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We all love juices and drink them almost every other day. Out in the market we get the packed juice that has negligible nutrition in them and on the other had there are juices that we can make in our houses that are actually good for our health but we find them a pain to make because of the time it takes and the clean up part of it.

And here is one such idea that will not only help us save a lot of money most importantly will help us bring in some really healthy juices into our routine.

You can make a fresh glass of juice every day and reap health benefits like increased immunity, proper blood pressure that ensures less risk of diabetes.

The Health Benefits Of Juices:-

Juices are more than just a way to have fun and get some vegetables into your body. There are some fantastic health benefits that you can reap from drinking juices. In fact, research has shown that those who drink fruit and vegetable juices have lower cholesterol levels, reduced blood pressure level and reduced risk of cancer than the ones who do not juice.

Moreover, it is also a great method to detox your body from various toxins. It helps in flushing out all the substances from your system so that you can live a healthy life without any worries. Most importantly it gives you the added benefit of getting rid of various types of illnesses as well.

You can make medicine with it as well. You can also add freshly squeezed orange or carrot juice to your breakfast or dinner to get the added boost of nutrition and energy that you need throughout the day. Heck, it is not just juices that will help you in your health but also smoothies like blueberry 'honey'd' smoothies, minty apple green smoothie or whatever healthy recipes of yours that involve fruits and vegetables will help you out in the most excellent way.

With that said, I wouldn’t recommend anyone to replace juices with the food you have on your diet as you’ll be missing out on many other healthy nutrients that are essential to your body for functioning. A point to look on while making juices is not to strain the pulp (which is known as ‘Juicing’), as you’re essentially removing all fibrous materials, leaving only the liquid of the fruits and vegetables. As we are concerned with the health benefits of having juices, the right way to make and drink is to blend your choices of fruits and vegetables. With blending, you get it all — the pulp and fiber that bulks up the produce.

Juicing has the following consequences:-

more concentrated amounts of vitamins and nutrients;
easier absorption of nutrients;
a few juices contain more sugar than soft drinks;
absence of fiber, which is fundamental for digestion, controlling glucose, and bringing down hazard of coronary illness.

And on the other hand,

blended fruits and vegetables retain all their fiber for healthy digestion;
the fibrous parts of fruits and vegetables fill you up and also contain antioxidants.

Let’s look at some healthy juices that we can blend in our home and drink at our couches.

1. Orange Juice

Orange Juice is an exemplary breakfast staple all throughout the planet and notable for its wholesome properties. It is a huge wellspring of vitamin C, an antioxidant agent that is fundamental for skin wellbeing and iron ingestion. An research in 30 individuals found that drinking orange juice after a high-fat, carb-rich feast prompted essentially lower aggravation levels, contrasted and drinking water or glucose-water. The specialists credited this to the cell reinforcements in orange juice. Phenolic compounds, such as cinnamic, ferulic, and chlorogenic acids help fight free radicals, which can damage cells and lead to disease.

A single cup of orange juice (250 mL) contains

• 112 calories

• 2-gram protein

• Carbohydrates: 26 g

• 0.5-gram fiber

• 21 grams of sugar

• Folate: 19% of the daily value *

• Potassium: 11% of the daily value

• Vitamin C: 138 percent of the daily value

2. Prunes

Prunes are also known as Dried Plums. Although we eat dried plums as a snack, we can make juices too from it. Prune juice is high in B vitamins, which assume a role in metabolism, DNA and red blood cell production, and skin and eye health. Moreover, it's broadly utilized as a solution for constipation, particularly in more old people. Its fiber content seems to help mollify stool and goes about as a gentle diuretic. It's anything but a decent wellspring of cell reinforcements, like vitamin C and phenolic compounds. Despite the fact that prune juice is a characteristic wellspring of sugar, it's ideal to restrict your intake to a little glass each day or weaken it with water.

One cup (250 mL) of prune juice has the following nutrients:

• 182 calories

• 1.5 gram protein

• Carbohydrates: 45 g

• 2.5 g of fiber

• 42 grams of sugar

• Iron: 17% of the daily value

• Magnesium: 9% of the daily value

• Manganese: 17% of the daily value

• Potassium: 15% of the daily value

• Vitamin B2: 14% of the daily value

• Vitamin B3: 13% of the daily value

• Vitamin B6: 33% of the daily value

• Vitamin C: 12% of the daily value

• Vitamin K: 8% of the daily value

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3. Cranberry

Cranberry juice is known for its capacity to ensure against urinary tract infections (UTIs). Despite the fact that exploration on this impact has been mixed, a new survey found that drinking cranberry juice brought down the danger of getting a UTI by 32.5%. This juice is additionally high in antioxidants, including anthocyanins, flavonols, procyanidins, and vitamins C and E, which may help shield your cells from the harm brought about by free radicals.

A single cup (250 mL) of cranberry juice has the following nutrients:

• 116 calories

• 1 gram protein

• Carbohydrates: 31 g

• 0.25 gram fiber

• 31 grams of sugar

• Potassium: 4% of the daily value

• Vitamin C: 26% of the daily value

• Vitamin E: 20% of the daily value

• Vitamin K: 11% of the daily value

4. Beet

Beet juice has been increasingly popular in recent years as a result of its health benefits. Because most veggies are inherently lower in sugar than fruits, it has a low sugar content. They are powerful antioxidants that may reduce the risk of heart disease, inflammation, and cancer. Furthermore, beets are high in betalains, the pigments that give the vegetable its rich red color.

One cup (250 mL) of beet juice contains the following nutrients:

• 70 calories

• 1 gram protein

• Carbohydrates: 18 g

• 1 gram fiber

• 13 gram sugar

5. Pomegranate

Because of its nutritious advantages, pomegranate juice has grown in popularity in recent years. It also offers a burst of vivid color to your day. Pomegranate juice is abundant in vitamin K, which helps with blood clotting, cardiovascular health, and bone formation. It's also strong in anthocyanin, the antioxidant that gives pomegranates their distinctive dark-red color.

Pomegranate juice has the following nutrients in a 1-cup (250-ml) serving:

• 134 calories

• Less than 1 gram of protein

• Carbohydrates: 33 g

• 0.25 gram fiber

• 32 gram sugar

• Potassium: 11% of the daily value

• Vitamin C: less than 1% of the DV

• 22 percent of the DV for vitamin K

So, including fruits and vegetables in your diet is an excellent approach to maintain your health. It can help you decrease your blood pressure, improve your heart health, have healthier skin, and much more. Juice may be a good source of nutrients, particularly antioxidants. While the sugar level of juice is debatable, it is a far healthier alternative than other sugar-sweetened beverages such as soda or energy drinks. Limit your consumption to 1–2 cups (250–500 ml) each day, and if feasible, choose whole fruits and vegetables.

I hope this blog article has inspired you to try new methods to eat more fruits and veggies. Please leave a comment if you have any further questions or concerns regarding include more fruits and veggies in your diet.

So what is your favorite juice?

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*The Daily Values are reference amounts (expressed in grams, milligrams, or micrograms) of nutrients to consume or not to exceed each day. The %DV shows how much a nutrient in a serving of a food contributes to a total daily diet. The %DV helps you determine if a serving of food is high or low in a nutrient.

“When ‘The MANGOS’ come to the market, the ‘MAN GOES’ to the market.”

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It’s the King of the Fruits and almost all of us, if not everyone, has Mango as our number one fruit. It’s such a versatile fruit that shakes, smoothies, ice-creams, lassis, salads, chutneys, pickles, salads, all tastes flavorsome with this fruit. This seasonal fruit that comes around in the summer is just perfect for cooling our body and giving us that refresh we need from an exhausting day. Presumably, this is the fruit that has the least amount of haters!

The nutritional facts of Mangos are grandiose; apart from boosting your immunity, being high in antioxidants, and improving eyesight, Mangos are very rich in various Vitamins and Minerals. We should go through the dietary list of a cupful Mango (170 grams) cuts that can serve two:

Calories: 99
Protein: 1.4 grams
Carbs: 24.7 grams
Fat: 0.6 grams
Dietary fiber: 2.6 grams
Vitamin C: 67% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI)
Copper: 20% of the RDI
Folate: 18% of the RDI
Vitamin B6: 11.6% of the RDI
Vitamin A: 10% of the RDI
Vitamin E: 9.7% of the RDI
Vitamin B5: 6.5% of the RDI
Vitamin K: 6% of the RDI
Niacin: 7% of the RDI
Potassium: 6% of the RDI
Riboflavin: 5% of the RDI
Manganese: 4.5% of the RDI
Thiamine: 4% of the RDI
Magnesium: 4% of the RDI

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The vitamins, minerals, and antioxidant agents in Mangos can give significant medical advantages. For instance, vitamin K aids your blood coagulation adequately and forestalls paleness. It likewise assumes a significant part in reinforcing your bones. Mangos are additionally plentiful in vitamin C, which is significant for framing your blood vessels and solid collagen, just as aiding you to recuperate.

Also, mangos can give other medical advantages like:

Lower risk of Cancer: As they’re rich in (the antioxidant) beta-carotene which is the pigment that gives the yellow/orange color to the fruit.

Stable Digestive Health: Amylase mixtures can help disintegrate different food sources in your stomach, separating troublesome starches. In the interim, the fiber in Mangos can be more successful for relieving constipation than identical fiber supplements; although the fiber content in Mango is lesser compared to other fruits.

Heart Health: Mangos are the wellspring of a compound known as mangiferin, which early investigations recommend might have the option to lessen inflammation of the heart. Moreover, they are an incredible wellspring of magnesium and potassium, the two of which are associated with lower blood pressure and a regular pulse.

As much as praising Mangos, we ought to eat them either in their raw form or blending them with other ingredients to make a different recipe for a delicious as well as a healthy treat to our mouth and body. I’ve picked four healthy recipes that are based on The King of the Fruits.

1) 4-Ingredient Mango Smoothie (Recipe)

2. Roasted Mango with Coconut (Recipe)

3. Caribbean Mango Salad (Recipe)

4. Mango Chutney (Recipe)

The intriguing piece of this fruit is that you simply don't laud for it's taste and health advantages; the commending of the Mangos has gone lofty that we have some brilliant facts about Mangos:

Mangos are related to cashews and pistachios.
Mango is an ancient fruit dating back 5000 years.
Burning of Mango leaves in woods isn't prudent as they are poisonous in nature and can taint our eyes and lungs harshly.
A pair of mangos were sold for a record $2.600 in 2014.
The roots of the Mango tree can be 20 feet deep into the ground.
Pit, skin, leaves, bark—everything of a mango tree has been utilized in different creations for treating diseases or basically as preventives.

And the facts don’t end here. But a fact we have to realize is that we aren’t ought to eat that many amount of mangos just like we have praised it. Always, balance is vital. Keep your mango portions reasonable (ordinarily close to 1 cup for fresh or 1/2 cup for dried). So, a decent dependable guideline isn't to surpass two servings every day.

With that said, what are your thought on our King of the Fruits?

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Not everything you see in the Pharma industry is bad or evil. It has helped in eliminating in many diseases which were created by us. Long before the Pharma industry existed, although there were bubonic plague, small pox, measles, hepatitis, polio etc, the complex diseases we see today weren't as common back then. The wheat they grew were free from chemical fertilizers that suppress the nutrition like the ones we have today. One of the great examples I can tell you is how the artificial fertilizers kill off the bacteria that prevent the shikimate pathway process.

Anyways, we have to be aware of the scandals that take place in the pharmaceutical industry. Of course we have to look at the good sides but it’s important to know the black eyes that goes for our betterment. Following are the popular scandals that has taken place through the history of pharmaceutical industry.

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Probably the greatest embarrassments in the industry concern extreme cost expansions in drugs—of which Shkreli has filled in as the poster boy. The former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, raised the price of an old drug to $750 from $13.50 which is a 5000 % increase. For quite a long time, Daraprim has been the go-to medication for treating toxoplasmosis, a parasitic infection particularly perilous for individuals with vulnerable immunity—individuals living with HIV and patients who've gone through organ transplants. And this account isn’t just over here but another drug named “albendazole”, which is an old drug that treats tapeworm infection by taking two pills for a month. Shkrelli has hiked the price per tablet to $300 when the same one can be found at $19 for a packet of 10 pills in Mexico.

Big Pharma funds the government millions and millions of dollars. As a matter of fact, in 2008 US elections, Obama was given $1.2 million by the Big Pharma. Consequently, the Big Pharma was given huge limitless tax breaks, small fines for violating the laws of Off-Label promotion etc. Under Trump, the Big Pharma got $28 Billion in breaks. One of the biggest fines in the Big Pharma was when Pfizer got a $2.3 billion for illegally mis-marketing many of their drugs. But that same year the company made $43 billion in gross profit despite such a huge fine. And guess what? That same year, the company was guilty for causing the death of 5 Nigerian Guinea pig children in one of their drug trial run.

According to one of the magazines in US, between 2001 and 2010, half of the blood researchers who worked for the FDA quit their job and joined Big Pharma; as FDA doesn’t offer the salary as much as the Big Pharma does. As a result, FDA isn’t able to stop approving specific drugs due to the pressure from the Big Pharma players which gives an ironic statement as “the organization that is supposed to manage the Big Pharma drugs is now being managed by the Big Pharma.

The formula is simple: Kill people and make money. How come US, who just contributes to just 5% of the world’s population has 80% in Opioid consumption? Although the prescription drugs are very dangerous, people yet still consume it. And why is it? On an average, the pharmaceutical industry spends around $30 billion to $60 billion in advertising. They’re always the bigger fish compared to the organizations that regulate the advertisements with a budget of $9 million. So it’s easy to know that why we have all fell into the trap.

The first step to come out of the trap is to realize that you’ve been trapped; and then changing your lifestyle according to your choices. I, as a blogger can you tell you only facts and information that may help you in getting your mindset right but the rest of the work is up to you. So, without waiting, it’s our responsibility to choose the right track for our own health. And with that said, I wish you a good health.

With love

Fehmi

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When capitalism and life-saving meds combine, you have one of the world’s largest scandals. The pharmaceutical industry has so many scandals within them that has left us humans helpless.

The quickest way now to get rich is to make people sick. Through this method there is one industry that makes fat profits—Pharmaceutical Industry. The irony is that, this industry is supposed to make us healthier according to what we perceive. Their current worth is over $1.3 Trillion. If you think over and over, you would understand that they don’t make money when you are healthy and contented, but the other way when you are sick and desolate. The more medications they sell, the more their profits gets fatter.

The truth is that our bodies are naturally healing machines yet the pitiful fact is that the medical system we have today doesn’t allow our bodies to take advantage of the natural healing process. For example, if a person is diagnosed with cancer, they’re advised to perform chemotherapy when chemotherapy not only kills the cancer cells but your other body cells too. These are the last resort methods below all the natural liveable treatments which we skip at the first notice.

If you gave a thought how the people lived long lives before the pharmaceutical industry had come, they had natural options, therapies and remedies available through the methods of cleaning your body up, dieting, fasting etc. These are the things we don’t realize and give consent for others to destroy our own bodies.

We have the ability to heal ourselves which we have to discover and switch to natural remedies, natural therapies that can eliminate the toxics from our body and lead a healthier life than what the Big Pharma is falsely preaching. Let your loved ones, friends, relatives, strangers know the truth about the falsely portrayed by Big Pharma. This is another impact of Modernization that is costing us our health.

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As I’ve written a lot on what not to eat or consume, it’s time to tell you what is good for all of us. Always the good home-made food is health friendly; not the synthetic or processed products that brands themselves as healthy. Well I’m not labelling all of the products as unhealthy when there are many of them that have proven to be good for us. With that said, let’s move on to five recipes you can make in your kitchens with ease that are abundant in nutrients, delicious to your mouth and can reconcile your body.

1. Avocado Toast

Avocado with sea salt, red chilli flakes, basil leaves on toasted whole grain bread

is a delicious homemade recipe for healthy choice. You can add an egg on the top or pomegranate too. The taste of this dish would actually make you feel that you are cheating on your diet but the result is opposite.

Avocado toast is fundamentally the most straightforward thing on the planet to make, and is useful for you because of avocado's copious Omega-3's.

While an egg is high in calories, it's a nourishment force to be reckoned with — try to add the entire egg (don't discard the yolk), and fry it without oil.

Calories: 232

Recipe for Avocado toast

2. Tandoori Chicken

It is marinated in yogurt and prepared in roasted masala, and a blend of different flavors. One whole leg piece incorporates roughly 260 calories, 13.0gms fat, 5.0gms sugars and 30.5gms protein.

Remember that this baked in an oven or tandoor and not fried or cooked in oil. The fact is that most types of oil gets converted to trans-fats on cooking and that is where the problem lies.

Recipe for Tandoori Chicken

3. Broccoli and Parmesan Soup

With 5 ingredients and 10 minutes, your serving is prepared. Cooking the broccoli with a Parmesan skin mixes cheesy flavor into each spoonful, and a bit of soy adds umami — that exquisite flavor that you can't exactly depict however taste traces of (positively).

This pureed soup packs nutrients A, B-6, and C, in addition to phytochemicals that helps you in your immunity.

Calories for a cup of soup: 230

Recipe for Broccoli Parmesan Soup

4. Hummus

I prefer to make hummus in my own kitchen rather getting canned version of it supermarkets. As we all know how much the benefits are nullified in canned products. Hummus got a lot of benefits.

Hummus is plentiful in plant-based proteins;

Hummus helps in dealing with anemia;

Hummus reduces inflammation and the benefits are more.

Basically, hummus is made from ground chickpeas, sesame seeds' paste, garlic, little salt, topped with the healthiest oil: olive oil. Some of them also mix lemon, or cumin powder with the recipe.

Calories for 100g: 166

Recipe for Hummus

5. Slow cooked STEW

The way to improving this solace nourishment for you is utilizing more vegetables and less meat. It's as yet and rich yet in addition loaded with fiber, vitamin and beta carotene. Apart from boosting your immunity and keeping you hydrated, it also requires very less effort to make.

One serving of mutton slew: 214 calories.

These recipes are easy for anyone to cook and the best part of it is the fact they taste crazy delicious. Make some Hummus Dip for your Tandoori Chicken and enjoy your meal tonight. Like they always say in Turkish “Afiyet Olsun” (Bon appetit).

Recipe for Stew

With love

Fehmi

The first thing we were fed when we came into this world, it is supposed to be the healthiest food; breast-milk. This is the one that protects a baby from infections, strengthen the bones and boosts immunity. And where have we come now?

PFAS - polyfluoroalkyl substances. Yes, that is the culprit of this case.

A new study performed in America, took 50 samples of breast-milk from American women to check for the contamination of PFAS. The result was that in all 50 samples there were PFAS at levels nearly 2,000 times higher than the level some public health advocates advise is safe for drinking water. A review of over a dozen studies has revealed a potential threat to the health of newborns. The findings raise concerns about the safety of the infants.

“The study shows that PFAS contamination of breast milk is likely universal in the US, and that these harmful chemicals are contaminating what should be nature’s perfect food,” said Erika Schreder, a co-author and science director with Toxic Free Future, a Seattle-based non-profit that pushes industry to find alternatives to the chemicals.

What are PFAS?

PFAS are those which used to make fluoropolymer products that resist various types of liquids and heat. Fluoropolymer coatings can be used in such products as clothing, furniture, adhesives, food packaging, heat-resistant non-stick cooking surfaces, and the insulation of electrical wire. They are connected to malignant growth, birth deserts, liver sickness, thyroid infection, diving sperm tallies and a scope of other genuine medical issues.

In spite of the fact that analysts are worried by the discoveries, infants are hard to concentrate so there has not been an intensive examination of what PFAS mean for them, said Sheela Sathyanarayana, a co-creator of the investigation and pediatrician with the College of Washington.

In any case, she added that investigations of more established kids and grown-ups have connected the synthetic compounds to hormonal disturbances and recommends PFAS hurt the resistant framework, which could be particularly tricky for newborn children since breast milk supports their safe framework.

The evidence additionally indicates that the issue is aggravating. The examination is the first in the US since 2005 to check breast milk tests, and shows an expansion in the more current age of PFAS, while more established mixtures that were eliminated by industry are as yet present, and some at undeniable levels.

The examination likewise analyzed breast milk information from around the world and discovered PFAS discovery recurrence is expanding.

Among steps that the creators prescribe pregnant ladies and moms take to ensure themselves are keeping away from greaseproof carryout food bundling, smudge watches like ScotchGard, waterproof apparel that utilizes PFAS, and cooking items with Teflon or comparable non-stick properties, however makers frequently don't unveil the synthetics' utilization.

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