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Spirulina is actually one of hundreds of blue green algae species. Algae, including spirulina, are tiny organisms that usually grow on inland waters and look like scum. Algae types are usually divided by color like blue-green, green, yellow-green, red, and brown. Just green algae alone has 8000 species. Of the three main types, spirulina is the easiest to digest.
Posted: 2010-07-01
Category: Nutrition
Imagine paying good money to get rid of a treasure chest in your yard! If you have thought of plantain as a nuisance weed, you might very well have done just that! Plantain, or Plantago major, is a weed that commonly grows in the yard in one of 200 varieties. You will recognize it by its broad, rounded cluster of leaves and nubby green spikes rising vertically from the midst.
Posted: 2010-06-24
Category: Alternative Medicine
You will find that activated charcoal has a number of beneficial uses. It is most commonly used in cases of accidental ingestion of a poisonous substance. Activated charcoal powder has been a lifesaver for people who have consumed toxic levels of chemical from household cleaners and well as those who have consumed prescribed medications.
Posted: 2010-02-17
Category: Health & Fitness
“Cayenne is possibly the single most wonderful, beneficial plant to grow and have on hand (the granulated form) in case of emergencies.” That is quite a claim for this spicy pepper. Besides its ability to flavor foods, what is the medicinal value of cayenne?
Posted: 2010-02-05
Category: Health & Fitness
Nettle has been called the masochist's herb. This is because, in the past the sharp leaves were used in urtication, a self-flagellation, driving the beneficial chemicals in the leaf into the skin painfully! It was a treatment for arthritis and skin disease. Apparently it worked because of the antihistamines and anti-inflammatories in the leaf that were beaten into the body. Aren't you glad you can gain the benefits of nettle without beating yourself with it?
Posted: 2010-01-28
Category: Men's Issues
You try to do everything possible to keep yourself in good health and feeling well, because your health is important to you. Knowing which herbs, vitamins, minerals, and supplements are best for you is confusing because there are so many options available. The passion flower herb is one of the best herbs for the body. This herb is like a nutritious food, providing the body with protein, potassium, niacin, Vitamin A, phosphorous, magnesium, and chromium.
Posted: 2010-01-21
Category: Supplements
Arrowroot plant also known as Maranta arundinacea makes Arrowroot powder that is used for cooking as a thickener. It originated with aborigines of West Indies and with the Arawak Tribe to cure arrow poisoning. This is how the name arrowroot was coined. Brazil, Thailand, Bengal, Philippines, Mauritius and West Africa are teeming with arrowroot plants.
Posted: 2010-01-12
Category: Alternative Medicine
Exercise methods, diet recipes or food supplements are believed to be the safe options in staying healthy . Regular intake of diatomaceous earth (or DE) is effortless and less stressful than the usual custom.
Posted: 2010-01-07
Category: Alternative Medicine
In England and Canada it’s pronounced herbs with an h, and in America it’s ‘erbs.’ No matter how you pronounce it, the incredible value of bulk herbs for our health and well being is the same worldwide. It is difficult to overestimate their value, and here are a few reasons why.
Posted: 2009-12-18
Category: Alternative Medicine
In spite of minimum standards for city water, many have opted to filter their drinking water anyway. After all, just because water tastes all right and does not have an odor doesn't mean it is pure. Of course, the safest way to know if you water is safe is to take a sample to a testing center. But even if it passes this test, you still may want to filter it, just to be sure.
Posted: 2009-12-07
Category: Nutrition
A charcoal filter is a common part of most gravity fed and many force-fed water filters. Charcoal is the product of the destructive distillation of wood. This process yields wood alcohol, acetic acid, several burnable gases, and a few other products. The solid residue that results from this process is what we know as charcoal.
Posted: 2009-11-23
Category: Food & Beverage
The ancients called it Monk’s pepper. This is because chaste tree berry (also known as Vitex and by he trade name Femaprin) supposedly had the ability to decrease sexual desire. However, others say it is an aphrodisiac, in other words, it has the opposite effect. Can both be true?
Posted: 2009-11-19
Category: Nutrition
The contamination of water by aluminum is an ever growing problem. From the time it was discovered in the early 1800’s, aluminum was an expensive metal - 90 dollars per pound. This changed in 1886 when Charles Martin Hall, a college student, developed a cheap and effective method of extracting the metal from the ore. The price quickly dropped to 2 dollars per pound and aluminum became more available. In the last hundred years since, aluminum has risen to become the third largest manufactured metal and is found in a variety of products both as a metal and in compounds such as bauxite and alum.
Posted: 2009-10-26
Category: Polution
