Healing Powers of Indian Spices

ASAFOETIDA (Hing)
It is a very useful remedy for relieving spasms and indigestion, flatulent colic, cholera and whooping cough.

It is a stimulant for respiratory and nervous systems and is very effective in pneumonia and bronchitis in children.

It is applied externally on the stomach to stimulate the intestines, even its enema is recommended in intestinal fluctuations.

Hing is also known to have some sedative properties and its possible use in heart diseases has been suggested.

As Medicine:
Diabetes: Mix ¼ tsp hing powder in 2 tsp bitter gourd juice. Take twice a day.

Fish And Its Benefits As Food

Fish are excellent sources of proteins, essential Omega 3's fatty acids, and also rich in Vitamin B and D. They are lower in calories, saturated fat, and total fat than a comparable portion of meat or poultry.

Omega 3's found in fish are healthy fats that are important for optimal immune functions and also to increase metabolism and for hormones production.

Will You Put On Weight Drinking Ice Water?

The answer is no. Water has zero calories. The temperature isn't changing the calorie. So it is not harmful for your diet to drink cold or ice water.

If anything, cold water burns a few calories, since it takes heat from your body which your body must replace. If calculated it comes to around 17 calories for a liter of ice water, which really isn't very much, but it's certainly the opposite of making you fat.

How to pick the right vegetable?

Selecting the right vegetable when shopping is an art in itself. With recession at its peak, vegetable prices have skyrocketed. It is important that we choose correctly so that we get value for money.

In general, we should make it a point to get locally produced, in season stuff. This will ensure that we get the freshest of stuff at affordable prices. Selecting fresh vegetables and fruits is often a matter of sight and smell.

Here are some tips for picking vegetables:

Types of Teas and Its Origins

The homeland of tea is China, where it has been grown for over five thousand years. Next Japanese, Koreans and people from South-east Asia began growing it.

Just a thousand years ago Arabic merchants were successful at taking away dried tea leaves to Middle East. Tea reached Europe in the middle of the 16th century thanks Venetians, who were keeping lively contacts with Arabs and Turks.

But until 1610 its deliveries were occasional, and dried pressed leaves were treated as an expensive medicine. Only regular deliveries from Japan by Dutchmen gave the beginning of career of this stimulant in Europe, one can divided teas into five kinds: white, green , yellow, red and black.