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Crucial Reasons to Eat Your Apple a Day

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Crucial Reasons to Eat Your Apple a Day No matter whether it’s a red, green or yellow apple, you should eat it each day to stay healthy and happy. Remember, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’? It’s actually true. Apples are fortified with essential vitamins and minerals, and they are an excellent source of fiber. Apples are delicious and versatile and it’s easy to incorporate them into your daily diet. You don’t necessarily have to eat raw apples; apple chips, apple pie, apple smoothies, caramel apples, apple juice, baked apples are all good options. Don’t leave apples on the shelf, here are a few important reasons to eat your apple a day. 1. Apples contain powerful antioxidants Although most fruits and veggies contain antioxidants, apples are plentiful in one of the most powerful antioxidants, quercetin, which helps combat free radical damage, boost your immune system and prevent different kinds of diseases. Eat your apple in the morning, add it to your morning smoothi

Benefits of Garlic

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       Benefits of Garlic Garlic is a small vegetable, known as Allium sativum. It has been around for  centuries  and grown for over 5,000 years. It is native to central Asia, but the ancient Egyptians may have been the first the cultivate this herb. It has been used both for  culinary  purposes due to its aromatic, pungent but slightly sweet taste, as well as for its highly beneficial medicinal properties. Garlic is rich in a variety of powerful sulfur-containing compounds including thiosulfinates (the most important being allicin), sulfoxides (alliin being the most important) and dithiins (of which ajoene is the most researched). These sulfur compounds are not only what gives garlic is taste, but are also  responsible for  its many health benefits. So let's get to its advantages. Cardiovascular and  High Blood Pressure People who suffer from high  blood pressure and  cardiovascular diseases can find some help in consuming garlic. Although most of the research has bee

How to Lose Weight Naturally (22 Home Remedies)

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How to Lose Weight Naturally (22 Home Remedies) In the  Everyday Roots Book  I begin the chapter on weight loss by stating that I believe there are only two ways to truly manage weight, through exercising and eating healthy. There simply is no magic shortcut, and while this may seem obvious to some people it is overlooked far, far, too often. Now you’re probably wondering, if diet and exercise are the only ways to lose weight, why did you write this list? Because there are still natural remedies and recipes that will help you reach your ultimate goal. If you use these in addition to eating better and getting some exercise, they can speed up the process. There are many different contributing factors to losing/gaining weight, so the below remedies cover a wide range.   Before you go on you should have a simple understanding of the process your body goes through when dropping the pounds. Fat (along with protein and carbohydrates) is stored energy, plain and simple. Calories are th