CONSUME GOOD FOOD ... NOT MEDICINE!
By Hoda Nasssef
My Great Alphabets, for Good Health!!!
Apples
Protects your heart
Prevents constipation
Blocks diarrhoea
Improves lung capacity
Cushions joints
Apricots
Combats cancer
Controls blood pressure
Saves your eyesight
Shields against Alzheimer's
Slows ageing process
Artichokes
Aids digestion
Lowers cholesterol
Protects your heart
Stabilizes blood sugar
Guards against liver disease
Avocadoes
Battles diabetes
Lowers cholesterol
Helps, stops strokes
Controls blood pressure
Smoothes skin
Bananas
Protects your heart
Quiets a cough
Strengthens bones
Controls blood pressure
Blocks diarrhoea
Beans
Prevents constipation
Helps haemorrhoids
Lowers cholesterol
Combats cancer
Stabilizes blood sugar
Beets
Controls blood pressure
Combats cancer
Strengthens bones
Protects your heart
Aids weight loss
Blueberries
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Stabilizes blood sugar
Boosts memory
Prevents constipation
Broccoli
Strengthens bones
Saves eyesight
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Controls blood pressure
Cabbage
Combats cancer
Prevents constipation
Promotes weight loss
Protects your heart
Helps haemorrhoids
Cantaloupe
Saves eyesight
Controls blood pressure
Lowers cholesterol
Combats cancer
Supports immune system
Carrots
Saves eyesight
Protects your heart
Prevents constipation
Combats cancer
Promotes weight loss
Cauliflower
Protects against Prostate Cancer
Combats Breast Cancer
Strengthens bones
Banishes bruises
Guards against heart disease
Cherries
Protects your heart
Combats Cancer
Ends insomnia
Slows ageing process
Shields against Alzheimer's
Chestnuts
Promotes weight loss
Protects your heart
Lowers cholesterol
Combats Cancer
Controls blood pressure
Chilli Peppers
Aids digestion
Soothes sore throat
Clears sinuses
Combats Cancer
Boosts immune system
Figs
Promotes weight loss
Helps stops strokes
Lowers cholesterol
Combats Cancer
Controls blood pressure
Fish
Protects your heart
Boosts memory
Protects your skin
Combats Cancer
Supports immune system
Flax
Aids digestion
Battles diabetes
Protects your heart
Improves mental health
Boosts immune system
Garlic
Lowers cholesterol
Controls blood pressure
Combats cancer
Kills bacteria
Fights fungus
Grapefruit
Protects against heart attacks
Promotes Weight loss
Helps stopping strokes
Combats Prostate Cancer
Lowers cholesterol
Grapes
Saves eyesight
Conquers kidney stones
Combats cancer
Enhances blood flow
Protects your heart
Green Tea
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Helps stopping strokes
Promotes Weight loss
Kills bacteria
Honey
Heals wounds
Aids digestion
Guards against ulcers
Increases energy
Fights allergies
Lemons
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Controls blood pressure
Smoothes skin
Stops scurvy
Limes
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Controls blood pressure
Smoothes skin
Stops scurvy
Mangoes
Combats cancer
Boosts memory
Regulates thyroid
Aids digestion
Shields against Alzheimer's
Mushrooms
Controls blood pressure
Lowers cholesterol
Kills bacteria
Combats cancer
Strengthens bones
Oats
Lowers cholesterol
Combats cancer
Battles diabetes
Prevents constipation
Smoothes skin
Olive Oil
Protects your heart
Promotes Weight loss
Combats cancer
Battles diabetes
Smoothes skin
Onions
Reduce risk of heart attack
Combats cancer
Kills bacteria
Lowers cholesterol
Fights fungus
Oranges
Supports immune systems
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Strengthens respiration
Peaches
Prevents constipation
Combats cancer
Helps stopping strokes
Aids digestion
Helps haemorrhoids
Peanuts
Protects against heart disease
Promotes Weight loss
Combats Prostate Cancer
Lowers cholesterol
Aggravates diverticulitis
Pineapple
Strengthens bones
Relieves colds
Aids digestion
Dissolves warts
Blocks diarrhoea
Prunes
Slows ageing process
Prevents constipation
Boosts memory
Lowers cholesterol
Protects against heart disease
Rice
Protects your heart
Battles diabetes
Conquers kidney stones
Combats cancer
Helps stopping strokes
Strawberries
Combats cancer
Protects your heart
Boosts memory
Calms stress
Sweet Potatoes
Saves your eyesight
Lifts mood
Combats cancer
Strengthens bones
Tomatoes
Protects prostate
Combats cancer
Lowers cholesterol
Protects your heart
Walnuts
Lowers cholesterol
Combats cancer
Boosts memory
Lifts mood
Protects against heart disease
Water
Promotes Weight loss
Combats cancer
Conquers kidney stones
Smoothes skin
Watermelon
Protects prostate
Promotes Weight loss
Lowers cholesterol
Helps stops strokes
Controls blood pressure
Wheat Germ
Combats Colon Cancer
prevents constipation
Lowers cholesterol
Helps stops strokes
improves digestion
Wheat Bran
Combats Colon Cancer
prevents constipation
Lowers cholesterol
CHRONIC HEADACHES? EAT FISH! Eat plenty of fish. Fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain.
TO PREVENT STROKES, DRINK GREEN TEA! Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. (Tea sometimes suppresses appetite and keeps the pounds from invading.) Green tea is great for our immune system.
CAN’T SLEEP HONEY?! INSOMNIA? TAKE SOME HONEY! Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative.
DO YOU GET HAY FEVER? EAT YOGURT! Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season. Eat honey daily.
ASTHMATIC? EAT ONIONS! Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. (Place onion packs at night on your chest to help the respiratory ailment. It will actually help you breathe better.)
UPSET STOMACH? Eat BANANAS and GINGER! Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will help cure morning sickness and nausea.
ARTHRITIS? Eat FISH! Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. (Fish has omega oils, which is good for our immune system.)
BONE PROBLEMS? Eat PINEAPPLE! Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple.
BLADDER INFECTION? DRINK CRANBERRY JUICE! High acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria.
PRE-MENSTRUAL SYNDROME? EAT ORNFLAKES! Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue.
MEMORY PROBLEMS? EAT OYSTERS! Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc.
COLDS? EAT GARLIC! Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. (Remember, garlic lowers cholesterol, too.)
COUGHS? Sprinkle your food with lots of RED PEPPERS! A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. But use red (cayenne) pepper with caution…it can irritate your tummy
BREAST CANCER? Eat Bran & Cabbage!
Actual, preventive or a survivor? Eat wheat, bran and cabbage. Helps to maintain estrogen at healthy levels.
LUNG CANCER? EAT DARK GREEN AND ORANGE VEGGIES!!! A good antidote is beta carotene; a form of Vitamin A, found in dark green and orange vegetables.
DIARRHEA? EAT APPLES! Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. (Bananas are also good for this ailment.)
ULCERS? EAT CABBAGE ALSO! Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers.
CLOGGED ARTERIES? EAT AVOCADO! Mono unsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE? EAT CELERY & OLIVE OIL. Olive Oil lowers blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure too.
BLOOD SUGAR IMBALANCE? EAT BROCCOLI AND PEANUTS!
The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar.
UPSET STOMACH? BANANAS & GINGER! Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea.
More Food & Fruit…Worth Your Budget!
Kiwi: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, Vitamin E &fiber. Its 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 attack & stroke.
Strawberry: Protective fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits, and protects the body from cancer causing, blood vessels clogging free radicals. (Actually, any berry is good for you. They're high in anti-oxidants and they actually keep us young. Blueberries are the best and very versatile in the health field; they get rid of all the free-radicals that invade our bodies.)
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. (Watermelon also has natural substances [natural SPF sources] that keep our skin healthy; protecting our skin from harmful sunrays.)
Guava & Papaya: Top awards for Vitamin C! They are the clear winners for their high Vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene, which is good for your eyes. (It’s also good for gas and indigestion.)
Tomatoes are very good as a preventative measure for men, that helps keep those prostrate problems from invading their bodies.
But don’t forget WATER;
the ESSENCE of LIFE -
(…for consumption, for hygiene & for your prayers!)
Drink at least one litre and half per day of water, i.e. the quantity of one bottle of mineral water.
With best wishes for your good health,
Hoda Nassef
