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Drinking Red Wine is Good for your Eyes

So ‘researchers’ have discovered what their collegues in the past have suspected…and that health enthusiasts have long known.  Yup…red wine is good for you, oh and your eyes too of course.  Well, to be really acurate…it’s the resveratrol in the wine that does it. Read this  Telegraph news bit here for this earth shattering (old news [...]

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Dosage and Method: Cinnamon

ground cinnamon

How:  Always with some fat or oil as it is lipophilic (oil soluble).  I use coconut oil. How much:  Doses range between 1g daily of cinnamon powder (approximately 1 level teaspoon) to 6 g.  However, data emerged from a study that 6g daily was no more effective than the 1g which effectively reduced blood glucose and [...]

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Dosage and Method: Cayenne

cayenne powder

How:  tea, powder, capsules, oil, food How much: Start off with one eighth or less of a teaspoon a few times a day until you and your system are used to it.  Increase to one teaspoon divided over 2 to 3 doses daily.  Some sources recommend one teaspoon three times a daily to address specific [...]

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Dosage and Method: Turmeric

turmeric powder in coconut oil

How:  always with some fat or oil as it is lipophilic (oil soluble).  I use coconut oil. How much:  For adults the official recommendation is up to 1.5 g. daily which will be about one very slightly rounded teaspoon which can be divided over two to three doses daily.  Therapeutic doses are considered to be [...]

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Spice: Cayenne – More Than Just Zing

cayenne plant

Known to most of us as just the ‘red pepper’, the Cayenne pepper plays an important part in diverse cuisines. Culinarily speaking, it is a spice.  However, herbalists and naturopathic doctors refer to it as a medicinal herb (known as Capsicum minimum, Capsicum frutescens or Capsicum baccatum).  Because of its zest, it is commonly known [...]

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When is a spice a herb?

Thymus citriodorus variegata (varigated lemon thyme) citrus thyme

 When it is used for medicinal purposes. That is the short and sweet answer to the confusion about common kitchen spices and reference to them as herbs. The longer answer is that the general population is familiar with the term ‘spice’ in the context of culinary purposes and nothing more. In the Kitchen The term [...]

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