GROWING PLANTS - FOOD THAT HEAL THE BODY

While all healthy foods  have healing effects on the body,  certain foods  are super-healthy. 

 These super foods have curative effects on even a sick body and help the healthy body maintain good health.

You don't even need much quantity  at each meal or in drinks.  I am focusing today on two spices- ginger and turmeric.   Why is it important to grow these  even in any little space you have if you can?

Apart from cutting the costs on buying them,  you can also control the quality i.e. ensure they are truly healthy.

You may already know that these spices especially ginger is so very highly commercialised because of its high demand. That is a major reason chemicals such as pesticides  are used in growing  and preserving them. That introduces health hazards into what is supposed to heal the body. In fact these spices are not just healing foods, in addition they are widely used in body and hair care products and as medicine.  

I've been doing  a lot of studying on the liver and other body organs and functions - while the liver helps to remove toxins from the body, continuous high intake of toxins through food, drugs, drinks especially alcohol, perfumes, sprays etc can be damaging to the liver. 

Since  food and normal drinks are  what people always take, you can understand how wrong it is for any food and regular drinks  to have toxins   - it is feeding people slow poisons and this is   unnecessary stress on the liver, kidneys and other body organs. These predispose even people who are just innocently eating what they consider good food to diseases like cancer.  Food that messes with the gut can also predispose people to depression or poor mental health.

Except everyone can produce their own food, we continue  to be at the mercy of most commercial food growers and food handlers  who prioritise profit over consumers' health and wellbeing.  

But there are still some measures we can take to strengthen the liver and other body organs  by regularly taking  healing  super foods like ginger and turmeric . They are  spicy and give food and drinks great taste as well. We can include them in our food and drinks. So its better we grow these if we can. 

If the plants get attacked by pests or diseases, rather than use chemical solutions, there are organic solutions - such as soaking Neem leaves in water  for at least a day and spraying on the plants in the early morning or evening. We may also use orange peels, garlic etc

According to Food Network, ginger contains a variety of powerful antioxidants  which researchers have linked to improving heart health and possibly helping cancer treatment (some initial animal testing has shown positive results).

 

Turmeric according to Webmd 

 has been used  as medicine in places like India for centuries to treat issues such as breathing problems. Lately, turmeric has been touted as a super food that can fight cancer, ease depression.

I know Tumeric is good for liver health. These spices if grown through truly healthy means are also good for eye-health. But take in moderation as large consumption can also lead  to  excessive weight loss

OTHER GIST 

There are garden plants that have very  good scents. Instead of always spraying artificial air freshners, you can cut these plants and put inside your home or at the windows to lessen the amount of chemical air freshners we inhale - they are also very refreshing to inhale 

- see me grinning from ear to ear in the photos -details on this another day.