Bifidobacteria

How many times you read on the pack of yogurt or other drinks that the product contain bifidobacteria? It happens quite often, but what are bifidobacteria exactly? An introduction is needed, in our gut there are about tens of thousands of billions of bacteria. This large population forms the so called gastrointestinal microbiota, that is considered an organ of human body. When the microbiota is healthy and balanced it can works correctly and can perform all its functions, the best known is the d...

Black salt of Cyprus

There are several types of black salt, such as the black salt of Hawaii, Indian black salt from the mountains of India and very rich in minerals or the black salt of Cyprus. The latter is extracted through the process of evaporation from the waters of salt lakes of the island of Cyprus and its color is due to the presence of active vegetable carbon obtained by combustion of wood of linden, birch and willow. It is this addition that gives to the salt its typical color and makes it also useful to ...

Manuka honey

Manuka honey is a honey produced from the nectar of the flowers of manuka, scientific name Leptospermum scoparum, a tree growing in New Zealand. This type of honey has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, according to the article published in 2008 on the journal Molecular Nutrition and Food research by a team of researchers of the University of Dresden. The researchers have found that the responsible for the antibacterial activity of this type of honey is the substance called Methylgl...

Psyllium

Psyllium is a herbaceous plant of the Plantaginaceae family. The most interesting part, from the point of view of the properties, is represented by its seeds, small black seeds that can be used in case of constipation, but also to reduce the inflammation of the mucosa and to restore the peristalsis in case of colitis and irritable bowel. The psyllium seeds are rich in fibers and soothing mucilages, which, in contact with water, swell and form a gel very useful against constipation by stimulating...

Pineapple

Pineapple is mostly constituted by water, it contains also important vitamins, such as vitamin A, vitamins of group B, C, K, mineral salts such as manganese, potassium, phosphorus and magnesium. This fruit contains also an enzyme, the bromelain, with a powerful anti-inflammatory action, for this reason it results helpful in case of cystitis, gastritis, colitis and irritable bowel syndrome, prostatitis. Pineapple helps also the digestion, mostly after heavy meals or for those with digestive probl...

Althaea (marsh mallow)

You can use all the parts of althaea: flowers, leaves and roots. Marsh Mallow can calm mucosa, for this reason it is a suitable remedy to treat all the forms of inflammation, it is useful to calm infections of the respiratory tract, such as sore throat, cough and bronchitis. The plant is a remedy against diarrhea, constipation, irritable bowel, bladder and kidneys inflammation due to kidney stone or cystitis. Externally Althaea can also be used in case of pimples, abscesses, cold sores, gum dise...