Food Cures

A Greek philosopher once said: if you give your body what it needs, then it will repair itself. I don't know who said it, all I know is their name began with an H and I can't find the direct quote. No matter who is responsible for the quote, the philosopher is right: if you feed your body right, then it will repair itself.

Have you ever taken time to really think about your body? You have this mass of cells that is designed to repair and renew for over 100 years. When we eat processed foods or nutrient devoid foods, we strip our bodies of the nutrients required to fix itself. Most of our diseases our food related. Hypertension-too much salt. Diabetes-too much sugar. High Cholesterol-too much fat. Cancer- too many chemicals in the body.

I think may be one of the only people who listens to the side effects of medication. Birth control- blood clot, stroke, heart attack. All things that cause death. Asthma medication may increase the chance of asthma related death. If I take anti-depressants, I won't be depressed but I may want to kill myself. Isn't that still depressed? What is this medicine doing to the brain that causes you to want to kill yourself? We're not even going to get into how addictive these medicines are.

So the question: how do we fix our bodies without medication? Simple, the right food and sleep. When the body gets 8 hours of sleep, it allows for cell renewal.

Food cures:

1. smoother skin- vitamin c such as red peppers, eggs, fruit, veggies etc

2.cuts and bruises- wheat germ, which contains zinc

3. eyesight- vitamin A which is found in spinach

4. brain and heart health- omega 3's which are in salmon, olives, avocados, nuts, and flax seed

5. coughs and mucus- add honey to a warm cup of tea with lemon to thin out mucus and clear your lungs. This morning I woke up with a sore chest, so I drank my usual cup of green tea but added honey and lemon and my chest cleared right up.

6. colds- the antioxidants in cherries keep your immune system strong, which help fight off colds and viruses.

7. flu- add five mushrooms to your diet to ward off the flu and at virtually fat free and less than twenty calories, losing a few pounds isn't a bad trade off.

8. stomach bugs- instead of reaching for the pink stuff, reach for a cup of ginger tea with honey or greek yogurt to settle your stomach.