

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (September 24, 2015) - Parents who allow their children with asthma to be exposed to second hand smoke (SHS) at home need to know the risk is high their child will be hospitalized. In fact, the risk is nearly double that for kids with asthma who are not exposed to SHS.

An article in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, the scientific publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), reviewed 25 studies investigating smoking exposure at home. More than 430,000 children were included, with a mean age of 7.6 years of age. The majority - 96 percent - of the studies investigated smoking exposure at home.[...]

The article says children are perhaps more likely to be negatively affected by cigarette exposure than adults due to the immaturity of their lungs and immune systems. In addition, toxins such as SHS reduce lung growth rates, even though details of how this occurs aren't entirely known.

"The results of this review serve as a reminder to parents of just how dangerous it is to expose their children to SHS," said allergist Avni Joshi, MD, ACAAI member and senior author of the article. "Allergists are trained to work with both children and adults to get their asthma under control. Controlled asthma means fewer emergency room visits, hospitalizations and proper use of long-term controller medications. An allergist can also help avoid over-reliance on quick-relief medications and work on modifiable risk factors for poor asthma outcomes like assessing and addressing tobacco exposures. Some allergists have developed family-centered tobacco control programs which address parents' tobacco use during a clinic visit for a child with asthma."

Only a small percentage of patients who could benefit from specialty care are referred to an allergist and the majority of patients - including a disproportionate number of children - do not receive adequate care to control asthma, its debilitating symptoms and the increased costs of uncontrolled asthma.[...]

For more information about treating asthma, and to locate an allergist in your area, visitAllergyAndAsthmaRelief.org.

PUBLIC RELEASE: 24-SEP-2015

About ACAAI

The ACAAI is a professional medical organization of more than 6,000 allergists-immunologists and allied health professionals, headquartered in Arlington Heights, Ill. The College fosters a culture of collaboration and congeniality in which its members work together and with others toward the common goals of patient care, education, advocacy and research. [...]

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-09/acoa-kaa091615.php

Vines and wines: Getting rid of wine stains

Oh, those dreaded wine stains.

We’ve all had to deal with them, those drops of red on a white piece of clothing or that arrow of red splashed across 2 feet of rug when someone knocks over a full glass.

How to get rid of them?

Home remedies abound — pouring club soda or white wine on a wet red wine stain; using salt, milk or just plain old water. Even kitty litter.

First, two rules: Blot, don’t rub. Blot before, blot during, blot after. Blotting absorbs; rubbing forces the wine into the fabric. Second, use your remedy quickly. Once the stain starts to dry, removal is more difficult.

As for those remedies, several have been tried successfully at Chez Berninger.

• White wine: Don’t break out that $45 chardonnay. Cheap white wine works just fine. It helps neutralize the red wine. Generously soak the stained area. Gently blot.
• Club soda: Use generously. Gently blot. Some think the carbonation helps take away the stains.
• Salt: Grab the salt shaker and generously pour salt on the stained area. Salt will absorb the stain. Brush it off and rinse with water.
• Water: Rinse quickly, heavily and repeatedly with plain tap water, first cold, then hot. If caught immediately and the stain is light, this is the easiest solution.
• Kitty litter: We’ve used it on icy sidewalks and in the bottom of votive candle bags, but never on wine. You’re on your own with this one.

If you’re leery of home remedies, then go with a commercial product.

Richmonder Julie Brantley, who says she’s had ample opportunity for cleaning up wine spills, uses a couple of products and a well-tested plan.

Step 1: Dab the wine spill with paper towels to get out the excess liquid.

Step 2: If carpet, spray with Woolite Stain Solutions for Protein and Liquid stains.

Step 3: Work the spray into the stain and use paper towels to press down and remove the stain.

Step 4: If there is still some color residue left, reapply and continue to press the area hard with paper towels.

“For clothes — and carpet, if stain is still there after steps 1 through 4 — I use OxiClean pretreated gel stick on the stai n and soak — or dab with — in a mixture of warm water and OxiClean stain remover powder,” she said.

Margaret Coleman uses a pet product called Resolve. “Spray it on, then blot it,” she said.

Yet another product is Wine Away. It worked extremely well recently on one of those 2-foot-long streaks on a light blue-and-white carpet and has worked in the past on clothing. It is made from fruit and vegetable extracts, contains no bleach and is available in many wine shops.

If the remedies don’t work 100 percent or the stain has been dry for days before you discover it, oftentimes the best solution is to call a professional for rugs and take clothing to a professional cleaner.

But how to prevent those wine spills in the first place? Sippy cup, anyone?

Posted: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:30 pmBY JACK BERNINGER | Special correspondent

http://www.richmond.com/food-drink/jack-berninger/article_24aae88a-fcf0-5021-b512-591cea4fbb3d.html

These health habits of India are being copied by the West!

By Udita Madan | Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 12:54

Welcome to the life and times of globalization. Where everything, from food to clothes to language to mannerisms, of cultures across the globe are being adopted.

It feels good to see your cultural qualities and mannerisms get adopted by a person from a different culture altogether and it feels even better when that habit is a beneficial one.

We have usually seen and thought that Indians imitate Western habits, however, this time things are going to be reversed. Why, you ask?

Surprisingly there are a lot of Indian trends that get copied in foreign lands and healthy home remedies top the list in this case.

Yes, you heard right! There are a few home remedies for health that the West has adopted as a part of their daily lifestyle.

Want to know a few of them? Read on!

1. Practicing Yoga as a way of life:

In India, yoga is practiced at large as an exercise and is being taken up by adults and the youth alike. But in the West, Yoga has become a major trend for better health for all age groups. Other than the normal yoga poses, Westerners also experiment with a variety of styles such as doga (yoga with dogs), equine yoga (yoga with horses) and karaoke yoga.

2. Using turmeric in diet:

Turmeric is a staple spice in Indian households. We add it to most of our dishes, and even drink it with milk. This spice is loaded with anti-inflammatory properties, which is what has helped it become extremely popular in the West.

3. Going the coconut oil way:

Coconut oil is used widely in southern India and has also been gaining popularity in northern India since the past few years. While it took time for the West to acknowledge its potential as a healthy oil, it is now being widely used in skin and hair products as well as being popularly used for 'oil pulling' that is done to eliminate dental ailments. It is also recommended that you add a spoon of coconut oil in your cup of coffee for weight loss.

4. Spicing up their tea:

While tea was the most popular drink the British had, India added to it what it has always sworn by – herbs and spices. Ginger tea is one of the most popular drinks in the west because it is considered to be a great source of detox and it also helps boost immunity to fight cough and cold. Plus, you can never go wrong with a bit of ginger tea.

5. Replacing vegetable oil with ghee:

If Indian households always have one thing stocked up, it's desi ghee. Ghee is known for it's nutritional value and it's role as a lubricant for the veins to aid smooth blood flow in our body. It is something that can be added to your daily diet and is in fact, considered better than vegetable oil. The Westerners now use ghee to saute and fry their vegetables and meat to give their dishes an empowering flavour.

Like they say, experimentation is the spice of life!

First Published: Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 09:49

http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/these-health-habits-of-india-are-being-copied-by-the-west_1795470.html

How to make homemade yogurt - save money, get healthy

Isn`t it a very easy way of doing your own yogurt? With a very little effort and money you can boost your daily diet. I also did it putting milk and a yogurt starter into a flask instead of covering a container with a towel whitch helps keeping the warm environment for bacteria to grow. Just let`s try it in any way and have a fun as a home scientist doing experiments with making your own yogurt.