Use Fresh Herbs In Your Cooking
Lee Dobbins
Many common herbs that you might use in cooking are well knownfor their healing properties. Using them in cooking is a greatway to incorporate the healing attributes of natural herbs withyour meals. Chances are you probably already use some herbs inyour cooking like basil and thyme but experimenting with evenmore herbs can add taste to your dishes while improving health.
Cooking with fresh herbs is just as easy as using dried herbs.Just chop up a bit of the herb and season to taste. You willneed to use about twice as much of the fresh herb than thedried. You may want to wait until the last 20 minutes ofcooking to add the herb so the taste stays crisp. Herbs can beused to flavor any foods. Commonly used in pasta sauces, herbscan also be added to soups, oils, eggs and even desserts and drinks.
You can grow your own herbs in the garden on window sill andhave fresh herbs all the time. Some grocery stores have freshherbs right in the produce section and, of course, you canalways find dried herbs in the baking section. If you grow yourown herbs, you can freeze them or dry them yourself in adehydrator to have for future use.
Here's some food and herb combinations that I like to use whencooking with fresh herbs:
• Eggs with dill• Pesto with basil• Mint in any tea or punch• Parsley with salad• Rosemary and Thyme on oven roasted potatoes• Basil and sage added to flavor butter
If you have a special condition or illness that might betreated with herbs, then feel free to incorporate the herbsinto your usual cooking. Start by adding a small amount of theherb(s) and taste - add more to suit. This is a great way torealize the healthy benefit of herbs without having to rememberto take pills.
About The Author: Lee Dobbins writes for pet and health related websites. Visit http://www.herbs-home-remedies.com for more onnatural home remedies and herbs.
Friday, April 21, 2006
Ganoderma Lucidum - The Wonder Herb.
Terry Dunn
THE WONDER HERB THAT IS GANODERMA LUCIDUM
One of the most apparent influences modern times has brought topeople is their realization of going back to the basics, to thenatural, and to the organic. Although the advances brought bytechnology has made life easier to people, many are stilllooking for better organic alternatives that are proven to bemore effective in their most natural of form, like GanodermaLucidum or commonly known as “Ganoderma.”
Believed by the Chinese as the “Miraculous King of Herbs,”Ganoderma Lucidum is highly-regarded for its medicinalproperties that help improve human body’s healing ability whilehelping its user to maintain good physical shape. Aside frompromoting longevity, Ganoderma Lucidum has unique propertiesthat contribute much to the strengthening of the immune system.Somewhat rare in the West, Ganoderma Lucidum has been worshippedas a kind of herbal medicine the emperors of the great Japaneseand Chinese dynasties drank with their special teas andmushroom concoctions to achieve greater vitality and longerlife. Ganoderma Lucidum was also believed to be visible in the“elixir of eternal youth” that the ancient Taoists constantlysearched for.
A fungus known by its many names like “Reishi,” “Ling zhi,” and“Mannentake,” among others, Ganoderma Lucidum, for hundreds oreven thousands of years, is recognized as powerful medicinalfungi because it has properties often associated with healthand healing, long life, knowledge, and happiness. In fact,during the ancient time, it is believed that the GanodermaLucidum in medicine was considered so promising that itsmedicinal value has been attested in a 2,000-year old Chinesemedical text—known as an authentic textbook of Oriental medicalscience. For years, medicinal mushrooms such as GanodermaLucidum have long been included in the history of folk medicinefor contributing much to curing cancers of all sorts and forshowing positive effects to the development of the immunesystem.
Aside from contributing a lot to the treatment of variousdiseases, Ganoderma Lucidum has also become popular because ofits promising properties that might extend life span whileincreasing vigor and vitality.
Mushroom miracleThe role of Ganoderma Lucidum in the medical field is quiteimpressive. Even if its role in the treatment of cancer doesn’thave a strong and solid medical backing yet, Ganoderma Lucidumis still recommended to prevention because of the absence ofunfavorable side effects. While people from different walks oflife take interests and contribute a lot in the rediscovery ofherbal treatments, the popularity of Ganoderma Lucidumincreases steadily.
Under the extensive research continuously done so manyscholars, as well as the cooperative analysis and clinicalexperiments conducted by people in the hospitals, inside thecolleges and universities, and even by pharmaceuticalmanufacturers, Ganoderma Lucidum’s potential as an effectivemedicine is becoming clearer and defined. And like in ancientChina—where Ganoderma Lucidum is considered not just a symbolof ‘prosperity and peace’ or an ‘item of tribute’—the so-called‘miracle herb’ is now also seen by the people in the modernworld as a potential elixir for immortality.
With so many research and emerging evidence how GanodermaLucidum helps the body work more effectively, efficiently andoptimally, the people who do these extensive and never-endingresearches continues to hope that Ganoderma can bring abrighter view to humanity on its conquest for longevity.
About The Author: Terry Dunn is Webmaster ofhttp://www.Ganoderma-Online.com - a Informational Resourceabout Ganoderma
Terry Dunn
THE WONDER HERB THAT IS GANODERMA LUCIDUM
One of the most apparent influences modern times has brought topeople is their realization of going back to the basics, to thenatural, and to the organic. Although the advances brought bytechnology has made life easier to people, many are stilllooking for better organic alternatives that are proven to bemore effective in their most natural of form, like GanodermaLucidum or commonly known as “Ganoderma.”
Believed by the Chinese as the “Miraculous King of Herbs,”Ganoderma Lucidum is highly-regarded for its medicinalproperties that help improve human body’s healing ability whilehelping its user to maintain good physical shape. Aside frompromoting longevity, Ganoderma Lucidum has unique propertiesthat contribute much to the strengthening of the immune system.Somewhat rare in the West, Ganoderma Lucidum has been worshippedas a kind of herbal medicine the emperors of the great Japaneseand Chinese dynasties drank with their special teas andmushroom concoctions to achieve greater vitality and longerlife. Ganoderma Lucidum was also believed to be visible in the“elixir of eternal youth” that the ancient Taoists constantlysearched for.
A fungus known by its many names like “Reishi,” “Ling zhi,” and“Mannentake,” among others, Ganoderma Lucidum, for hundreds oreven thousands of years, is recognized as powerful medicinalfungi because it has properties often associated with healthand healing, long life, knowledge, and happiness. In fact,during the ancient time, it is believed that the GanodermaLucidum in medicine was considered so promising that itsmedicinal value has been attested in a 2,000-year old Chinesemedical text—known as an authentic textbook of Oriental medicalscience. For years, medicinal mushrooms such as GanodermaLucidum have long been included in the history of folk medicinefor contributing much to curing cancers of all sorts and forshowing positive effects to the development of the immunesystem.
Aside from contributing a lot to the treatment of variousdiseases, Ganoderma Lucidum has also become popular because ofits promising properties that might extend life span whileincreasing vigor and vitality.
Mushroom miracleThe role of Ganoderma Lucidum in the medical field is quiteimpressive. Even if its role in the treatment of cancer doesn’thave a strong and solid medical backing yet, Ganoderma Lucidumis still recommended to prevention because of the absence ofunfavorable side effects. While people from different walks oflife take interests and contribute a lot in the rediscovery ofherbal treatments, the popularity of Ganoderma Lucidumincreases steadily.
Under the extensive research continuously done so manyscholars, as well as the cooperative analysis and clinicalexperiments conducted by people in the hospitals, inside thecolleges and universities, and even by pharmaceuticalmanufacturers, Ganoderma Lucidum’s potential as an effectivemedicine is becoming clearer and defined. And like in ancientChina—where Ganoderma Lucidum is considered not just a symbolof ‘prosperity and peace’ or an ‘item of tribute’—the so-called‘miracle herb’ is now also seen by the people in the modernworld as a potential elixir for immortality.
With so many research and emerging evidence how GanodermaLucidum helps the body work more effectively, efficiently andoptimally, the people who do these extensive and never-endingresearches continues to hope that Ganoderma can bring abrighter view to humanity on its conquest for longevity.
About The Author: Terry Dunn is Webmaster ofhttp://www.Ganoderma-Online.com - a Informational Resourceabout Ganoderma
13 Health Benefits of Green Tea
Copyright 2005 Arina Nikitina
Green tea has been enjoyed by people in China and Japan forthousands of years. Over the time it has become widelyknown in the West.
A lot of people nowadays have heard that green tea benefitsthe overall health, but not a lot know why exactly. Andbelieve me after I've learned all the health benefits ofgreen tea, I get completely different feeling every time Idrink it. I not only enjoy the taste of it but I also getthe moral satisfaction knowing that I am doing somethingright and extremely healthy for my body. I want you to haveexactly the same feeling I have, so here are the benefitsthat you get while sipping delicious cup of tea.
Green tea contains anti-oxidants that:
1. Helps to prevent cancer.The is some strong evidence that green tea included in youevery day diet can reduce bladder, colon, esophageal,pancreas, rectum, and stomach cancer up to 60%. Anantioxidant known as "epigallocatechin gallate" (EGCG forshort) is at least 100 more times more effective thanvitamin C and 25 times more effective than vitamin E atprotecting cells from harmful influence.
The amazing thing about it that EGCG it not only inhibitsthe growth of new cancer cells it also kills some of theexisting cancer sells without harming the healthy ones.
2. Lowers "bad" cholesterol (known as LDL) and improves theratio of "good" cholesterol (known as HDL). It explains whytea-drinkers can eat almost twice the foods containingcholesterol as those who don't drink green tea, but stillhave an equal cholesterol count.
3. Stops the unnatural formation of blood cloth which ifnot taken care of will cause thrombosis. It takes on addedimportance if you consider that thrombosis is one of themain causes of strokes and heart attacks.
4. Reduces high blood pressure by repressing angiotensin IIwhich causes constriction of the blood vessels causing highblood pressure.
5. Lowers blood sugar (polyphenols and polysaccharides arethe two main antioxidants are especially effective inlowering blood sugar). That helps prevent and relievetype-two diabetes.
6. Protects liver against toxins like alcohol and chemicalsin cigarette smoke.
7. Promotes oral health by suppress the process of plaqueformation and destroys the bacteria that forms plaque. Italso destroys bacteria that causes bad breath, so aftereating something sweet I suggest you drink a cup of greentea.
8. Destroys free radicals that cause aging.
9. Boosts your immune system function (because of its highconcentration of polyphenols and flaveboids).
10. Possess antibacterial and antiviral properties. Recentstudies show that green tea inhibits the spread of disease,speeds up recovery from cold and flu. It also kills sevenstrains of food poisoning bacteria including clostridium,botulus and staphylococcus (which makes it a good treatmentfor diarrhea).
11. Helps your body to maintain healthy fluid balance andrelieve fatigue and stress often caused by dehydration.
12. Blocks main receptors that produce allergic reactions.
13. Stimulates metabolism, calorie burning process and iswildly being used as an important part of a healthy diet.
It is important to know that black tea, even though itcomes from the same plant as a green tea, will not give youthe same benefits. Black tea during fermentation processloses most of its medical benefits.
The best way to preserve all the disease-fightingnutrition is to drink your tea freshly brewed. All thedecaffeinated, ready-to-drink bottled or instant teas willgive you very little of natural health compounds. It isbetter to let your tea steep for about 4-5 minutes beforedrinking it.
I hope that after reading this article you will include acup of green tea in your daily ratio. After all it is arare case when something that good for our health can bealso that delicious.
Copyright 2005 Arina Nikitina
Green tea has been enjoyed by people in China and Japan forthousands of years. Over the time it has become widelyknown in the West.
A lot of people nowadays have heard that green tea benefitsthe overall health, but not a lot know why exactly. Andbelieve me after I've learned all the health benefits ofgreen tea, I get completely different feeling every time Idrink it. I not only enjoy the taste of it but I also getthe moral satisfaction knowing that I am doing somethingright and extremely healthy for my body. I want you to haveexactly the same feeling I have, so here are the benefitsthat you get while sipping delicious cup of tea.
Green tea contains anti-oxidants that:
1. Helps to prevent cancer.The is some strong evidence that green tea included in youevery day diet can reduce bladder, colon, esophageal,pancreas, rectum, and stomach cancer up to 60%. Anantioxidant known as "epigallocatechin gallate" (EGCG forshort) is at least 100 more times more effective thanvitamin C and 25 times more effective than vitamin E atprotecting cells from harmful influence.
The amazing thing about it that EGCG it not only inhibitsthe growth of new cancer cells it also kills some of theexisting cancer sells without harming the healthy ones.
2. Lowers "bad" cholesterol (known as LDL) and improves theratio of "good" cholesterol (known as HDL). It explains whytea-drinkers can eat almost twice the foods containingcholesterol as those who don't drink green tea, but stillhave an equal cholesterol count.
3. Stops the unnatural formation of blood cloth which ifnot taken care of will cause thrombosis. It takes on addedimportance if you consider that thrombosis is one of themain causes of strokes and heart attacks.
4. Reduces high blood pressure by repressing angiotensin IIwhich causes constriction of the blood vessels causing highblood pressure.
5. Lowers blood sugar (polyphenols and polysaccharides arethe two main antioxidants are especially effective inlowering blood sugar). That helps prevent and relievetype-two diabetes.
6. Protects liver against toxins like alcohol and chemicalsin cigarette smoke.
7. Promotes oral health by suppress the process of plaqueformation and destroys the bacteria that forms plaque. Italso destroys bacteria that causes bad breath, so aftereating something sweet I suggest you drink a cup of greentea.
8. Destroys free radicals that cause aging.
9. Boosts your immune system function (because of its highconcentration of polyphenols and flaveboids).
10. Possess antibacterial and antiviral properties. Recentstudies show that green tea inhibits the spread of disease,speeds up recovery from cold and flu. It also kills sevenstrains of food poisoning bacteria including clostridium,botulus and staphylococcus (which makes it a good treatmentfor diarrhea).
11. Helps your body to maintain healthy fluid balance andrelieve fatigue and stress often caused by dehydration.
12. Blocks main receptors that produce allergic reactions.
13. Stimulates metabolism, calorie burning process and iswildly being used as an important part of a healthy diet.
It is important to know that black tea, even though itcomes from the same plant as a green tea, will not give youthe same benefits. Black tea during fermentation processloses most of its medical benefits.
The best way to preserve all the disease-fightingnutrition is to drink your tea freshly brewed. All thedecaffeinated, ready-to-drink bottled or instant teas willgive you very little of natural health compounds. It isbetter to let your tea steep for about 4-5 minutes beforedrinking it.
I hope that after reading this article you will include acup of green tea in your daily ratio. After all it is arare case when something that good for our health can bealso that delicious.
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