Friday, 10 July 2009

Home Remedy for High Blood Cholesterol

  • In 1 glass of water, add 2 tspns of coriander seeds and bring it to boil. Cool the decoction for some time and then strain the liquid . Drink this mixture two times in a day.

  • Sunflower seeds are also extremelybeneficial, as they contain linoleic acid that helps in reducing the cholesterol deposits on the walls of arteries.

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Some Interesting Facts About Human Body

  • Approximately 75% of human body is made of water.
  • Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
  • It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
  • The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
  • Your brain is more active during the night than the day.
  • One human hair can support 3kg.
  • Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
  • The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
  • An average human loses about 200 hairs per day from the head.
  • It is impossible to lick your elbow.
  • Your body requires 1000-1500 calories per day just to simply survive (breathing, sleeping, eating).
  • Every day an adult body produces 300 billion new cells.
  • Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
  • The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest it the male sperm.
  • You use 200 muscles to take one step.
  • A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
  • Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light a 10-watt light bulb.
  • There are 5 million hair follicles on an average adult..
  • The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.
  • The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
  • The white part of your fingernail is called the Lunula.
  • There is enough iron in a human being to make one small nail.
  • The talus is the second largest bone in the foot.
  • The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.
  • Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
  • A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
  • Dogs and Humans are the only animals with prostates.
  • It only takes 7lbs of of pressure to rip off your ears.

Monday, 6 July 2009

Green Tea and Health Benefits

Green tea has various health benefits. Following are some of the benefits you can get by drininking green tea.

1. Green tea helps to reduce the risk of cancer. The antioxidant in green tea helps your body at protecting cells from damage believed to be linked to cancer.

2. Green tea helps to prevent heart disease and stroke by lowering the level of cholesterol.

3. Green tea contains antioxidant known as polyphenols which fight against free radicals and helps to fight against aging and promotes longevity.

4. Green tea helps with your body weight loss. Green tea burns fat and boosts your metabolism rate naturally.

5. Antioxidant in green tea protects the skin from the harmful effects of free radicals, which cause wrinkling and skin aging. Green tea also helps fight against skin cancer.

6. Green tea can help to prevent arthritis. It protects the cartilage by blocking the enzyme that destroys cartilage.

7. Green Tea helps keep your bones strong. If you drink green tea every day, this will help you preserve your bone density.

8. Green tea can help lower cholesterol level. It also improves the ratio of good cholesterol to bad cholesterol, by reducing bad cholesterol level.

9. Green tea prevents obesity by stopping the movement of glucose in fat cells. If you are on a healthy diet, exercise regularly and drink green tea, it is unlikely you'll be obese.

10. Green tea improves lipid and glucose metabolisms, prevents sharp increases in blood sugar level, and balances your metabolism rate.

11. Green tea helps boost your memory. And although there's no cure for Alzheimer's, it helps slow the process of reduced acetylcholine in the brain, which leads to Alzheimer's.

12. Antioxidants in green tea helps prevent against cell damage in the brain, which could cause Parkinson's. People drinking green tea also are less likely to progress with Parkinson's.

13. Green tea helps prevent transplant failure in people with liver failure. Researches showed that green tea destroys harmful free radicals in fatty livers.

14. Green tea helps prevent high blood pressure. Drinking green tea helps keep your blood pressure down by repressing angiotensin, which leads to high blood pressure.

15. Green tea prevents you from getting a cold or flu. Vitamin C in green tea helps you treat the flu and the common cold

16. Theophylline in green tea relaxes the muscles which support the bronchial tubes, reducing the severity of asthma.

17. Green tea helps with ear infection problem. For natural ear cleaning, soak a cotton ball in green tea and clean the infected ear.

18. Green tea destroys bacteria and viruses that cause many dental diseases. It also slows the growth of bacteria which leads to bad breath.

19. L-theanine, which is a kind of amino acids in green tea, can help relieve stress and anxiety

20. EGCG found in green tea relieves allergies.

Sunday, 5 July 2009

Grape Juice and Health benefits

Grape juice provides various health benefits to a person and this article will throw light on such benefits.

  • Grape juices contain important antioxidants in them which in turn help in lowering the levels of bad cholesterol in our bodies, lower blood pressure, and thus help in attaining optimum cardiovascular health.
  • Purple grape juice can help in fighting atherosclerosis and thus prevent heart related problems. The antioxidants present in grape juices also help in boosting up your immune system, thereby enhancing your overall energy and providing your body with higher resistance to infections and ailments.
  • If you are scared of aging and aging related problems like Alzheimer’s, then the antioxidants of grape juice can ward off your fears as having a glass of grape juice can help in preventing aging related problems.
  • Grape juice can help you out as it is high in iron content and is specifically beneficial for women who get worn out easily due to low iron levels in the body.
  • Grape juice also helps in lowering the stress level of the body. Grape juices have also been found beneficial for natural treatment of gout, constipation and even liver disorders.
While there is no questioning of the benefits of grape juice, one should not indulge in its over consumption as it is high in sugar. Thus, think wisely and eat and drink wisely to lead a healthy life.

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All information on grannyhomeremdies.blogspot.com is not a substitute for professional medical advice. For specific medical advice and treatment, please consult your doctor. We will not be liable for any complications, or other medical accidents arising from the use of any information on this web site. After reading these remedies the responsibility lies on the readers, whether they further use these remedies or not. I have collected these remedies from different sources such as books (translated from tamil to english) and some of the remedies are given by my mother-in-law. Rekha Srinivasan