Holistic Health Tip - Smoking and Antioxidants

Antioxidants are substances that neutralize free radicals. Free radicals are associated with causing cancer in the body and accelerating aging. As a holistic health tip, don't smoke and avoid areas where smoking is taking place. Each puff of cigarette smoke contains 100 trillion free radicals! If you can't avoid smoky environments, be sure to take an antioxidant-rich herbal or nutritional supplement daily and include plenty of colorful, organic fruits and vegetables in your diet.


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Heart Health and Hawthorn Berries

Traditional medicine has long hailed the miracle herb hawthorn berry for heart health. Asian, European, and Native American herbalists have cultivated it for use in treating and preventing heart disease and general use as a heart tonic. Modern medicine has recently studied this herb for use with cardiac and heart attack patients.


Alternative Medicine and Hawthorn Berries

A strong antioxidant, hawthorn or hawthorn berries may help heart health in the following ways

• Improving endurance by reducing fatigue and shortness of breath when exercising
• Reducing blood pressure by counter-acting blood vessel constricting enzymes
  
• Easing chest tightness and pressure associated with angina
• Improving cholesterol level by promoting the conversion of LDL cholesterol into HDL and minimizing accumulation of cholesterol in the liver
  
• Relaxation of blood vessels to lower blood pressure and helping with small blood clots
  

If you are taking heart or blood pressure medicine already, consult a health practitioner before and while you are talking hawthorn as it is a powerful herb. Hawthorn's effects are additive. When combined with prescription drugs that have similar purpose, you compound the effect. You would not want to reduce your blood pressure too fast or too low for example. Just make sure you and your health practitioner monitor this and you will be able to benefit from this amazing herb.



More about other wonderful herbs will be revealed in upcoming blog posts.... Stay tuned to learn more about herbal traditions and natural medicine.



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Green Tea Benefits - Nutrition Facts

Green tea is an natural herb that provides excellent healing antioxidants. It is anti-carcinogenic ( anti-cancer), anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and anti-heart disease and anti-atherosclerosis.


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