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Eat Right For A Healthy Life
Our diet is an essential factor for the formation of our body. It is clearly mentioned in an Ayurvedic classic 'Charak Samhita' that consuming improper diet in improper way is the main cause of 'Disease'.
According to 'Charak Samhita -"An...
Factors that affect the nutritional requirements of an individual
The factors that affect the nutritional requirements of an individual are the quality and quantity of the food they eat, the efficiency of their digestive system in absorbing and utilizing eaten food and biochemical availability.
The quality of...
How to Stay on Top of Your Nutrition When Visiting the Folks
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How to Stay on Top of Your Nutrition When Visiting the Folks
Let’s face it—most of us come from families who are nutritionally challenged. It doesn’t matter how many hours our loved ones have spent watching...
Nutrition Tips to Improve Fat Loss
Incorporating these fat loss tips will improve your nutrition program. Start off slowly and add one a week, you don't have to adopt all of them at once. Before long, you’ve cleaned up your nutrition program and on your way to reaching your goal....
Ten Important Things to Know Before You Join a Weight Loss Program
1. What is my BMI and how do I calculate it? BMI means Body Mass Index. Healthy weight is defined as a BMI equal to or greater than 19 and less than 25 among all people aged 20 or over. To determine body mass index, divide weight in...
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Nutritional Benefits Of Figs
Figs are well known for their mild laxative effect, so care
should be exercised when consuming fig juice. Try a small
quantity at first, prepared from two or three fresh figs. The
laxative prepared from the more concentrated, dried figs alone
is so mild that it is suitable for children, so the action of
the fresh fruit should cause you no alarm. However the term,
syrup of figs, is often used to describe "Compound Syrup of
Figs", this stronger laxative has added senna, rhubarb and
cascara extract to make it much stronger.
Fig juice is also recognized for its soothing effect on
irritated bronchia: passages. This demulcent action is soothing
to the inflamed mucous membranes that produce catarrh during a
cold. Fresh figs are a poor source
of vitamin C, but they are a
better source of vitamin B6 than most other fruits. Figs contain
110 mg of vitamin B6 per 100g.
Figs played an important part in the diet of both the ancient
Greeks and Romans. The ancient Greeks fed large quantities to
their athletes, the Spartans, in the belief that the fruit
encouraged strength and swiftness. The Roman's fed fresh figs to
their slaves, particularly the agricultural workers, but dried
figs were also widely consumed.
About the author:
Kevin Pederson has been managing a number of natural home
remedies websites which have information on home based
natural cures and information on the health benefits of
fig.
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