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By: Edwina Hanson - [food]
We all know the importance of eating healthy foods for their vitamin and mineral
content. However, in recent years, scientists have discovered that there are
hundreds of substances in food that have healing and disease prevention
properties.

So why, if there are foods that will heal many of our common ailments, have we
not heard more about them? Maybe it's because, just as we've become a fast food
society, we've also become a fast cure society. We're always looking for the easy
way to cure and prevent diseases by just popping a pill.

Just look at the increasing number of ads on TV and in magazines for drugs.
Often the side effects are worse than the disease they're meant to prevent or cure!

Wouldn't it be better to use natural remedies? Remedies with no side effects, to
cure and prevent diseases? Of course it would! That's why I decided to write this
article. Here's to a healthier life!.

Perhaps as a child you were told by your mom to eat all your carrots because they
were good for your eyes? As you grew up, you may have cynically been told by
others that this was just an "old wives tale". Guess what, recent studies have
shown that Mom was right! Foods can prevent eye disease, heart disease, arthritis
and much more.

Some Basic Science:

In recent years scientists have discovered that foods contain "phytochemicals",
which is a fancy name for naturally occurring chemicals. This is not the same as
nutrients, which we all know are the substances necessary for sustaining life.

Phytochemicals have properties that can aid in disease prevention and cures.
Scientists have identified thousands of these chemicals in the foods we eat and a
single serving of fruit or vegetables can contain as many as one hundred different
phytochemicals.

The most commonly known phytochemicals are the antioxidants. Antioxidants
protect our cells from damage by toxic substances and free radicals (a by-product
produced by our bodies which converts oxygen into energy). Free radicals can
damage cells in our bodies which can lead to disease. Antioxidants protect the
body from oxidation and reduce the risk of acquiring many common ailments.

The full article is a big one and covers:

Fruits and Vegetables
Healing Properties Of Fruits
Healing Properties Of Vegetables
Seeds, Nuts, Oils and Fish
Healing Properties Of Seeds, Nuts, Oils and Fish
Grains
Healing Properties Of Grains
Healing Properties Of Beans and Lentils
Healing Properties Of Herbs and Spices
Healing Teas
Other Healing Foods

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