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Bloating

Chances are, you aren’t chewing your food enough. Slow down! I know it sounds stupid, but try it. If you swallow your food half chewed, your body has to work harder to break it down. If you’re still having problems, try cutting out milk and cutting down on whole grains. Also see “Water retention”.  

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Bleeding/bruising

Bleeding problems can be chronic nosebleeds, heavy menstrual flow, bleeding gums, bruising, or clotting problems. These foods have nutrients that help your body control blood flow and coagulation. Vitamin K – Asparagus, avocado, beans, beef, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, onion, spinach, wheat bran Be careful with Vitamin K if you are on a blood thinning…

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Bladder Infections

Bladder infections are actually fairly easy to treat at home. Cranberry Juice is still the old stand-by. The thing people go to first. Be careful to get juice with no corn syrup. Drink lots of water to flush out your system. Magnesium Citrate Vitamin C, and A. Zinc If these don’t help, there is an…

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Asthma and Diet Cures

Can You Cure Asthma by Eating Healthy? I was having a conversation with my sister the other night, and it seemed to move her into action. Maybe it will motivate you too. You see, at one point my daughter was pronounced asthma free. You can put your asthma into remission with healthy eating. I’d love…

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Asthma

All of these foods have nutrients that help minimize asthma attacks. You can read about each one by clicking on it. Apples, chili peppers, coffee, fish, garlic, ginger, green tea, lemon, onion, whole grains. Essential nutrients – anti-oxidants, B vitamins, beta-carotene, vitamin C, magnesium, selenium, Omega 3s. Get plenty of colorful fruits and veggies, nuts,…

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Arthritis

Arthritis is a degenerative disease that many blame on heretics, or aging. As you have seen with other diseases, for many the cause is diet and inflammation. Here are foods to include in your diet to relieve your discomfort. Supplement with Vitamin C and glucosamine. I would say, double your vitamin C. When I was…

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Arteries

These great foods will help keep your arteries healthy and clear! Almonds, Asparagus, black tea, berries, beets, cashews, cayenne, cherries, chicken, dark chocolate, cranberries, eggplant, fish, garlic,grapes, grapefruit, green tea, lemon peel, onions, parsley, peanuts, plums, tomato juice, walnuts Essential nutrients – Vitamin C & E, Magnesium, CoQ10 Alcohol – 1 drink a day for…

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Anti-Fungal Foods

Foods that act as anti-fungals – Cinnamon  garlic herbs honey lemon onion You can rub a bruise with onion to help it heal faster. You can apply honey directly to a wound or fungal growth. I suppose you could with lemon or garlic, or onion too – I just haven’t tried it personally. There’s no…

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Anti-bacterial Foods

Foods that act as anti-bacterials- That’s right – anti-bacterial foods! Apple banana basil beets blueberry cabbage carrots cashews celery chili peppers chives coconut & coconut oil cranberry cumin dill flaxseed garlic ginger honey horseradish licorice (real, black) lime nutmeg olives onion papaya plum radish sage seaweed teas- black, green and oolong umeboshi plum watermelon yogurt…

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