Poor immune system, natural remedies

Probiotics and yogurt

Taking probiotics helps our body work better, it supports the immune system, protects the cardiovascular system and is beneficial to the skin, but not all the yogurts contain probiotics, let’s see in detail how to choose a probiotic-rich yogurt or how to prepare it at home in order to have a beneficial action on the gut.

The scientists have given a name to it in order to indicate its importance and complexity, they call it microbiota. Microbiota is constituted by the tens of thousands of billions of bacteria that live in our gut and that are able to influence our health condition. Scientific researchers have indeed observed that the microbiota isn’t just responsible for the digestion but also that it plays a role in supporting the immune system. The gut bacteria indeed teach to the defense cells how to recognize...

Hericium erinaceus

Antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, prebiotic, immunomodulatory and neuroprotective action, able to improve the cognitive functionalities both in healthy people and in case of degenerative illnesses, antidepressant action and able to counteract anxiety, protects the stomach and bowel mucosa, useful in case of ulcers or chronic inflammations of the digestive tract.

Hericium erinaceus, known also as lion’s mane mushroom or monkey head mushroom, is an edible mushroom native to North America, Europe and Asia. This particular mushroom isn’t just fascinating for its look, characterized by long and white spines, but also thanks to its healthy properties demonstrated by scientific studies. Properties – This mushroom is indeed antioxidant, it is able to stimulate the immune system but shows also a neuroprotective effect connected to the enhance of a protein, NGF...

Food combinations, raw tomatoes and cooked tomatoes

The best food combinations to eat raw tomatoes and cooked tomatoes in order to maximize the beneficial effects of this incredible vegetable.

Paying attention to the food we are eating, choosing whole grain rice, bread and pasta, fruit and vegetables rich in antioxidants, legumes and extra virgin olive oil is a first step to live healthier and longer. Not to mention that what we eat acts also on the gut by modifying the intestinal flora that, according to the latest scientific researches, affect the general health and also the mood. But another important step is also to choose the food combinations in order to balance the nutrients, i...

Blood orange

Vitamins and mineral salts, higher content in vitamin C than other varieties of oranges, rich in anthocyans that are powerful antioxidant substances, counteracts fatty liver, helps lose weight.

Blood orange is a type of orange, citrus sinensis, characterized by a dark orange-intense red colored flesh and by amazing healthy properties that make it, among all the citrus fruits, one of the best choices to put on the table. The distinctive dark red flesh is due to the presence of anthocyans that are powerful antioxidant substances that counteract the free radicals and protect from cancers. And the more intense the shades of red and purple of the flesh the more anthocyans are contained. Beh...

Champignon mushroom

Vitamins and mineral salts, source of proteins and fibers, able to lower triglycerides, bad cholesterol and blood sugar levels according to scientific studies, against constipation, give a sense of satiety, support for the immune system and anticancer action.

Champignon is the French name of the mushroom Agaricus Bisporus of the Agaricaceae family. The champignon are mushrooms with a delicate taste and now widespread all over the world, they can be cultivated and, for this reason, can be found all the year in supermarkets. The fact that the champignon are cultivated in a controlled soil has another advantage, in this way indeed the mushrooms don’t absorb pollution, toxic substances or radioactive compounds unlike the mushrooms that can be harvested ...

Wheat grass

Vitamins, mineral salts and antioxidants such as chlorophyll, provides energy, against hunger able to strengthen the immune system to prevent flu and colds, powerful depurative action, helps digestion, constipation and irritable colon, improves the health of skin and hair and fights free radicals, helpful to keep the blood cholesterol levels under control.

Wheat grass is obtained by sprouting common wheat as well as spelt and barley, after about two weeks the newborn grass is cut and squeezed, thus obtaining an unique natural remedy, rich in vitamins such as A, C, E and group B, mineral salts such as calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, iron and phosphorus, amino acids and antioxidants such as chlorophyll. Thanks to these characteristics, wheat grass is useful in fighting free radicals and aging processes, improves the health of skin and hair, cle...

Kefir

Antibacterial and digestive properties, helpful in case of constipation and diarrhea, useful to balance and improve the bowel functionalities, strengthens the immune system.

Kefir is a probiotic drink rich in lactic ferments and with important healthful properties. The classic kefir is obtained from fermentation of a fresh milk such as cow’s, goat’s or sheep’s milk and, thanks to this fermentation process, the result is in general well tolerated also by people who are lactose intolerant, but there are a lot of variants of this drink obtained from the fermentation of the sugars contained in soy or rice milk as well as in a solution of water and sugar by the kefir gra...