Home, garden and kitchen remedies
Many people today are trying to organize their lives as healthy as possible. A solution is sought for every ailment with a pill or a visit to the doctor. Why don’t we look at what nature offers us?
Back in ‘grandma’s time’ all kinds of home, garden and kitchen remedies were used to solve health problems. Today, researchers are proving what our grandparents have known for a long time. For example, watermelon improves blood pressure and kiwis help against stress. Below are some more tips.
Spinach
Popeye the Sailorman, who doesn’t know him? The little sailor who knocks out his great enemy in one fell swoop after eating a can of spinach. Unfortunately, this is based on a myth: a researcher had made a typing error. Later it turned out that spinach contains ten times less iron than previously thought. Spinach does contain different kinds of vitamins and antioxidants. If you steam spinach briefly and do not boil it through, the vitamins are well preserved. Potato
The potato, number one in the Netherlands’ staple food. Due to a lack of money, Vincent van Gogh’s ‘The Potato Eaters’ only ate potatoes with a dash of vinegar. It was also a healthy choice. Potatoes are a source of vitamins B and C and minerals.
Research in pigs shows that raw potatoes are good for the immune system. Humans cannot eat potatoes uncooked. But scientists think that foods with a lot of resistant starch, such as cold boiled potatoes, legumes and pasta, have the same effect on resistance.
Tea
Tea made from yacon leaves, a crop native to the Andes, contains substances that lower blood glucose levels. People with diabetes can benefit a lot from this. The root tastes sweet, which is why the syrup is used as a natural sugar substitute. But because yacon is very low in calories, it won’t make you fat.Onions
When cutting onions, many people cry. This is because sulfur sulfide is released which irritates the eye. In response, the eye tears, so that the substance washes away.
That’s probably why grandma already recommended putting a cut onion next to the bed when you have a cold. Because the airways remain open, sleep is promoted. This seasoning also contains many flavonoids, which could prevent cancer.
Tryptophan
Feel free to eat a falafel sandwich. This vegetarian snack is a lot healthier than a hamburger bun and it will also make you happy.
The raw material for falafel, the chickpea, contains the amino acid tryptophan. This substance plays a role in the production of serotonin in the human body. Serotin gives you a calm, calm and satisfied feeling. Tryptophan is also found in kiwi and other fruits. In busy times, eating fruit is always good. The body can use some extra vitamin C, because stress lowers the resistance. Other fruits that contain a lot of tryptophan in addition to vitamins are bananas, pineapple and plums.
Watermelon
Watermelon is a delicious snack and a thirst quencher, but also very healthy. Watermelon contains arginine, a substance necessary for the build-up of nitric oxide. This substance is good for the heart and blood vessels. It lowers blood pressure and prevents blood clotting.
Research indicates that people who drink a glass of watermelon juice daily can increase the amount of arginine in the blood by 22 percent.
The above products can be useful if you have complaints. But be careful, not every vegetable or fruit is always healthy for everyone. Food allergies to kiwi, among other things, are quite common. Also ensure variety in your diet and go to your doctor if you have serious complaints.
