8 Extraordinary Benefits of Sweet Potato Leaves

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsT_WjJMEk7Vb7l-vPyKcxyPoEaAB01JSJOVbcGIWl-O2o3VOmG5tSZSA_6GPNqWXxMOOh4RwaewxX-qVQHqEljdB6iCjbbyrMuAv29awjfd13zb65VXgjzahzlk42Aq8eidu2fBkjkY/s1600/28-sweet-potato-leaves-benefits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sweet potato leaves benefits" border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsT_WjJMEk7Vb7l-vPyKcxyPoEaAB01JSJOVbcGIWl-O2o3VOmG5tSZSA_6GPNqWXxMOOh4RwaewxX-qVQHqEljdB6iCjbbyrMuAv29awjfd13zb65VXgjzahzlk42Aq8eidu2fBkjkY/s1600/28-sweet-potato-leaves-benefits.jpg" title="" /></a></div> amw  - Sweet potato is a tropical plant that contains strong nutrients. According to nutritionists, sweet potato leaves are a source of antioxidants, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamins A, B, C, E and K, thiamine, calcium, iron, carotene, folic acid, and protein.<br /> <br /> Check out the following explanation about the health benefits of sweet potato leaves.<br /> <br /> <h3> 1. Overcoming Pain During Menstruation</h3> Found in leaves, large amounts of K vitamin can help regulate the function of hormones that reduce PMS cramping pain and menstrual pain. A body with K vitamin deficiency can experience worsening symptoms.<br /> <br /> <h3> 2. Helps Treat Inflammation</h3> The leaves are rich in vitamins and good proteins that help us overcome various inflammation, thus restoring our body's health. It has powerful antioxidants that protect cells and tissues.<br /> <br /> <h3> 3. Brain Health</h3> According to research, K vitamin which is found in sweet potato leaves, has anti-inflammatory properties that protect the brain against oxidative stress that damages cells and can cause Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, cancer, and heart failure.<br /> <br /> <h3> 4. Helps Maintain Eye Health</h3> Carotene in large quantities is present in sweet potato leaves. Carotene is needed to maintain the health of our eyes. By consuming the leaves, we will be able to help to protect our eyes keep healthy and functional perfectly.<br /> <br /> <h3> 5. Maintaining Heart Health</h3> Sweet potato leaves contain dietary fiber that is able to overcome anxiety and stress, regulate blood flow, lower blood pressure, and prevent fat buildup in arteries and veins.<br /> <br /> <h3> 6. Pain relief</h3> According to Patrick Mutagubya, a nutritionist at Wakiso, sweet potato leaves are a natural painkiller.<br /> That's because of the high amount of beta carotene or the anti-inflammatory source it contains. To reap these benefits, we need to steam or make juice from sweet potato leaves and consume them.<br /> <br /> <h3> 7. Treating a Sore Throat</h3> Strep throat is caused by a bacterial infection that attacks the throat. This can affect the way we eat. Consumption of warm water from sweet potato stew can relieve it.<br /> <br /> <h3> 8. Overcome Worms in Children</h3> Symptoms and signs of intestinal worms often occur in children. One way to overcome this condition is to boil the leaves and consume sweet potato leaves decoction water regularly.<br /> <b><br />How to Eat Sweet Potato Leaves</b><br /> <ol> <li>Boil or fry sweet potato leaves and eat as a side dish.</li> <li>Steam the leaves and mix with other ingredients such as garlic to get the nutrients needed.</li> <li>Mix raw leaves in salad.</li> <li>Saute your sweet potato leaves with fresh ginger, sesame oil, and lemon juice.</li> </ol> <br /> <i>Source: <a href="https://intisari.grid.id/read/031798746/8-khasiat-luar-biasa-daun-ubi-jalar-bagaimana-cara-mengonsumsinya">click here</a></i>

8 Extraordinary Benefits of Sweet Potato Leaves

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Chocolate For Your Heart Health and Antioxidant

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcgik43c4s7fJqIp0X5DVKhJ5OZM1SSFPW4AHkTQwmzV6tL_M2r6qf29CPSfFh4u5N-jrk-aRlKn_lVc32gwEI_sZUsMaondHoZlfDIhYOfAwu_Mhmxhi1Wr9xB4_lP9_qYss8WUK3zQ/s1600/chocolate-heart-health.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjcgik43c4s7fJqIp0X5DVKhJ5OZM1SSFPW4AHkTQwmzV6tL_M2r6qf29CPSfFh4u5N-jrk-aRlKn_lVc32gwEI_sZUsMaondHoZlfDIhYOfAwu_Mhmxhi1Wr9xB4_lP9_qYss8WUK3zQ/s320/chocolate-heart-health.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span class="dropcaps">Want to improve your <a href="http://www.articlemostwanted.com/2013/06/chocolate-for-your-heart-health-and.html">Hearth Health</a> with tasty treat? </span><br /> <span class="dropcaps">F</span>or many people around the world, life without chocolate would be dismal. Satiny dark or creamy, chocolate is a beloved food intimately linked with celebrations, comfort, indulgence, and extravagance. Its source is cacao, a small tree native to Central and South American forests that produces large pods packed with dark brown seeds. From the seeds come fragrant cocoa, luscious chocolate, and creamy cocoa butter. The cultivation of cacao may have originated with the Olmec culture of eastern Mexico more than 3,000 years ago. The Olmec, and later the Maya and Aztec, fermented, roasted, and then ground cacao seeds into a paste. Mixed with water, chili peppers, cornmeal, and other ingredients, it was whipped into a frothy, spicy chocolate drink. Both the drink and the seeds from which it was made were considered sacred. In ancient Mesoamerica, chocolate truly was “the food of the gods,” which is what <i>Theobroma</i> means.<br /> <br /> <br /> <h2 class="section" id="c08-s01"> <b>Therapeutic Uses</b></h2> <div class="nonindent"> <i>Antioxidant</i></div> <div class="nonindent"> <i>Heart health (including blood pressure and cholesterol levels)</i></div> <div class="nonindent"> <i>Anti-inflammatory</i></div> <div class="nonindent"> <br /></div> As more studies emerge linking chocolate consumption to improved cardiovascular health, it is clear that chocolate is both a food and a medicine—not only good but also good for you. Chocolate’s main medicinal effects come from a group of compounds called polyphenols that are strongly antioxidant and anti-inflammatory; they also impart to chocolate its dark brown color. Similar compounds are found in green tea, red wine, and many fruits and vegetables. Interestingly, the polyphenols in chocolate seem to act as antioxidants that are stronger than antioxidants in other foods. In humans, these polyphenols are thought to act in several ways. They may stop one of the steps in the development of plaques in coronary arteries by decreasing the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or bad, cholesterol deposited there; hence, LDL plaque does not become as firmly established and is less likely to then rupture and clot, causing a heart attack. These polyphenols also increase the levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or good, cholesterol protection against cardiovascular disease. These compounds also are mild inhibitors of platelet activity, thinning blood in an action similar to that of aspirin.<br /> <br /> <div class="indent"> Another interesting component of chocolate is cocoa butter. By weight, much of chocolate is cocoa butter. Considered a “good” fat, cocoa butter contains oleic acid, a monounsaturated fat also found in olive oil; cocoa butter also contains stearic and palmitic acids, two saturated fats. In combination these fats seem to balance the benefit to the heart and cholesterol levels.</div> <h2 class="section" id="c08-s02"> <b>How to Use</b></h2> <div class="nonindent"> Choose a dark chocolate of at least 70 percent cacao to maximize the polyphenol content—and the medicinal benefits—of this tasty treat.</div> <h2 class="section" id="c08-s03"> <b>Precautions</b></h2> <div class="nonindent"> Due to the small amount of caffeine it contains, along with a related compound, theobromine, chocolate can be stimulating, making it hard to fall asleep after a late-night snack. The fat content of chocolate carries a calorie-heavy punch, so eating too much chocolate can add up. Also, as the percentage of cacao in chocolate drops, it is replaced with milk fats that diminish the benefits of cacao butter and bind healthy polyphenols, making them less absorbable.<br /> <br /> Hope chocolate can give you a way to improve your <a href="http://www.articlemostwanted.com/2013/06/chocolate-for-your-heart-health-and.html">heart health</a> with joy! </div>

Chocolate For Your Heart Health and Antioxidant

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These Beans Can Cure Diabetes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTmwGMuXXe9bwMwkB_DHDNXYS9bJozpnQuU5SSnPhrhixX4GVI2CzYYHsplplXVaIalVgE70fwvohUFqqXJ6TyusNvBzHCsEYaLwneRhjr8EiKZFVs2RCufhrggRCuOvOc-otSErl6EM/s1600/pistachio-diabetes-articlemostwanted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTmwGMuXXe9bwMwkB_DHDNXYS9bJozpnQuU5SSnPhrhixX4GVI2CzYYHsplplXVaIalVgE70fwvohUFqqXJ6TyusNvBzHCsEYaLwneRhjr8EiKZFVs2RCufhrggRCuOvOc-otSErl6EM/s1600/pistachio-diabetes-articlemostwanted.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Pistachio (pistacia vera), this type of beans is probably quite hard to find in Indonesian’s market, although some supermarkets have had it available already. <br /> <br /> Pistachio is consumed as snacks, but it is not ordinary snacks. Various advantages can be found inside this bean, health advantage from skin care, hair treatment, as well resist heart disease.<br /> <br /> Daily consume advised of pistachio is 56-70 gram a day to get all the nutrients it contains. <br /> Pistachio contains 45 gram of essential fat which is polyunsaturated fat and monounsaturated fat. Beside, pistachio contains high vitamin B, potassium, and magnesium. This dry bean also contains vitamin A, C, E, and calcium.<br /> The advantages that are available from consuming pistachio as reported healthmeup are:<br /> <ul> <li>Heart disease. Healthy fat that is contained inside pistachio can resist cholesterol and its fiber supports to eradicate cholesterol. That is how pistachio works to reduce heart disease.</li> <li>Pistachio has anti-inflammatory.</li> <li>Diabetes Mellitus. Pistachio is involved on diabetes diet to make phosphorus inside this bean transforms protein to become amino acid for glucose intolerance.</li> <li>Pistachio increases the numbers of hemoglobin and escalates blood and oxygen circulation inside the body.</li> <li>This bean also increases immunity and brain healthiness.</li> <li>Skin care. Vitamin E inside pistachio can resist free radicals and skin disease, slows down aging, and also for moisturizer. As well resists ultraviolet ray and the damage caused by sunbeam.</li> <li>Hair care. Pistachio strengthens hair follicles and prepares hair protection.</li> </ul> We can consume pistachio as snacks, desserts’ topping, or as yoghurt mix. (Intisari-Online.com)

These Beans Can Cure Diabetes

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