Cranberry Juice a Natural Antioxidant

Cranberries are at the top of the healthy food list due to their high nutrient and antioxidant content.

The possible health benefits of consuming cranberries include lowered risk of urinary tract infections, prevention of certain types of cancer, improved immune function, decreased blood pressure and more.

Cranberry are best known for their role in preventing UTIs, especially for those with recurrent infections. The high level of proanthocyanidins (PACs) in cranberries helps reduce the adhesion of certain bacteria to the urinary tract walls, in turn fighting off infections.

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Have a Balanced Diet in Monsoon

As digestion during monsoon is slow, eat moderately and only when hungry. Eating when you are not hungry can lead to indigestion.

Vegetables such as bitter gourd, bitter herb like neem and haldi (turmeric) are rich in antioxidants and the medicinal properties in them can help in preventing infections.

Make it a point to have fruits like cherries, bananas, apples, pomegranates, plums, litchis, pears and vegetables like carrots, radish and fenugreek a part of your regular diet. Spices such as pepper, asafoetida (hing), turmeric and coriander improves immunity and at the same time helps in digestion.

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The Amazing Use of Papaya

Papaya is available throughout the year. It has a delicious sweet taste with a soft butter like consistency.
Papaya has a lot of hidden benefits for skin, health and hair. Not just the fruit itself, but other parts of papaya also are very beneficial.
Like ‘Papain’ commonly known as papaya enzyme is helpful in digesting proteins. It is extracted from the tree and the fruit to make dietary supplements, and is also used as a major ingredient in some chewing gums.

Papaya acts as an antidote for hypertension.

Consuming 3 or more servings per day may keep your eyesight normal

Papaya also helps in boosting the immunity system of our body.

Papaya also prevents the body from recurrent ear infections, cold and flu.

Papaya can also heal external wounds.

Papaya is also able to cure chronic ulcers on skins.

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