Parsley Supports Tumors, Heart, Eye Health and More.

Parsley

Parsley is widely used as a garnish on your steak or other foods. However, you may be surprised at how important it is. It is a helpful herb for body and health.

To begin with, parsley is good for your bones, strengthening bones to help with fractures, rich in vitamin K, potassium, magnesium, and calcium all of which support bone health. Vitamin K helps build stronger bones by supporting bone-building cells called osteoblasts.

Our immune system is what protects us from germs, bacteria and more, parsley boosts the immune system, fights the effects of aging, protects the body from free radical damage, and supports healthy kidney function.

Parsley can help relieve pain in joints, relaxes tight stiff muscles. Parsley also helps with your digestion, blood, tumors,  treats anemia and contains cancer-fighting compounds. Over the years, parsley has been used to treat conditions like high blood pressure, allergies, and inflammatory diseases

A 1/2 cup (30 grams) of fresh, chopped parsley provides (3Trusted Source):

• Calories: 11 calories
• Carbs: 2 grams
• Protein: 1 gram
• Fat: less than 1 gram
• Fiber: 1 gram
• Vitamin A: 108% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI)
• Vitamin C: 53% of the RDI
• Vitamin K: 547% of the RDI
• Folate: 11% of the RDI
• Potassium: 4% of the RDI

Lastly, it protects against rheumatoid arthritis, cleanses the liver, balances hormones, acts as a diuretic, reduces bad breath, and improves appetites.

Parsley is particularly rich in flavonoid antioxidants and vitamin C, which reduces oxidative stress in your body and may lower your risk of certain cancers. Plus, eating foods rich in vitamin C may reduce the risk of cancer as well. A 1/2 cup (30 grams) of parsley provides 53% of the RDI for this nutrient.

Parsley can help your vision, eye health. Lutein, beta carotene, and zeaxanthin are three carotenoids in parsley that help protect your eyes and promote healthy vision.  Vitamin A is essential for eye health, as it helps protect the cornea.

Heart health is also benefited by parsley.  it’s a good source of the B vitamin folate — with 1/2 cup (30 grams) providing 11% of the RDI. Experts are saying folate benefits heart health by lowering levels of the amino acid homocysteine.. 


Parsley Root!  Really the Root.  - Widely used in Europ, but not in the US.
Parsley Root used extensively by local physicians in all sorts of tinctures to cure dropsy and scarlet fever, as well as in bladder and kidney ‘teas’ because of its supposed diuretic properties.
https://britishfoodhistory.com/2017/01/04/forgotten-foods-5-parsley-root/  
Cooked, they can be used like any root vegetable in soups. Apparently, they roast very well and make excellent chips. Their slight earthiness marries well with fish, especially shellfish.

More to Mint Than the Smell. Huge Herbal Remedies

Mint

Everyone loves Mint, they use the flavor in teas, gum, candy, in fragrances for the air, skin, creams and more. It makes a great essential oil for medical benefits. People use this in drinks, and digest it because it feels good and makes you feel better

Mint helps with digestion, headaches, nausea.  I like to breathe it because it helps with the sinus, nasal congestion, asthma, coughing. Because it helps with digestion it is used for IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome.   Remember I said it makes you feel better, in fact, Mint fights against depression and fatigue, aids in memory loss.  Mint can increase brain activity and memory.  Mint helps prevent cancer and helps with vision health. 

One study including 144 young adults demonstrated that smelling the aroma of peppermint oil for five minutes prior to testing produced significant improvements in memory. Another study found that smelling these oils while driving increased alertness and decreased levels of frustration, anxiety, and fatigue.

I add a couple of drops in my CPAP so I can inhale it all night as a decongestant. 

Mint can be taken internally or externally as a rub, oil, or salve, Helps soothe sore muscles and skin disorders. Mint gets rid of pimples, helps nursing mothers with nipple cracks and pain from breastfeeding.  Mint offers a healthy dose of vitamin A which is great for vision.

Milk Thistle is Not Just a Weed, Helps with Blood, Infections and More

Milk Thistle


Milk thistle has traditional medicine that has been used over the centuries. Mile Thistle goes by many names including Artichaut Sauvage, Cardo Lechoso, Cardui Mariae, Carduus marianus, Chardon Argenté, Chardon de Marie, Épine Blanche, Holy Thistle, Lady's Thistle, Lait de Notre-Dame, Legalon, Marian Thistle, Mariendistel, Mary Thistle, Shui Fei Ji, Silibinin, Silybe de Marie, Silybum, Silymarin, and other names.

A bit unique this herb offers support for the kidney, gallbladder and liver health.  A real blood cleanser  Milk Thistle offers anti-cancer properties.  It is a good cleanser, helps with bloating and indigestion. This is one the men will want to try as it helps with ED and High Blood pressure. 

Milk thistle helps with blood in other ways also, it regulates blood sugar, strengthens the heart, cleans plaque.  Since it is cleaning the blood it helps with memory, brain function.  The power of free radicals helps with skin disorders, sunburns, sun damage, and aging. Supports vision, and eye health