Fresh Corn Can Help Reverse Vision Problems
Almost every person with age-related macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness,
suffers from lutein-deficiency. A recent study showed that consuming 6 mgs of lutein in your food per
day reduces your risk of this disorder by a whopping 43 percent. Fresh corn is an excellent source of
lutein.
Rice...
This common food has anti-diarrheal and anti-cancer properties. Like other grains, rice contains anti-
cancer protease inhibitors. Of all grains and cereals, it is the least likely to provoke bowel distress, such as
intestinal gas or spastic colon. In Vata types, whole rice (brown) is excellent for constipation; it lowers
cholesterol and tends to block development of kidney stones. For Pitta types, white Basmati rice is
preferable (they don’t do well with rough fiber and the high concentration of plant antibodies in brown
rice).
Basmati rice appears to have the highest nutritious value. It is a rich source of iron, selenium, thiamine
and niacin. It contains also a good amount of vegetable protein.
Coconut Oil—A Gift From The Tropics
Virgin coconut oil is rich in lauric acid, a proven antiviral and antibacterial agent. It is currently being
used in treating AIDS. Monolaurin is a monoglyceride of lauric acid. Lauric acid is also found in human
mother's milk, which makes coconut milk an excellent alternative to milk-formula foods. In fact, coconut
milk has been used in the tropics to bring up very healthy children when breast milk was unavailable.
Delicious-tasting coconut oil is not only satisfying to your taste buds, but it also cleanses your colon by
gently softening and loosening old fecal material, and helping to remove it without unpleasant side
effects. It has a strongly alkalizing effect in the body, which is beneficial for every disease process. The
tropical oil has a substance that has been shown to raise HDL cholesterol levels, the good kind, thereby
lowering the risk of heart attack.
For those who are concerned about infestation with intestinal parasites and Candida albicans, coconut’s
anti-parasitic properties help purge pathogenic organisms by robbing them of their protective coating. A
natural anti-yeast treatment, coconut oil has been known for many centuries to prevent yeast infections in
women in the Pacific islands. During scientific tests, both capric and lauric acid (found in coconut oil in
very large amounts) were found to be absolutely lethal to all major strains of Candida albicans.
Research comparing Pacific Islanders with people from several developed nations showed that their
health was extremely good compared to Western standards. These Islanders had no signs of kidney
disease or hypothyroidism that might influence fat levels. There was no hypercholesterolemia (high blood
cholesterol). All inhabitants were lean and healthy despite a very high saturated-fat diet from coconut oil.
In fact, the population as a whole had ideal weight-to-height ratios as compared to the Body Mass Index
figures used by nutritionists. Digestive problems are rare. Constipation is uncommon. They average two
or more bowel movements a day. Atherosclerosis, heart disease, colitis, colon cancer, hemorrhoids,
ulcers, diverticulitis, and appendicitis are conditions with which they are generally unfamiliar.
Coconut oil also assists with dissolving and removing toxins that are trapped in fatty deposits, thereby
making fat accumulation increasingly unnecessary (accumulation of fat is a survival mechanism to keep