Ezekiel 47:12 Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing NIV
Spice up your home
Adding a garden to your home space is easy with herbs. "It's a lot of fun and it's not complicated," said Lois Sutton, president of the Herb Society of America. Many places like Houston, Texas are great places to grow herbs year around. Four to six hours of sun, good drainage and knowing which varieties are good for the season is all that is needed. "Herbs are very adaptive plants, as they grow anywhere and everywhere rather easily," said Michael Bettler, a master gardener and part owner of a garden store. He added that herbs are usually pest resistant. Herbs can be grown in- or outdoors. For the best soil use 1/3 top soil, 1/3 compost and 1/3 sand. Raised beds are ideal since herbs prefer dryer soil. Before you know it, the herbs will be big and beautiful to be used in dishes or for decor. Some herbs prefer certain seasons like basil thrives during the long hot and humid summer. It can be planted next to tomatoes since it likes moisture. Cilantro and dill are best suited in cooler seasons. Rosemary and oregano are comfortable in both temperature and would rather grow among rocks where it is dryer.
Homes Correspondent - Kim Stinebaker
Suggested Read: Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/tomatoland-by-barry-estabrook/
http://www.expertgardensystems.com/
Homes Correspondent - Kim Stinebaker
Suggested Read: Tomatoland by Barry Estabrook http://regularrumination.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/tomatoland-by-barry-estabrook/
http://www.expertgardensystems.com/
2 Kings 20:7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. KJV
Eat Antioxidants!
Spices and herbs are important contributors to our antioxidant intake. Clove has the highest mean value, followed by dried and ground peppermint, allspice, cinnamon, oregano, thyme, sage, rosemary, saffron and tarragon. Fresh herbs rank markedly lower in antioxidant value compared to dried.
Because of their frequent use, coffee and tea are also significant sources in most peoples diets. Unprocessed tea leaves, tea powders and coffee beans are the best. Other beverages include red wine, pomegranate juice, prepared green tea, grape juice, prune juice and black tea. Water, fat and animal products have virtually no antioxidants.
Berries are high...especially dried amla (Indian gooseberry), dried dog rose, & products of dried dog rose. Others rich in antioxidants include black currants, wild strawberries, blackberries, goji berries, sea buckthorn & cranberries. Jams have almost none however, canned tomatoes are high in lycopene. Other fruits & vegetables that are good sources are Spanish pomegranate, dried apples, artichokes, lemon skin, dried plums, dried apricots, curly kale, prunes and red and green chili peppers.
In the line of plant medicine, Peru's Sangre de Grado (Dragon's Blood) has the highest antioxidant content (2,897.1 mmol/100g). Besides being anti-inflammatory, it accelerates healing of stomach ulcers & promotes death of cancer cells. Another product is Triphala, an Indian Ayurvedic (a system of traditional Indian medicine) herbal formula that anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, accelerates wound healing and has cancer preventative potential.
Of 131 commercially available vitamin and dietary supplement products (US & Norway) analyzed, maximum antioxidant content was 1,052/100g found in Kirkland brand High Energy Pak (vitamin C) and CVS Vitamin C, 500 mg (ascorbic acid).
Among breakfast cereals, buckwheat, millet and barley flours rank the highest. Among nuts and seed, walnuts with membranes were the best antioxidant source. Chocolate's contents increased relative to the increasing content of the cocoa in the product and some dark chocolates ranked quite high.
Do not avoid a food because it is low in antioxidants or you may miss out on vital minerals. And remember, the benefit of antioxidants has only been proven with foods...not supplements.
www.nutritionj.com/imedia/1456806576351549/supp1.pdf
Because of their frequent use, coffee and tea are also significant sources in most peoples diets. Unprocessed tea leaves, tea powders and coffee beans are the best. Other beverages include red wine, pomegranate juice, prepared green tea, grape juice, prune juice and black tea. Water, fat and animal products have virtually no antioxidants.
Berries are high...especially dried amla (Indian gooseberry), dried dog rose, & products of dried dog rose. Others rich in antioxidants include black currants, wild strawberries, blackberries, goji berries, sea buckthorn & cranberries. Jams have almost none however, canned tomatoes are high in lycopene. Other fruits & vegetables that are good sources are Spanish pomegranate, dried apples, artichokes, lemon skin, dried plums, dried apricots, curly kale, prunes and red and green chili peppers.
In the line of plant medicine, Peru's Sangre de Grado (Dragon's Blood) has the highest antioxidant content (2,897.1 mmol/100g). Besides being anti-inflammatory, it accelerates healing of stomach ulcers & promotes death of cancer cells. Another product is Triphala, an Indian Ayurvedic (a system of traditional Indian medicine) herbal formula that anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, accelerates wound healing and has cancer preventative potential.
Of 131 commercially available vitamin and dietary supplement products (US & Norway) analyzed, maximum antioxidant content was 1,052/100g found in Kirkland brand High Energy Pak (vitamin C) and CVS Vitamin C, 500 mg (ascorbic acid).
Among breakfast cereals, buckwheat, millet and barley flours rank the highest. Among nuts and seed, walnuts with membranes were the best antioxidant source. Chocolate's contents increased relative to the increasing content of the cocoa in the product and some dark chocolates ranked quite high.
Do not avoid a food because it is low in antioxidants or you may miss out on vital minerals. And remember, the benefit of antioxidants has only been proven with foods...not supplements.
www.nutritionj.com/imedia/1456806576351549/supp1.pdf
