Tag: Colon Health

Did you know about several million Americans living with parasitic infections? Intestinal parasites are transmitted when a person comes in contact with infected feces. Poor hygiene and sanitation, week immune system can up your risk of getting them. Foods like ginger, bitter melon, extra virgin coconut oil, pumpkin seeds, horseradish, pineapple, and almonds can kill intestinal parasites.

IBS is a variety of symptoms that, if the cause is not found, can cause diverticulitis or inflammatory bowel disease. But most of these symptoms can be managed with a tweak to your diet and lifestyle. Know what the symptoms are and how you can treat them.

Beetroot A Medicinal Food Super-charged with powerful nutrients and a distinctly sweet and earthy flavour, beetroot deserves to be in your culinary repertoire. Beets are...

Certain spices, herbs, and foods can kill intestinal parasites. Studies have found that consuming oregano oil, turmeric, and wormwood can reduce the number of parasites in the intestines. In addition to this, pumpkin and papaya seeds can paralyze parasites and make their expulsion from the body easy.

The known or suspected causes of IBS could be - Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) which is the over proliferation of bacteria that normally live in the intestinal tract. Yeast and/or Parasite Overgrowth that results from taking antibiotics, poor diet, eating contaminated or undercooked food or drinking contaminated water. It could also be a delayed hypersensitivity reaction to food or medications such as anti-inflammatories and steroids that affect the ability of GI tract to absorb the vital nutrients. Here are some common treatments to address the aforementioned causes of IBS.

Tapeworms are intestinal parasites that are flat, segmented worms that live in a person's digestive tract. They usually live in the intestines of some...

With obesity now affecting 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children, it is edging ever closer to becoming an epidemic and it...

Generally food that is high in fiber helps cleanse the colon as it flushes everything out. Some of them include Flax and Chia seeds, wheat grass, chickweed, fermented foods like Kefir and unpasteurized butter. A lot of fruits and vegetables like apples, avocados, kidney beans and legumes, spinach, cabbage, celery, asparagus and swiss chard can also help.

Lemon water protects against rheumatoid arthritis due to its vitamin C content, improves digestion with the production of bile, cleanses the colon flushing out toxins, improves lymphatic system by hydrating it and providing essential nutrients, improves oral health by keeping bad breath at bay. The acidity of lemon cleanses the mouth activating salivary glands.

  Skin is the representation of our health. Everybody seeks good glow and luster of the skin. It is indeed mentioned in Ayurvedic classics that...