Kale For Healthy Aging
Kale is the wonder vegetable for healthy aging. It seems to have everything for good health.
Kale is very high in iron, which is necessary for healthy blood, and in preventing anemia. Vitamins A, C and K are contained in it as well, with vitamin K being associated with reduced cancer risks. Too much of it, however, can cause blood clotting.
To help detox the digestive system sulfur is used in alternative medicine. Kale has a good quantity of sulfur.
Kale is a very valuable substitute when other fruits and vegetables are not in season. It can be prepared in various ways: steamed, stir-fried, baked and in soups.
Grandma Nature
Sea Salt For Healthy Aging
Feeling good and being healthy are important factors to enhance your age esteem. Sea salt can benefit both.
Sea salt makes the skin look cleaner and softer. Seawater increases moisture retention in the skin and purifies it. It is very therapeutic in treating eczema, psoriasis and acne. It disinfects sores and wounds.
To alleviate aching muscles and joints, take a hot seawater bath. Bath salts are easily found in many shops or simply buy the coarse sea salt for cooking at the grocery store.
Grandma Nature
Chilli Peppers For Healthy Aging
Chilli peppers. These small peppers bring a very hot taste to various cuisines. They are known to dilate the blood vessels, but in addition are antioxidants and antiseptics.
Be careful when touching them not to rub the eyes as they will give a burning sensation.
To combat the fiery sensation when you eat chilli peppers do not drink water. Instead drink a glass of cold milk or eat some yogurt to calm the hot taste.
Grandma Nature
Vinegar For Healthy Aging
Vinegar is another of nature’s miracles. Its attributes: because of its calcium content, reduces bone damage, lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterol, soothes insect bites such as wasps and even improves the quality of hair.
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Sitting Can Be Hazardous To Your Health
Sitting is considered the new smoking. It can be hazardous to your health.
It is especially important to keep active as we grow older and to avoid sitting for long periods of timeA recent study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine shows that sitting less often and standing for longer periods of time is an excellent anti-aging technique. Spending more time on two feet protects DNA.
A Swedish study showed that people spend more time exercising, but they are also sitting for longer periods. It seems that this is a new health hazard of our times.
The time that people spend standing helps to increase their life span.
People with age esteem know that it is important to remain active and to nurture activities that necessitate movement even if that movement may be limited in scope.
Grandma Nature
Chocolate For Healthy Aging
Have you heard the expression, “If you are feeling down or stressed, have a piece of chocolate”?
Chocolate has multiple qualities.
- Anandamide, which stimulates blissful feelings, is in chocolate.
- Chocolate contains a good quantity of magnesium, which gives energy.
- Rich in antioxidants as well chocolate protects the body against the aging of cells.
- B vitamins, associated with brain health, are also found in chocolate.
Dark chocolate is best as it is lowest in sugar, while white chocolate is to be avoided as it contains mostly sugar and coco butter.
Grandma Nature
Drinking Wine For Healthy Aging
Recent studies from various countries have found that drinking wine with meals helps to prevent cardio-vascular diseases and grant a longer life. A couple of glasses of red or white wine is effective, and this is valid for women as well as men.
Tea after a meal with wine is found to be more preventative than coffee.
The studies also showed that along with drinking wine you should do some exercise, but in any case, the wine improved good heart health.
Grandma Nature
Mushrooms For Healthy Aging
Mushrooms have been known to prolong longevity in many cultures. However, not all mushrooms are edible. Some are poisonous, so be very sure when picking them during a forest walk. However, there are many that are very nutritious.
Mushrooms are loaded with antioxidants, which control the free radicals in the body that promote aging. They contain vitamin B which makes red blood cells, lower cholesterol, and some mushrooms are believed to aid the immune system.
Add to this the exercise and fresh air that you enjoy while hunting the mushrooms and you have another reason to believe that mushrooms are a boost to your health as you age.
Grandma Nature
The Calming Marigold Flower
When you crush a marigold flower and smell it, you will find it so enchanting. The smell is wonderful.
This happy little flower is very helpful in treating skin conditions such as sores and rough skin.
A compress of marigold flowers calms irritated and itchy eyes.
Grandma Nature
Tips To Avoid Intestinal Gas
In certain instances gas is produced during the digestive process. This can lead to bloating and flatulence.
Some foods that aid in intestinal gas accumulation are rice, wheat, oat and corn cereals, raw vegetables, fruit, cabbage, dried beans, onions, and white bread to list a few.
Here are six good habits to adopt for healthy aging in order to prevent or aid this problem:
1. Eat several small meals with less fat and smaller portions, and chew food well.
2. Avoid carbonated drinks.
3. Walk for 15 minutes after having eaten a meal.
4. Drink herbal teas.
5. Avoid stress, which is a key to bloating. The digestive system is connected to the nervous system and thus affects how food is processed in the body.
Since we often find ourselves eating alone as we get older, let me also add an Age Esteem tip. Take time to enjoy your meal. Even if you are eating alone, sit down to eat at a table you have set with attention. Use your good china and a colorful napkin. And why not add a candle or flowers? After all, you are worth the extra effort. – And it will ease your digestion.
Grandma Nature
