Tip 86. The
reasons for eating greens.
Eat your gr
e
ens. Resea
r
chers at the
All India Ins
t
itute of Medical Scienc
e
s
and at St.
John's Medical College in Bangalore recently published
a
landmark study in the American Journal of Clinical Nut
r
ition. Worki
n
g with clin
i
c
i
ans from Harvard University, the researchers fo
u
nd that heart disease in India c
o
uld be predicted by just
two factors:
Eating green leafy veg
e
tables j
u
st
3 times a week lowered the risk of
h
eart disease by 67 percent. Cooking
foods in mustard oil rather than sunflower oil lowered risk of heart disease by 50 percent.
One of the most effective home r
e
medies f
o
r preventing heart disease
is lemon peel. It is believed to be one of t
h
e richest
k
n
own sourc
e
s of vitamin P. It streng
t
hens the en
t
ire arterial system. Shredded lemon peel may
be added to
soups
and stews, or sprinkled over salads. To
make a me
d
icine, the p
e
el of one or
t
wo lemons may be cut
up finely, c
o
vered with warm water and allowed to stand for
about 12 h
o
urs. A teas
p
oonful may
be taken every three hours, or immediately before or after a meal.
Parsley is another effec
t
ive prevent
a
tive for heart disease. It
contains
e
l
em
ents which help to maintain the blood vessels, particularly the capillaries and
a
rterial syst
e
m in a healthy
condition. It
may be tak
e
n as a beverage by simmering it gently in the water for a f
e
w minutes
and partaki
n
g several times daily. The beet juice has also
p
roved valu
a
ble in arteri
o
sclerosis. It
is an excell
e
nt solvent for inorganic calcium deposit. Juices of
carrot and spinach are
a
lso beneficial.
T
hese juic
e
s can be tak
e
n individually or in combination. Fo
r
mula proportions found helpful wh
e
n used in c
o
mbination are carrot 300 ml and spi
n
ach 200 ml to prepare 500 ml of juice.
Tip 87. Ever
y
thing
y
ou
need to know
about
b
ran.
Bran, the outer coverings of grains,
is one of the
richest s
o
urces of dieta
r
y fibre.
And it contains several
ty
pes of fibre including
c
e
llulose, hemicellul
o
se a
n
d pectin. W
h
eat and corn bran a
r
e highly beneficial
in relieving constipation.
Experiments
show that oat bran can
reduce cholesterol levels substan
t
ially. Corn br
a
n is considered
more versat
i
le. It reliev
e
s constipation and also lowers LDL cholesterol,
which is one of the more harmful kinds.
Besides being rich in
f
i
b
re, bran has a real food
value being rich in time,
iron and vitamins and containing a considerable amount of protein.
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