Bones, natural remedies
Bones, the best natural remedies and healthy tips to follow. Find out how nature can help you stay healthy and fit. Bones, simple but powerful remedies that come from tradition and have been studied by science are now at your service.
Chia seeds, properties, benefits, recipes and contraindications of this superfood
Chia seeds are obtained from the Salvia hispanica plant, belonging to the Lamiaceae family and native to Mexico and Guatemala. These precious seeds were already known to the Aztecs, who used them as a source of sustenanc...
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Cruciferous vegetables, the food that should always be included in your diet
They are not the most popular vegetables but they are among the healthiest that can be served on the table. We are talking about the vegetables of the Cruciferous family, real powerful weapons, useful for preventing tumo...
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Dried fruit, the snack that saves the heart, brain, eyesight and bones
Each bite offers a different taste, sometimes sweeter, almost buttery, sometimes slightly bitter or toasted. Sometimes there is a pleasant crunch that satisfies, or a softness that envelops. In short, enjoying a handful ...
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Almonds and almond milk, the best allies for our health
They are practical to take with you to the office, to university, to school or on a trip, almonds are the ideal snack, tasty, filling and nutritious. But that's not all, thanks to their mineral, fiber and antioxidant con...
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Royal jelly, the queen's food
Royal jelly is a light yellow substance produced by bees and used as nourishment for the queen bee throughout its life and, only in the first three days of their birth, also for worker bees. Royal jelly, however, is not ...
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B vitamins, allies of the brain and source of energy for our body
Among all the vitamins, those of group B often go almost unnoticed. There is a lot of talk about vitamin A for healthy eyesight or vitamin C to strengthen the immune system, or vitamin D for bones and to strengthen defen...
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Pumpkin seeds, small but powerful and beneficial for health
Small but full of properties for health. We are talking about pumpkin seeds, the snack par excellence capable of providing important benefits for the heart, mood, sleep and bones. But let's understand better on the basis...
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Hops, the remedy that counteracts anxiety and insomnia
Hops, scientific name Humulus lupulus, is a climbing plant that needs support to grow. The female inflorescences are the cones, with the characteristic shape of pine cones. Often, when we talk about hops, we refer to the...
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Extra virgin olive oil, the superfood that protects the brain, bones and muscles
it is the cornerstone of the Mediterranean diet, one of the foods, because it is a food, most studied by science that has shown its very important health benefits, also thanks to the more than 30 different types of pheno...
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Plums, the fruit that supports the brain, heart and bones
With a sweet taste and a pleasant sour note, here are the plums, which brighten up the September table! These delicious fruits are also a valuable source of beneficial properties for health, as we will see in the next fe...
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Sesame, an elixir of longevity enclosed in a seed
According to scholars, the manuscript dating from the third century BC, was written in three volumes that contained the millenary Chinese wisdom. Oral traditions, medical arts and natural remedies were included in this b...
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Yogurt, the superfood with unthinkable properties
Delicious, creamy and fresh, yogurt is a food that everyone really likes. Produced from the fermentation of milk by bacterial cultures, yogurt is also versatile. In fact, it lends itself to being eaten alone, for breakfa...
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Proso millet, the rediscovered cereal
Proso millet, scientific name Panicum miliaceum, is one of the oldest cereals but is often, wrongly, neglected. Several scientific studies have brought attention to this cereal, because, in fact, millet is a precious sou...
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Food combinations and cooking methods, sweet peppers
They can be of different colors, red, yellow or green, some are small and elongated, others larger and square, we are talking about sweet or bell peppers. Peppers bring joy to any dish but are also a precious source of h...
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Phosphorus
Phosphorus is the second most abundant mineral in the human body. It is estimated that phosphorus represents about 1% of body weight! So let's try to understand what phosphorus is used for, in which foods it is contained...
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Cow's milk, is it good or bad?
Is milk good or bad? Can it be part of a healthy and balanced diet or should it be limited? As we will see, milk can be an interesting food for children but should be limited in adulthood. But let's try to understand bet...
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Vitamin D, dietary sources and its action to boost the immune system
According to scientific research, it is clear that vitamin D performs several important actions. Beyond the known effect on calcium metabolism, and therefore on bone health, vitamin D also plays an essential role in modu...
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Manganese
Manganese is an essential chemical element found in trace amounts in the human body and mainly concentrated in the liver, kidneys, bones and pancreas. It is estimated that in the body of an adult man of about 70 kg there...
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Vitamin K
Vitamin K is a type of fat-soluble vitamin that is stored in the liver. There are actually two types of vitamin K, vitamin K1 and vitamin K2. Let's try to understand their function, their dietary sources and what is the ...
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Calcium
Calcium is one of the most important components of the human body and is found mainly in the skeleton and in the teeth, about 99%, while the remaining 1% is circulating in the blood. Bones and teeth are made up of strong...
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Plums, fresh and dry fruit
Plums are the fruit of the Prunus domestica of the Rosaceae family. Plums are harvested from June until October but can also be enjoyed throughout the year in the dried version. Fresh and dried plums have slightly differ...
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Black cohosh
Cimicifuga racemosa, commonly known as black cohosh or fairy candle, is a plant of the Ranuncolaceae family, it grows spontaneously in North America but in all the herbalist’s and chemists’ shops it is possible to fi...
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Dwarf mountain pine, herbal medicine
Dwarf mountain pine, also known as creeping pine, mountain pine and mugo pine, scientific name Pinus montana, is a plant belonging to the Conifer family. From its gems a glycerine macerate is obtained with interesting pr...
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Yellow dock
Yellow dock, also known as curly dock, scientific name Rumex crispus, is a plant of the Polygonaceae family. The extract obtained from the roots of this plant is a remedy with purifying and diuretic properties, it stimul...
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Borage oil
Borage, scientific name Borago officinalis, is a spontaneous plant characterized by hairy leaves and small flowers of a beautiful blue-violet color. In a previous post we saw how this plant was used for cooking, today we...
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Sun
In ancient Egypt the sun, represented by the god Ra, struggled every night against the snake god Apofi, the incarnation of chaos and darkness that wanted to prevent him from rising. Every night the priests prayed that Ra...
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Vitamin C
Vitamin C, or ascorbic acid, is an essential substance to life, it is water-soluble and should be introduced in our body with diet or through supplements because the body isn’t able to produce it. Vitamin C is a powerf...
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Schuessler salts
Schuessler salts are part of a therapeutic method introduced in the second half of the nineteenth century by the German physician Schuessler. The method uses 12 preparations based on diluted inorganic minerals that, acco...
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Arame seaweed
Arame algae, scientific name Eisenia bicyclis, is an edible brown seaweed of Japanese origin. Its fronds can be 30 cm long and, after harvesting, are cut into thin strips, cooked and then dried in the sun. This seaweed c...
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Silver fir
The silver fir, Abies Alba, belongs to the Pinaceae family and is characterized by a silver gray bark that has small cavities containing turpentine, a resin with balsamic and anti-inflammatory properties, used in case of...
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