Natural remedies for colds are extremely common because the chemical preparations that can be bought in all pharmacies merely ease the unwanted symptoms and minimise their longevity. These remedies can be traced back for thousands of years.

The usual complaints whilst suffering from a cold are coughing, a painful throat, runny nose, congestion, painful aches all over, tiredness, headaches, fever, feeling sick, vomiting and a lack of appetite.

Natural remedies for colds need not be hard to obtain or make. Initially raising the humidity of your rooms will help reduce the discomfort of a cold. But also make sure to keep your insides hydrated. By drinking more fluids, especially water, you will alleviate symptoms, replace fluids and flush out infection faster. Lemon is also very important among the many natural remedies for the common cold as it help to fight infection and is an antibacterial agent. Honey helps to soothe sore throats. Echinacea and goldenseal have been shown to reduce the symptoms and aid recovery.

If you feel really blocked up the following are extremely helpful: garlic, onion, ginger, spices such as pepper, cayenne, chilli powder, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, cloves and herbs such as thyme and oregano. Many of these fight infections and are antiviral.

Use tea tree, eucalyptus and peppermint aromatherapy oils to help loosen mucus and heals the throat, nasal passages and bronchial tubes. Inhale vapors of these oils by putting it on a cotton ball, in a steam bath or an aromatherapy diffuser.

Of the many natural remedies for colds there are some surprising ones such as drinking catnip tea (catnip is usually for cats). This herbal remedy has been known for some time. Catnip works as an expectorant and opens up the bronchial passages helping you breathe more easily. It also helps to reduce a high temperature by making you sweat. Catnip contains a sedative compound so it will also help you go to sleep. Catnip should be avoided by pregnant women.

Natural remedies for colds are becoming more popular as there is no cure in sight for the common cold or flu.  We’ve got the inside scoop to effective cold natural remedies now on Aloe Vera ~ Your Miracle Natural Doctor.

Get rid of hangover problems naturally and safely through home-grown remedies and recipes. Pretty much anyone who has had a time of it the night before can relate a story about waking up with headaches and queasy stomachs, at minimum. Because of this, people have searched for any kind of hangover remedy they can find, and have packed their bodies with over-the-counter medicinals on many an occasion.

Generally speaking, too much of some laboratory-made substance can never be ultimately good for us. As a result of this growing awareness, there are plenty of people out there looking to avoid pharmaceuticals and are casting about for ways to cure many of the common illnesses we have through natural substances that our bodies have evolved over the millennia to make good use of.

Get rid of hangover problems naturally and safely, of course, which is actually easier than most people would believe. For example, it’s possible to grow many of these potentially restorative or curative plants and such right in our backyard gardens or buy them from organic and health food stores. Combinations of such plants can be greatly effective against a hangover.

Natural remedies are those remedies that have been created through combining and mixing together plants and other natural substances such as herbs, flowers and parts of trees that, when combined, can produce a substance that acts much like a laboratory-made pharmaceutical. The difference is that these substances are completely natural and safe. Aloe is one example.

For the most part, the hardest thing to do in all of this is the growing of such plants or flowers and then the mixing together according to well-developed recipes that have been time-tested and proven. There are plenty of kits and recipe books out there that make the whole process extremely easy to carry off.

Nowadays, it’s no longer the case that we have to rely solely on over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs. For a fact, many of these medications can build up to toxic levels in our bodies over time and produce a side effect that can be worse, in many cases, then the illnesses these medications were developed to help correct. Natural substances are better in almost every case.

Get rid of hangover problems naturally is the only way you can kick out your hangover issues. We’ve got the inside scoop to get rid your hangover effectively now on http://www.GrowARemedy.com/

Natural remedies to relieve flu come in many different forms and some actually work while others may not. Some flu remedies may work wonders for some individuals and others may not do a thing. Natural Remedies are those that can be found growing in the garden or they may be found easily in the kitchen or around the house. You don’t need a doctor’s prescription for them and the recipes where probably used by your grandmother.

Some remedies are to ease the symptoms of flu but others are to prevent it from afflicting you in the first place. One of the most important preventative remedies is to wash hands with soap and water. You can also use alcohol based hand sanitizer but soap and water works much better. One of the ways people frequently get the flu is to touch the handle of the shopping cart at the store so be sure to take antibacterial wipes with you. Plastic will retain germs for quite some time and they will attach themselves to your hands once you touch the cart. Take a pen along with you to write a check or sign your name to a receipt instead of using the one at the cash register. There is no telling how many germs have been left on that pen in a short period of time and someone may have put it in their mouth or sneezed then touched it. Perhaps you are wary about wiping down things in public such as the hand rails in a subway car. Just don’t touch your face until you are able to wash those hands. When you touch your face you are giving germs an invitation to invade your body through your mouth or your nose.

Natural remedies to relieve the flu can be found at almost every drug store and even at Wal-Mart, so don’t worry if you can’t grow them yourself. One of the best herbs that will prevent and aid flu symptoms is Echinacea. This herb comes from the American Indians of the North American Plains. Echinacea helps by enhancing the immune system and making white blood cells battle infection more readily. In some instances those people that have a reaction to rag weed may have a reaction to Echinacea. This herb will not be effective if taken for long period of times so be sure to start taking it when you have been around those who have the flu or you start feeling some of the symptoms yourself. Take Echinacea for only a few weeks then stop for the same amount of time and resume taking it again so that your body will not become accustom to the effects. You can find this herb as a tincture or in a pill form. You can create your own tea by taking a spring and pouring a cupful of boiled water over it letting it sit for about 10 minutes. Take the sprig out, strain and drink it down.

Get ginger from the grocery store to make a good healing remedy that will help flu symptoms. The ginger you need to get is the root that resembles the hand of a human. You can also get ginger in a liquid tincture or in a pill. Ginger’s properties help ease the pain of sore sinuses and it also makes a fever lessen. Another property is that it will help you sleep. Take the ginger and cut off a 1 inch section, then peel the outer skin off. Place it in a cup and pour boiling water over top letting it sit for about 10 minutes and drink it all up.

Nature provides us with many other remedies that will help the effects of the flu. To get rid of a fever one must sweat and peppermint will do the trick. Sinuses can be cleared by sniffing the vapor from an infusion and your appetite will be stimulated. Another herb tea that can bring down a fever is Lemon Balm. An irritated throat can be eased by gargling with the antiseptic qualities of sage tea. Reducing fever is done well by the herb yarrow. The taste of yarrow is an acquired taste so make sure to add peppermint in the infusion to mask the taste. Elderberries have been found to relieve the flu in record times. You can find either capsules or go to a health store and find syrup that will do the trick very nicely.

It does not hurt to try any of these flu remedies and you might be able to head flu off at the pass or at least make things feel a little better. If nothing works, make some soup with chicken and noodles. It might be an old wives tale but it will help ease the pain and agony of the flu, at least for a little while.

Natural Remedies to relieve flu are becoming more popular as there is no cure in sight for the common cold or flu. We’ve got the inside scoop to effective flu natural remedies now on http://www.GrowARemedy.com/

Strengthening Your Immune System:

FIGHT SWINE FLU WITH NUTRITION THERAPY

After Tamiflu has been presumed not capable anymore in paralyzing swine flu a.k.a. H1N1 A Influenza, meanwhile The Indonesia Health Minister has proclaimed swine flu as an outbreak, what should we do to protect ourselves from this severe flu?

H1N1 A Influenza a.k.a. swine flu started attacking Indonesia on June, 24th 2009. The disease came along with the tourists, who had intention to spend their holidays in Bali, and also with those who got back from spending holidays abroad. This swine flu is unbearable, said a headline in one of local newspaper. It’s shocking that Jakarta has the second most swine flu patients after Bali. Meanwhile, it is said that tamiflu is no longer capable of curing either swine flu or bird flu. Then, what should we do to protect ourselves from these two severe flu?

Here is the simple and easy solution for your colds and flu using natural remedies from growing your own plants or just buy the ingredients.  Step by step making your home made natural remedies recipes:

Grow A Remedy

FLU TREATMENT

It is known that virus makes us got flu. Over-produce of nose mucus, dry throat, headache, and sometimes little bit fever. Having a cold is not the same with having influenza. Cold is not as hard as influenza. The symptoms are almost the same but cold’s symptoms are lighter than the syndromes of influenza. When you’re supposed to have a cold, but if you feel weary muscle, sore joint, and reaching 39ºC of fever, freezing, bad headache and dry cough, it means you’ve got yourself infected by influenza. Swine flu’s syndrome is kind of the same, only the virus caused it is not the same with influenza’s virus. It’s a different kind of virus.

A common cold can be healed in few days. As long as there’s no other symptoms or complications such as bronchitis/pneumonia; but swine flu is more vicious, because the symptoms are worst so that needs hospital treatment. Usually, patient is treated by tamiflu and IV (intra venus) as well for fluid addition. Tamiflu is a special medicine for killing swine flu and bird flu virus. However later on, tamiflu is no longer effective in killing those two beast virus. Now, the clinician expert is beginning to try other way: strengthening body’s immune, by nutrition therapy.

IMMUNE SYSTEM AND FOOD

Ulcer is part of digestive system in our body. It is kind of a ‘meeting place’ that connects inner body with its outer. All food and drinks must have through it. Inside there, all are digested and absorbed. The immunity system works to sort and put aside ‘unidentified’ protein in our food to be eliminated later. The other function of immunity system is to destroy microorganisms that came along with our meal, and we do not aware that the meal has been contaminated by bad microorganisms.

Good immune system is able to destroy every possibility disease in lung and ulcer. If you’re already infected by flu or other symptoms, strengthen your immune system is one of the best ways to deal with the disease. As well as swine flu, for you who had already infected by this, you still have a chance to increase your immunity to higher level, and slay swine flu virus in your body. And for you, who are still in perfect condition, it is suggested for you to take care of yourself by strengthening your body immune too. One of the ways is by applying nutrition therapy.

NUTRITION THERAPY

Once you’re infected by swine flu, take a lot of sleep and rest is the only medication you should get. Have some meal, a lot of drink mineral water, herbal tea, or soup. Flu virus hates fluids like juice and sweet drinks, but gives benefit to flu patient, since they contain antioxidant. It is the best treatment for flu patient or even for the healthy person as a protection.

Here are some foods which are able to increase our immune system: basil, spice, onion, garlic, cloves, rosemary, pepper, thyme, cinnamon, ginger, blackberry, blueberry, lemon, fresh yogurt, orange, and whole grains. Increase daily intake with vegetables and fresh fruits, especially fruits in colors (red, light yellow and green).

It is not recommended for patients to drink milk and other products contained milk (dairy), since milk and dairy products can increase runny-nose.

DON’T EAT ACIDIC FOOD/MEAL

Virus don’t kill us, Dr. Robert O. Young said in phmiracleliving@aol.com. He is the founder of The New Biology and The Science of Alkaline Living programme creator in United States of America. He thinks, virus has no killing-potential, and when we are infected by flu (either swine or bird) and then died, we are not dead because of flu. It is the “acid”. “Virus” itself in Latin means “poison” or “acid”. So, it means, when it is told that swine flu killed thousand of people, it’s not the swine flu virus caused it, it is the excess of the “acid” in human’s body. Where the “acid” comes from? It comes from every acidic food and drink we have everyday. And we have the acid too much.

Here are the examples of acidic food and drink: liquor, beer, beans, processed rice, corn, yeast, ketchup, poultry meat, red meat, and so on. The forbidden food is pork meat! Do you know why? Among all poultry meat, pork meat has the lowest pH level (almost reach the number of 2), therefore it is very much potential to make our blood become acid. Therefore, logically, the only way to avoid swine flu and any other flu is to have food with high base level rather than high acid level (it is told that we need our blood in enough base level to be healthy). Food with base level means food containing sodium mineral, magnesium, and potassium and carbonay calcium. We can find all those in vegetables and fresh colored fruits.

NOT A VIRUS

Dr. Robert O. Young says that the reason why we can be so susceptible of getting flu (swine or bird or any flu) is eating too much acidic garbage. We need to pay attention to this. Still from Dr. Robert O., the acidic excess can be triggered by stress and negative emotion. He suggests eliminating the acidic factors through every “holes” in our body such as eyes, ears, mouth, or nose. Don’t try to eliminate the acidic thing by medication or vaccination! What he meant was that we should control those “holes” from “acid” food consumption rudely and uncontrolled.

Pierre Jean Cousin and Kirsten Hartvig, in their book The Complete Guide to Nutritional Health, say that to avoid being infected by flu, we should increase our immune system. Besides suggesting having appropriate diet, there is another dominant factor: life style (healthy immune system depends on healthy body condition). Factors that included in life style: stress, pollution, liquor/alcohol, smoking, drugs, medicine intervention, obesity, lack of exercise, and being old. You MUST change that unhealthy life style, especially when you are in the middle age.

Now, you know how to protect yourself from swine flu attack. It is not the virus we should be afraid of, it is the “acid” stuff. Please do have a healthy diet (try not to eat too much acidic food and drink) and healthy life style. No vaccination and no medication. It’s easy right?

Source: Nirmala Magazine, August 2009
Translated by SFina Karlina, is a freelance translator/interpreter in english vv indonesian. Based in Bandung, Indonesia. Reach her at sfinakarlina@yahoo.com

Let’s join our hands together in implementing our positive thoughts with POSITIVE ACTION. Please include the prayer “HELP US CREATE SUSTAINABLE HEALTH AND WELLNESS TODAY“ in your blogs, tweets (twitter) or websites. If the virus can spread so fast, then let’s fight back with our positive action by spreading the above prayer so it will have the ripple effect of sustainable health and wellness for us.

Keep well & stay healthy!

Scientists are trying their best to find cures for common flu or cold. Yet, we are all aware that until today, there are no known cures to heal this common flu. What can natural remedies do to help us if we are suffering common flu? Surely, natural remedies can help us to ease our pain and provide relief. Let’s take a look of those natural remedies to deal with common flu which have been used from generation to next generation.

FRUITS your golden key to enhance immune system

Vitamin C
Find fruits with red color inside them, such as guava, papaya, etc. usually they contain the highest Vitamin C. Also, for your reference, there is Top 7 Fruits for Vitamin C content:

1. Guava, 1 medium, 165 mg
2. Papaya, 1 cup, 87 mg
3. Strawberries, 1 cup, 84 mg
4. Kiwi, 1 medium, 74 mg
5. Cantaloupe, 1 cup, 68 mg
6. Orange, 1 medium, 75 mg
7. Grapefruit, half, 42 mg

Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”

- Buddha –

If in the old days our ancestor entirely depend on natural remedies/natural ways to stay healthy & healing; but they had never been vaccinated, somehow they still managed to survive & preserve healthy living; then why in the ‘modern’ era, we depend on it (so much)?

For your references, all about vaccinations you might never know:

Vaccination Risk Awareness Network

CBS 60 Minutes: 300 death claims from 1976 swine flu vaccine, only one death from flu

Are forced vaccinations a real threat against your health and freedom?

http://therapies4kids.com/moulden_video/moulden_video.swf

Dr. Andrew Moulden (Interview): What You Were Never Told About Vaccines

“Don’t listen to what anyone else tells you - inlcuding myself - simply Look - the video link below helps guide you…now go look for yourself - Truth comes from within..seek and you will find…knock and the door will be opened…do not sit and receive others skewed vantage points, inlcuding my own - nature is self evident, if you rely upon your own powers of observation and God given common sense and rational thought.capcities… you will find truth on yuor own - this is mre powerful than anything else any other can say, sell, comment, opinionate, or coerce… Your own seeking and comprehension is more powerful than what any other being can provide you..rely upon your own understanding and conlusion, once you are armed with what to look for, rather than what you are told - if some one else says it, this is their “truth”, expert or otehrwise..If you seek and find it, and it makes intuitiver sense, observable, and comprehensible..embrace it - you’re “in the door.” (Dr. Andrew Moulden)

You Are What You Believe!

“The first step in natural healing is responsibility.
Natural healing is about taking control of your life and being responsible for everything that goes in and out of your body, mind and spirit.”

- Richard Schulze -

We are all aware the significant health benefits of honey as natural remedies for our body. It is the time now to re-evaluate our relationship and understanding about honey with our health.

Here we go:

1] Do you have the habit to consume HONEY regularly?

If YES: What kind of honey do you think is the best for your health & how do you usually apply honey as your daily intake?

If NO: What’s your constraint to drink honey?

2] How do you recognized between original honey and the fake one?

3] Fact or myth?

If some ants love to gather and taste our honey on the table, it means our honey is not original.

HONEY, here I come!

Let’s fire up the comment section below by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. Having a discussion with beautiful souls from around the globe it’s truly enlightening!

“Make your own recovery the first priority in your life.”
Robin Norwood

Shall we start now?

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

#funfacttursday

I remembered when I was a kid, my mom often advised me to eat some peanuts if I’m hungry during school breaks. Peanuts are handy snack and good to boost your energy! So, it does make sense right? Dynamite needs energy to explode.

Peanuts! Makes you healthy!

Despite the fact that peanuts can be one of the dynamite’s components, let’s check out what are their offers for your health benefits as natural remedies.

1. Numerous research studies, have found that frequent nut consumption is related to reduce risk of cardiovascular disease. To lower your risk of cardiovascular and coronary heart disease, enjoy a handful of peanuts or other nuts, or a tablespoon of nut butter, at least 4 times a week.

2. Rich in antioxidants as many fruits

3. Reducing the risk of stroke

4. A number of studies have shown that nutrients found in peanuts, including folic acid, phytosterols, phytic acid (inositol hexaphosphate) and resveratrol, may have anti-cancer effects. To help prevent colon cancer, avoid pickled foods, but enjoy peanuts at least twice each week.

5. Preventing gallbladder disease.

6. Protection against Alzheimer’s disease and age-related cognitive decline.

7. Lowers Risk of Weight Gain.

Practical Tip:

Don’t let concerns about gaining weight prevent you from enjoying the delicious taste and many health benefits of nuts!

• Spread some nut butter on your morning toast or bagel.
• Remember how many great childhood lunches involved a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Upgrade that lunchbox favorite by spreading organic peanut butter and concord grape jelly on whole wheat bread.
• Fill a celery stick with nut butter for an afternoon pick-me-up.
• Sprinkle a handful of nuts over your morning cereal, lunchtime salad, dinner’s steamed vegetables.
• Or just enjoy a handful of lightly roasted nuts as a healthy snack.
• Packing one peanut butter and jelly sandwich (be sure to use whole wheat bread for its fiber, vitamins and minerals) for lunch each week.
• Having a handful of peanuts as an afternoon pick me up.
• Tossing some peanuts on your oatmeal or salad.
• Spread peanut butter on your morning waffle, whole grain toast or mid-morning crackers.
• Add a tablespoon of peanut butter to your morning smoothie.
• Enjoy a handful of dry roasted peanuts with a glass of tomato juice as an afternoon snack.
• Combine peanut butter, coconut milk, and ready-to-use Thai red or green curry paste for a quick, delicious sauce. Pour over healthy sautéed vegetables. Use as a cooking sauce for tofu or salmon.
• Toss cooked brown rice with sesame oil, chopped peanuts, scallions, sweet red pepper, parsley and currants.
• When purchasing peanut butter, be sure to read the label. Hydrogenated(trans-) fats and sugar are often added to peanut butter.
• Buy organic and choose brands that contain peanuts, salt-and nothing else!

Suppose you have any doubts about peanuts’ health benefits, fire up your comments below in the comment section.

“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.”
~ Anne Frank ~

We are oneness with the universe.

That’s why when we feel something missing from our inner selves, our nature is the best answer for natural remedies.

Okay, now it’s the time for you as patient to take turn and being inside the practice room of your doctor, make sure to use your time efficiently and effectively since many people are waiting outside.

Here below are my experiences and I am sure would be useful for you:

• Before going to a doctor, while at home: make a list of questions to confirm your doubts on your illness, impact and your medication whether they are truly significant to your health in the long run, or just being merely a worriness as a patient; also make sure that you already cross checked your questions with other reliable sources as comparison for your alternative treatment or healing.
• Ask your doctor about the symptoms you feel recently, is there any relation with your prevailing conditions in connection with your ailments?
• Ask the doctor what kind of prescription of drugs or medications that you will consume, is there any side effects? If it yes, request your doctor whether he/she can gave a generic drug medication to find the suitable price. It would be the best way to find an MD Doctor who also specialized in herbal remedies or natural remedies. You will be served by “both worlds”.
• At the end of your session with your doctor (around 20 minutes), try to rephrase the questions you have asked and make a brief summary from your doctor’s explanations as to avoid misperception for your treatment, nevertheless you will not skip any doubtful you have or forgot your doctor advice. Please jot down your doctor’s explanations, thus is more accurate and you can see your notes again in case you forgot detail information.

Doctor – Patient Relationship

As times goes by and you are going through aging process, it is important to have your medical check up regularly. Here below we share with you important tips for general check up. Even a car needs a thorough machine tune up at least every 6 month, and so does your body!

It would be the best for your overall health to check your body using conventional medical methods and apply your healthy living using herbal and natural remedies. Thus, it is using “both world” and if possible try to find a medical doctor for you and your family who also specialized herbal remedies.

Every 6 months

Check your teeth to a dentist and clean the plaque

Every 1 Year

Check the condition of your blood (such as blood sugar, cholesterol, uric acid etc).

Check your eye’s vision and ear.

Papsmear test: every 1 - 3 year starting from age 20 and every year starting age 30.

Mammogram test for breast: every year from age 40, every 3 years from age 20 -30.

Every 10 year

Colonoscopy: to extract and clean colon (start age 40)

If you remember the paprika that sold in supermarket and inline, looking at it the color of it reflections to the rainbow color compositions. Green, yellow, violet, red, etc.

Actually the paprika according to botanical views to be categorized as fruits. But in the world of cuisine it favors as vegetables group. Paprika can me make into cuisine and group into many category, it can be cooked in steam, consume it as salad etc. In Latin the paprika is known as Capsicum annuum.

The popularity in the world of cuisine is no doubt to be questioned. But do you know that paprika is rich in antioxidant? Even compare to orange the Vitamin C is more to paprika.

From America, popular in Hungary

Paprika a.k.a. as Bell Pepper having the same family as Tomatoes fro the group of  Solanaocae, came from Mexico as it’s origin, South America, has been planted since 5000 BC.

Then in the year 1493, Christopher Columbus wit the Spanish and Portuguese travellever introduce it to Europe. From that point the popularity spreads on. Even though from America the popularity is in Hungary. Hungary cuisine use paprika not as garnish, also use it as main course, paprika from Hungary also known the best there is. Even it is in bell pepper category the taste is not too spicy and yet a little bit sweet. Stay tune for the second part in the upcoming post!

Paprika with sooth and tasty combined with soybeans will improve delicacy and profound its recipe with following tips:

3 each of Paprika

Recipe contains with:

400 g soybean white, to be smoothen

2 eggs

150 g of paprika, slice it into small dice size

2 table spoon red onion to be fried

3 table spoon white onion to be fried

½ teaspoon of pepper

1 teaspoon of salt

¼ teaspoon of sugar

3 table spoon of water or curie

Slice the paprika ¾ from bottom. Do not waste the top portion it will be used as top cover. Other way slice the paprika on lateral cut, split into 2.Dispose the seeds and clean it up till shines.

Recipe contains: Stir all the ingredients into compounds and well mixed. Fill the slice paprika with the compounds recipe as describe above. Mixture it properly and closed it with top cover paprika as mentioned above

Heat the water in the dish, steam the paprika over it around 10 - 15 minutes, and serve it. That’s it!

Love to hear how it will be after you try it, please let us all know by giving your feedback here in the comment section below.

This question is arising when you are pregnant, do you want to have a genius kid? The answer is easy, by consuming fish and seafood during pregnancy you will have an outstanding child with an IQ rather than average kids compare to those pregnant women who don’t. This news was brought up from journal “Lancet”. In the research from 8000 English women consuming seafood on every week 336 gram less during time having positive impact on the brain in 8 years on the child’s life.

According Andrew Well, MD, expert and author for alternative medication, the fatty acid omega 3 in fish, especially in salmon fish, sardine, and mackerel are the responsible components in developing your baby’s intelligence. On the other hand choose fish or seafood that is fresh and pure from metallurgy toxic, especially mercury, in the long run will cause autism.

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Do you know that chocolate has been popular for hundreds of years?

Over 2,000 years ago, the ancient Aztecs and Mayans used the seeds found in the pods from the cacao tree and ground them to make a spicy, chocolate brew. This concoction is unlike the chocolate we enjoy today because it was bitter and sugar was unknown to these people. The cacao tree’s fruit’s scientific name is Theobroma Cacao which translates into “Food of the Gods”. In fact, the Aztecs offered up cacao pods as a sacrifice to their gods and restrict drinking the sacred brew to high priests and rulers. Thus, it is proven that chocolate functions as natural remedies since ancient era.

Have you ever wondered the meaning of chocolate?

Chocolate literally melts in your mouth because the melting point of cocoa butter is just below the human’s body temperature! And you thought it was simply delicious.

If you still remember my previous posting Chocolate as Remedy, More Than Sweet! disclosing their health benefits, in fact there are further benefits that we can gain from them.

Based on certain studies, there are significant components in dark chocolate that have following positive impact to your health:

1] the antioxidants:

• The potential to lower blood pressure
• Improved blood circulation
• Lower levels of heart disease
• Improved function of the cells which line the blood vessels
• The ability to defend the body against the destructive molecules known as free radicals. These free radicals are thought to help trigger serious diseases such as heart disease, stroke and even some forms of cancer.
• Improved digestion

2] the compounds have also been used to help treat patients suffering from anemia, kidney stones and poor appetite.

3] the catechins are three times the number of catechins as green tea, making it a potential blockbuster health food as well as a great treat, are thought to be able to boost the immune system and help prevent heart disease and other chronic problems.

4] a good source of magnesium and copper are able to help regulate the blood pressure and heartbeat.

Where you can grab dark chocolate easily?

No worries! Ghirardelli chocolates represent various taste of dark chocolate for your healthy living. The great news is, you can get Ghirardelli chocolates only with your finger tips. How come? Thanks to Sugar Stand as your one stop shop for sweets, treats and good eats, because Sugar Stand provides your Ghirardelli chocolates with their online candy store only for you. They also stock over 2000 different candies and continually update or selections so that no matter what you’re craving, you can find it with ease.