Showing posts with label antibacterial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antibacterial. Show all posts

Saturday, 23 June 2012

Purple Sweet Potato


This sweet purple colored dark purple. Purple pigments in purple yam mermanfaat as an antioxidant because it can absorb air pollution, toxins, oxidation in the body, and inhibits the clotting cells darah.Ubi purple natural foods also contain high fiber, prebiotics, levels of low Glycemic Index, and oligosaccharides.

In addition, purple sweet potato also contains lysine, Cu, Mg, K, Zn average of 20%. He is also a source of carbohydrate and high calorie sources. Coupled with a good source of vitamins and minerals, vitamins contained in sweet potatoes, among others, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin (vitamin B1), and riboflavin. While the mineral in the sweet potato include iron (Fe), phosphorus (P), and calcium (Ca).

Other content is protein, fat, crude fiber and ash. Total anthocyanin content varied at each plant and ranged from 20 mg/100 g to 600 mg/100 g wet weight. Total anthocyanin content of purple sweet potato is 519 mg/100 g wet weight.

Purple sweet potato anthocyanins also have physiological functions such as antioxidant, anticancer, antibacterial, protection against liver damage, heart disease and stroke. Purple sweet potato can be an anti-cancer because in it there is an active substance called selenium and iodine, and twenty times higher than other types of sweet potatoes. Purple sweet potatoes have antioxidant and antibacterial activity of 2.5 and 3.2 times higher than the several varieties of "blueberry", but it's also good to encourage the smooth circulation of blood.

Monday, 21 May 2012

Do not Use Metal Spoon To Take Honey

Raw honey is antiseptic, antibiotic, anti fungal, antibacterial. Honey contains calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, niacin, pantothenic acid, phosphorus, potassium, riboflavin, sodium, thiamin, zinc and other vitamins and minerals that have not been found.

Always keep honey at room temperature, do not keep in the refrigerator. If honey turns cloudy or crystallizes (a natural process), simply place the bottle of honey in warm water and stir until the crystals dissolve.

Do not take the honey using a "metal spoon" as this will alter the composition of honey. Use a spoon made of plastic or porcelain instead. Never boil honey or mix in hot water. Always make honey in the house, and let it remain raw.

Saturday, 14 April 2012

Aloe Vera




Since the days of our fathers, aloe vera plant is used as a cure for various diseases. Ancient Egyptians had to use it since about 1500 BC; the Samaritans, 1875 BC. Due to the extraordinary properties, aloe vera plant is considered as an eternity.

The results Antoni Femenia, researchers from the Department of Chemistry Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain, because aloe vera has multi efficacy is due to an antibiotic, antiseptic, antibacterial, anticancer, antiviral, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, anti-swelling, antiparkinson, antiarteriosklerosis, and antiviral resistant to antibiotics. Aloe vera is also beneficial as a pain reliever.

Compounds responsible for pain relief are anthraquinone and quinone. Two compounds was also known as antibiotics. Liliaceae family that also contains salicylates that act to reduce pain. One of the enzymes in the Aloe vera can also break brandykinin pain-causing compounds. Therefore, the onion family can be used by patients with osteoarthritis.

 
In addition efficacious cure various diseases, aloe vera is also beneficial for beauty. In the Drugs and Cosmetic Journal writing Aloe vera contains polysaccharides (mainly glukomannan) in collaboration with the essential amino acids and secondary, oxidase, catalase, and lipase. Amino acids long been known to serve as building blocks of protein replacement of damaged cells. That is, aloe vera role is to assist the regeneration of new cells.

Besides a role in cell regeneration, the lignin content of aloe vera was beneficial to the skin. Lignin contained in it can seep into the skin and resist the loss of fluid from the skin surface. The result, the skin does not dry quickly and supple. Aloe vera makes the regeneration of skin cells for the better, making the skin appear more supple, elastic and toned.