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1) Miracle Cure For Anything That Ails You Is As Close

Miracle Cure For Anything That Ails You Is As Close

Illness Food Effect

Headaches Fish Eat plenty of fish - fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.

Hay Fever Yogurt Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season

Strokes Tea Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea.

Insomnia Honey Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.

Asthma Onions Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes.

Arthritis Fish Salmon, tuna, mackerel

and sardines actually prevent arthritis.

Upset Stomach Bananas, Ginger Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.

Bladder Infections Cranberry Juice High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria

Bone Problems Pineapple Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.

PMS Cornflakes Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.

Memory Problems Oysters Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.

Colds Garlic Clear up that stuffy head with garlic.

Cough Red Pepper A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper.

Breast Cancer Wheat, Bran, Cabbage Wheat, bran and cabbage help maintain estrogen at healthy levels.

Lung Cancer Orange & Green Veggies A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables.

Ulcers Cabbage Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastic and duodenal ulcers.

Diarrhea Apples Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition.

Clogged Arteries Avocados Monounsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.

High Blood Pressure Olive Oil, Celery Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure, too.

Blood Sugar Imbalance Broccoli, Peanuts The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.

2) Health Tips - Super Fruits

Kiwi : Tiny but mighty

This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E & fibre. It's Vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

Apple : An apple a day keeps the doctor away?

Although an apple has a low Vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of Vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attach & stroke.

Strawberry : Protective Fruit

Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals.

Orange : Sweetest medicine

Taking 2 -4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessen the risk of colon cancer.

Watermelon : Coolest Thirst Quencher

Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are Vitamin C & Potassium.

Guava & Papaya : Top awards for Vitamin C

They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fibre which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, this is good for your eyes.

Tips of how to stay young........

Research has found that people who generally live longer do so partly because of good habits. Here, Dr Vernon Coleman and others provide some of the following good habits for longevity.

1) Laugh & fun, don't be gloomy

2) Let bygones be bygones. Dwelling on the past inflicts unnecessary stress.

3) Early to bed, early to rise, is healthy & wise

4) Stay lean, being just 30% overweight is bad.

5) Keep learning, reading & socializing - an alert & active mind keeps brain cells healthy.

6) Keep working, doing something you like. Don't retire, it slows down your body.

7) Be the boss of your own life. Letting others push you around produces stress.

8) Too many pills ruin your body, take just what you need.

9) Constantly alternating between weight gain & loss is bad

10) Exercise, quit smoking and eat less fatty foods

11) Do not worry about health & death, just get on with your life and enjoy it.

3) Vegetables

BROCCOLI

How it combats cancer: Research has revealed that a chemical component called indole-3-carbinol can combat breast cancer by converting a cancer-promoting