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Asparagus Risotto

Different ways to cook or concoct a recipe food into a healthy and tasty also always make a lot of people want to try it. As one of, "Vegetables Recipes", which was given the name "Asparagus Risotto". Of course there are similarities and differences between the recipes of the same type. It's up we want to choose a recipe which, according to our taste. We only share information only, for those of you who want to try this healthy recipe.

Asparagus Risotto Recipe
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds asparagus
5 cups (about) canned low-salt chicken broth
1 cup water


1 tablespoon butter
1 large onion, chopped
2 cups arbor rice or medium-grain white rice
1/2 cup dry white wine
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary
1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup whipping cream
Fresh rosemary sprigs (optional)


Preparation
Trim tough ends from asparagus; discard. Cut off asparagus tips and reserve. Cut stalks into 3/4-inch-long pieces. Place 2/3 of stalk pieces, 1 cup broh and 1 cup water in blender. Puree until smooth. Set aside.

Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and saute until tender, about 8 minutes. Add rice and stir 1 minute. Add wine and cook until absorbed, stirring often, about 2 minutes. Add 1/2 cup broth and chopped rosemary; simmer until liquid is absorbed, stirring often, about 4 minutes. Continue to cook for 15 minutes, adding more broth by 1/2 cupfuls and allowing liquid to be absorbed before adding more, stirring often.

Add remaining asparagus stalk pieces and reserved asparagus tips and continue cooking until rice is just tender and mixture is creamy, adding broth as needed and stirring often, about 10 minutes longer.

Add reserved asparagus puree and stir until absorbed, about 3 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup Parmesan and cream. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer risotto to bowl. Garnish with rosemary sprigs, if desired. Serve, passing remaining Parmesan separately.

yield: Makes 6 servings

Asparagus Frittata

Different ways to cook or concoct a recipe food into a healthy and tasty also always make a lot of people want to try it. As one of, "Vegetables Recipes", which was given the name "Asparagus Frittata". Of course there are similarities and differences between the recipes of the same type. It's up we want to choose a recipe which, according to our taste. We only share information only, for those of you who want to try this healthy recipe is a part of Vegetables Recipes.

Asparagus Frittata Recipe

One serving contains the following: Calories (kcal) 385.11; % Calories from Fat 58.9; Fat (g) 25.18; Saturated Fat (g) 12.75; Cholesterol (mg) 481.32; Carbohydrates (g) 15.20; Dietary Fiber (g) 3.10; Total Sugars (g) 4.40; Net Carbs (g) 12.10; Protein (g) 24.81

Ingredients
two tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
one cup chopped leeks (white and pale inexperienced elements only)
one 12-ounce bunch skinny asparagus, trimmed, cut on diagonal into 1-inch items (about two 1/2 cups)
one cup sliced stemmed shiitake mushrooms
eight giant omega-3 eggs
one cup diced Fontina cheese, divided
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Preparation
Preheat broiler. soften butter in serious broilerproof 10-inch-diameter nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add leeks and sauté four minutes. Add asparagus and shiitake mushrooms, sprinkle gently with salt, and sauté till tender, concerning half-dozen minutes. Whisk eggs, 3/4 cup Fontina cheese, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper in medium bowl. Add egg mixture to skillet; fold gently to mix. Cook till virtually set. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Fontina cheese and Parmesan cheese over. Broil till frittata is puffed and cheese begins to show golden, concerning three minutes. Cut into wedges and serve

yield: Makes four servings
active time: half-hour
total time: half-hour
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Asparagus Artichoke Salad

Different ways to cook or concoct a recipe food into a healthy and tasty also always make a lot of people want to try it. As one of, "Vegetables Recipes", which was named "Asparagus Artichoke Salad". Of course there are similarities and differences between the recipes of the same type. It's up we want to choose a recipe which, according to our taste. We only share information only, for those of you who want to try this healthy recipe is a part of Vegetables Recipes.

Asparagus Artichoke Salad Recipe
Prep time: ten minutes
Cook time: twelve minutes

Thick asparagus spears are easier than skinny to roast or grill while not turning into too dry or over-cooked.
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Ingredients

one giant shallot, sliced skinny (can sub a number of skinny slices of red onion or some sliced spring onion)
2-3 Tbsp lemon juice
a pair of pounds thick asparagus, rinsed, robust ends broken off and discarded (or saved for stock)
a pair of Tbsp olive oil, divided
Salt
one teaspoon garlic powder
one pint grape or cherry tomatoes, sliced in [*fr1]
one 15-ounce jar of fine quality marinated artichoke hearts, quartered or cut in [*fr1] (depending on the scale of the artichokes)

Method
1 Soak the sliced shallots within the lemon juice as you prepare to create the remainder of the salad.

2a To roast the asparagus, preheat the oven to 400°F. Coat the asparagus spears with one Tbsp of olive oil, and salt them well. Lay in a very single layer in a very foil-lined roasting pan, and cook for 8-10 minutes till gently browned and fork tender.

2b To grill the asparagus, prepare your charcoal or gas grill for top direct heat. Coat the asparagus with one Tbsp of olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Grill them till nicely charred and fork tender, between five to ten minutes.
Remove the asparagus from the oven or grill and cut into bite-sized items.

3 place the asparagus and every one the remaining ingredients into an outsized bowl and blend to mix. Add the maximum amount of the marinating liquid from the jarred artichokes as you wish. Serve chilled or at space temperature.
Yield: Serve 6-8 as a facet dish.

Although for the foremost half we are able to get asparagus all year long, I sometimes solely get them within the spring, after they are in season. How are you able to resist, once you see many them within the turn out section, saluting you prefer bundled, upright inexperienced soldiers? "Hello m'am. Please cook me." So, we have a tendency to purchase asparagus, and a lot of asparagus. Here may be a recipe for what to try and do with our long inexperienced friends, when you are uninterested in everything else.

Bengaladumpa Vepudu Potato Stir-Fry

This is one of the Vegetarian Recipes to choose from the vegetarian. This recipe is easy, simple and of course it feels good, we give a recipe called, "Bengaladumpa Vepudu (Potato Stir-Fry)". Hopefully these recipes will make you feel happy and useful.

Bengaladumpa Vepudu
Category: aspect Dishes & Condiments
Style: Indian
Special Consideration: Vegetarian
Servings: four

Description:
Very, terribly spicy! haha. Moreso than I expected, however boy is that this delicious! we tend to had it with Chicken Korma that was ok, however not my most favorite ever. The curry leaves build a large impact during this dish, therefore you actually do want them.

Ingredients:
* 1/4 cup cooking oil
* four dried red chile peppers
* one tablespoon cumin seeds
* two teaspoons skinned split black lentils (urad dal)
* 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
* one sprig contemporary curry leaves (4-5 leaves)
* one pound potatoes, peeled and cubed
* salt to style
* 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

Directions:
Heat the oil in an exceedingly massive skillet. Fry the dried red chile peppers (whole), cumin seeds, urad dal, and mustard seeds within the hot oil till the seeds begin to splutter. My suggestion is to heat the oil and ingredients slowly, as a result of the seeds do not very "splutter" such a lot as explode in scalding hot bits of mustard seed shooting around your kitchen like some quite culinary weapon. If your oil is simply too hot and you add the seed, prepare to duck. If you warmth slowly, you'll pull the pan off as they begin to shoot.

Add the curry leaves and continue cooking another thirty seconds. Stir the potatoes into the mixture. Season with salt. Cover, cook and stir till the potatoes are tender, regarding twenty minutes. Sprinkle the red pepper and cumin powder over the potatoes; cook another two to three minutes. Pull the peppers and curry leaves out before serving.

Traditional Style Vegan Shepherd's Pie

This is one of the Vegetarian Recipes to choose from the vegetarian. This recipe is easy, simple and of course it feels good, we give a recipe called, "Traditional Style Vegan Shepherd's Pie". Hopefully these recipes will make you feel happy and useful.

Ingredients Serves vi servings Total time: one hr fifteen min PT960S Prep time: twenty min
5 russet potatoes (peeled and cut into one in. cubes)
12 cup mayonnaise (vegan)
12 cup soy milk
14 cup olive oil
3 tbsps cheese substitutes (vegan cream, tofutti)
2 tsps salt
1 tbsp vegetable oil
1 yellow onion (chopped)
2 carrots (chopped)

a. Place the potatoes during a pot, cowl with cold water, and convey to a boil over medium-high heat. flip the warmth to medium-low, and boil the potatoes till tender, concerning twenty five minutes; drain.

b. Stir the vegan mayonnaise, soy milk, olive oil, vegan cream cheese, and salt into the potatoes, and mash with a potato masher till swish and fluffy. Set the potatoes aside.

c. Preheat oven to four hundred degrees F (200 degrees C), and spray a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray.

d. Heat the vegetable oil during a giant skillet over medium heat, and cook and stir the onion, carrots, celery, frozen peas, and tomato till softened, concerning ten minutes. Stir within the Italian seasoning, garlic, and pepper.

e. cut back the warmth to medium-low, and crumble the vegetarian ground beef substitute into the skillet with the vegetables. Cook and stir, breaking apart the meat substitute, till the mixture is hot, concerning five minutes.

f. unfold the vegetarian meat substitute mixture into rock bottom of the baking dish, and prime with the mashed potatoes, smoothing them into a fair layer. Sprinkle the potatoes with the shredded soy cheese.

g Bake within the preheated oven till the cheese is melted and slightly browned and also the casserole is hot, concerning twenty minutes.


Amount Per Serving
Calories 521 Calories from Fat 270
% Daily worth *
Total Fat thirty g forty sixth
Saturated Fat seven g three hundred and sixty five days
Trans Fat 730 mg 1/3
Cholesterol fifty three mg one hundred and eightieth
Sodium one g forty fifth
Total Carbohydrate forty four g V-J Day
Dietary Fiber four g 14 July
Sugars 6 g
Protein twenty g
Vitamin A seventy two
Vitamin C nineteen mg thirty second
Calcium 157 mg 16 PF
Iron five mg twenty fifth
Potassium one g five-hitter
* % Daily Values are primarily based on a two,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values is also higher or lower reckoning on your calorie desires.

Hot Italian Giardiniera

This is one of the Vegetarian Recipes to choose from the vegetarian. This recipe is easy, simple and of course it feels good, we give a recipe called, "Hot Italian Giardiniera". Hopefully these recipes will make you feel happy and useful.

Giardiniera is Italian which means “pickled vegetables” (from Italian “giardino” which suggests “garden” in English.) typically when one finds giariniera outside of larger Chicago it suggests that a combination of pickled peppers, cauliflower, carrots and pimiento. though that encompasses a nice application the vinegar based mostly pickling juice is just too tart for alternative applications. Hence, for things like hot dogs and Italian Beef Sandwiches an oil cured combine is preferable. Here’s how I create mine.

Ingredients:

one lb recent Serrano peppers – 1/8 in. slice
two carrots – 1/4 in. dice
one cup cauliflower – 1/4 in. dice
two stalks celery – 1/8 in. slice
one cup massive inexperienced pitted olives – rough chop (Don’t be low cost – spring for the great ones.)
one cup pickling salt.
two tbs crushed oregano
one tbs crushed chili flakes
one tsp cracked black pepper
enough additional virgin olive oil to hide

Method

mix all of the vegetable – except the olives – in an exceedingly massive bowl. Add the entire cup of salt and blend utterly therefore the salt covers the vegetable. Add enough water to simply cowl the mixture. cowl with plastic wrap and place in fridge for a minimum of twelve hours.
Drain the vegetable mixture and rinse terribly, alright to get rid of the maximum amount salt as attainable.
Add chopped olives and remaining spices. Mix well.
Spoon mixture into jars (I use one qt canning jars and this typically makes two – three qts betting on the dimensions of the veggies.) Pour olive oil into jars to hide (top off once half-hour when all the air has had an opportunity to flee from the veggies.)
place in fridge for a minimum of forty eight hours before serving.

This recipe could be a rough guideline and you'll be able to modification it to no matter your tastes are. Some individuals use inexperienced or red peppers and scale back the quantity of Serrano peppers for a milder combine. I usually can let the Serrano’s ripen to red before using to cut back the warmth and keep the flavour.

This combine can keep well concerning three months within the refrigerator. betting on the standard of the oil it should have a bent to “gel” when it’s cold. merely take it out a 0.5 hour before serving to revive its consistency.

This goes nice on Italian sausages, eggs, spicy tuna salad similarly as hot dogs and beef sandwiches.

And, if two to three quarts is just too abundant for you keep in mind that the vacations are on us soon and this makes a superb gift for the “spicy” eaters in your life.

California Grilled Veggie Sandwich

This is one of the Vegetarian Recipes to choose from the vegetarians. This recipe is easy, simple and of course it feels good, we give a recipe called, "California Grilled Veggie Sandwich". Hopefully these recipes will make you feel happy and useful.

Total Preparation Time: but quarter-hour
Ingredients: Vegetables
Actual Cooking Time: but quarter-hour
Number of Servings: four
Origin: yank
Special Features: fast to arrange (under thirty minutes)
Vegetarian
Nutrition Content: sensible supply of Calcium
Meal Type: Lunch

Ingredients

1/4 cup Mayonnaise
3 cloves Garlic, minced
1 tbsp Lemon juice
1/8 cup Olive oil
1 cup Sliced red bell peppers
1 tiny zucchini, sliced
1 Red onion, sliced
1 tiny yellow squash, sliced
2 (4-x6-inch) focaccia bread items, split horizontally
1/2 cup Crumbled feta cheese

Preparation

1. In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, minced garlic, and lemon juice. put aside within the refrigerator.

2. Preheat the grill for prime heat.

3. Brush vegetables with olive oil on all sides. Brush grate with oil. Place bell peppers and zucchini closest to the center of the grill, and set onion and squash items around them. Cook for concerning three minutes, turn, and cook for an additional three minutes. The peppers could take slightly longer. take away from grill, and put aside.

4. unfold a number of the mayonnaise mixture on the cut sides of the bread, and sprinkle every with feta cheese. Place on the grill, cheese aspect up, and canopy with lid for two to three minutes. Watch rigorously that the bottoms do not burn.

5. take away from grill, and layer the with vegetables. relish as open faced grilled sandwiches.

Cook's Notes

Nutrition data
Calories: 219 ; Total Fat: 16g ; Saturated Fat: four.5g ; Carbohydrates: 15g ; Vitamin C: 8o mg ; Calcium: 121 mg ; Fiber: 2g

Vegetarian Recipes Eating Healthy

Many people do not like to eat meat or live as a Vegetarian. We will share information about "Vegetarian Recipes". It makes the food menu or make a recipe from the plant is quite fun and easy and simple. This is part of "Vegetables Recipes", and we hope this information can be useful for us.

Vegetarian Recipes A Way To Eating Healthy
More and additional folks are selecting to eat a vegetarian diet as a result of they apprehend that veggies are healthful food. Using low calorie and vegetarian recipes is one amongst the foremost necessary stuff you will do to safeguard your heath and therefore the health of your family since obesity is currently a virulent disease within the us and alternative developed countries.

Cooking them continues to be higher than the alternatives to a vegetarian lifestyle or a vegan lifestyle, however we have a tendency to receive the foremost nutritional get pleasure from ingesting whole and organic raw foods. they'll usually embody several of the vitamins, minerals, and sources of nutrition that each body wants. These low calorie recipes, sometimes high in fiber, shield against digestive disorders like diverticulosis and will provide protection from colon and lung cancers. several low calorie and vegetarian recipes use soy, tofu, dried beans and peas to feature protein to meals. Using low calorie recipes can give a diet wealthy in vegetables, fruits, grains and legumes, adding high amounts of all the essential vitamins and minerals. Subscribing to vegetarian magazines, scouring newspaper food sections, and visiting veggie websites can bring you a decent range of recipes, however it's additional convenient to possess lots of and lots of in one place.

Including a couple of vegetarian recipes into your diet will quickly improve how you're feeling and may be a part of an overall health arrange which will improve your life. And contrary to widespread belief, these recipes are choked with the style and pleasure of the many alternative foods you eat. Incorporating vegetarian recipes into any diet can bring selection and provides healthy eating choices. Plus, vegetarian cuisine is chock choked with dishes that are sturdy and flavorful, and a match for any normal meat dish. Such treats as squash with tofu, vegetarian paella, and baked figs with dried fruit and anisette may convert some confirmed carnivores to part-time vegetarians. several of those recipes cook faster than those created with meat.

As additional folks juggle attempting to eat healthier with their busy lifestyles, they'll notice that Vegetarian slow cooking provides a solution. What i favor best regarding slow cooker Vegetarian recipes is that the long, slow-cooking method enriches the flavour of the dish in an exceedingly means that alternative cooking strategies cannot match. The light slow-cooking method truly attracts additional flavor out of the ingredients. additionally to convenience, slow cooking additionally scores high marks for style and nutrition since the long cooking time permits each flavors and nutrients to concentrate within the food. whereas the slow cooker was once synonymous with cooking pot roasts and alternative meat dishes, simply as my friend discovered, the Vegetarian cook can notice a huge range of how to use it.

Exploring vegetarian recipes is nice merely to boost the kitchen with one thing new. whether or not you're selecting to eat vegetarian dishes as a permanent diet or as a part of a healthier lifestyle, Vegetarian Recipes is full of ideas to tempt the foremost committed carnivore.

California Grilled Veggie Sandwich
Hot Italian Giardiniera
Traditional Style Vegan Shepherd's Pie
Bengaladumpa Vepudu Potato Stir-Fry

Blueberries Can Protect You From Cancer

Fruits and Vegetables are full of vitamins, minerals and alternative substances which will improve your health and even forestall disease. Use these articles and resources to find out additional concerning fruits and vegetables.

Blueberries appear to form to the highest of virtually each superfood list - and for smart reason. Blueberries contain giant amounts of phytochemicals like polyphenols that trigger antioxidant activity which will facilitate to stop cancer and cardiovascular disease. they are conjointly low in calories and add vitamin C, vitamin E and fiber to your daily diet.

Blueberries Can Protect You From Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease
The phytochemicals found in blueberries (flavonoids, anthocyanidins, and tannins) forestall and repair cellular injury done by free radicals. Laboratory studies show the chemicals in blueberries may additionally forestall cancer by slowing down the expansion of cells, and reducing inflammation.

The phytochemicals may additionally be able to improve a number of the danger factors for cardiovascular disease. Eating a diet wealthy in vegetables and fruits (including berries) is vital for sensible heart health and laboratory analysis with rats suggests blueberries could specifically facilitate to decrease abdominal fat, triglycerides and cholesterol.

Healthy ways that to fancy Blueberries

You'll find blueberries within the turn out section of your native food market and within the freezer section. you'll add blueberries to a bowl of oatmeal or yogurt. you'll use blueberries as an ingredient in breakfast muffins, or simply fancy recent blueberries as a snack.

If you are going to use blueberries in recipes, make sure to appear for healthy recipes that conjointly embrace whole grains, alternative fruits and healthy oils like canola oil. be careful for excessive amounts of sugar and unhealthy fats. Here are some healthy recipes that feature blueberries.

Super Granola
Light Blueberry Crisp
Low Fat Blueberry Muffins
Low Calorie Bursting Blueberry Pancakes
Low Calorie Blueberry-Swirl Cheesecake

Benefits of Chili Peppers

We often use chili as a seasoning, and I'm sure chili is frequently used. But, have you ever used it as a drug? Did you know, plants with bright red color is effective for curing various diseases.

Chili

White yarn attached to place seeds contain substances capcaisin useful for treating skin diseases. In addition, peppers also contain vitamin C, saponin and flavonida.

Here are some of the benefits of red peppers :
  • Rheumatism
Provide 10 grams of dried red chili. Next, mash until smooth and pour boiling water with 1 / 2 cups hot water. Apply this mixture to the affected part.
  • wart
To cope with warts, you can directly apply capcaisin the wart.
  • wound
Spread some leaves red chillies with coconut oil and heat briefly on the stove. Next, attach the leaves to the wound area.

Cayenne pepper

Cayenne pepper contains essential oils that are antibacterial. Cayenne pepper also contain substances that are heat capcaisin.

Here are some of the benefits of cayenne pepper for health :
  • Eczema
Beat 5-7 leaves chillies, matchmaker, as well as 5 betel leaves. Then wrap with gauze. Boil the packet with 1 cup water to boiling. Lift the cloth, then paste it into parts that itch. You can repeat up to 2 times a day.
  • Rheumatism
Pour boiling water into 10 grams of dried chili powder with 1 / 2 cups hot water. Stir, then smeared to a hospital. Or it could also strike some fruit chili sauce mixed with betel leaf and lime juice. Then, apply mixture to the affected part.
  • Stomach ache
Puree chili young leaves are then mixed with a little whiting. Next, apply to the stomach.

Benefits of Soy Milk

Soy milk has a protein content and amino acid composition is similar to cow's milk. Another benefit of soy milk compared to cow's milk is contain no cholesterol at all. However, cholesterol content in cow's milk is still relatively very low when compared to other animal food.

Protein content in soy milk is influenced by the varieties of soybean, the amount of water added, time and storage conditions, and heat treatment. The greater the amount of water used to dilute the milk, the fewer levels of protein obtained. Levels of protein in soy milk made with soy and water ratio of 1:8, 1:10, and 1:15, respectively 3.6%, 3.2%, and 2.4%.

Soy milk is made with a protein content of 3% has approached the nutritional quality of cow's milk. In children under five, drink two glasses of soy milk has been able to meet 30% of the total protein requirement every day.

Because the lysine amino acid levels are high, soy milk can be used to improve the nutritional value of proteins in rice and other cereal foods, which are generally low levels of lysine.

Quality protein, soy milk is similar to cow's milk protein quality. Protein eficiency ratio (PER) of soy milk is 2.3, whereas cow milk is 2.5 PER. PER 2.3 means that every gram of protein eaten would result in weight gain of 2.3 grams. Thus, the higher the PER value reflects the better quality protein.

In general, soy milk contains vitamins B1, B2 and niacin in an amount equivalent to cow's milk or breast milk, and contains vitamins E and K in considerable amounts.

However, soy milk does not contain vitamin B12 and minerals (especially calcium) is less than cow milk. Therefore, it is advisable to make fortification (addition) of vitamins and minerals in soy milk to align quality with cow's milk.

Today, the problems of menopause can be delayed with estrogen hormone therapy (estrogen replacement therapy), which is also expected to inhibit the rate of osteoporosis. Which is especially recommended estrogen therapy are those who have stopped menstruating before age 40 years or those who suffer from osteoporosis at a young age.

However, the hormone estrogen may cause side effects, such as headache, sudden changes in feeling, feeling depressed and wanted to vomit. Another negative impact of breast cancer and cervical cancer.

Because estrogen therapy can have a negative impact, some researchers began looking for a safe estrogen substitute to retard the rate of osteoporosis.

One food that is now the center of attention in relation to osteoporosis is the soybean. This is because there are naturally occurring compounds in soy-like estrogen, called phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogen proven to inhibit osteoporosis.

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Tomato Facts, Tomato Nutrition and Health Benefits

Tomato plants is the most easy to find. Bright colors really interesting. Beside rich in vitamin C and A, the tomato is said to cure various diseases.

Tomato, native to south America, is a herbaceous which belongs to the kingdom plantae. The scientific name of tomato is 'Solanum lycopersicum'. Tomatoes are savory in flavor and are grown worldwide with thousands of cultivar. Cherry tomatoes, beefsteak tomatoes, plum tomatoes, roma type tomatoes are some common varieties of tomatoes. Tomatoes obtained from most varieties ripen to a distinctive red color but a number of cultivars with yellow, orange, pink, purple, green, black or white fruit are also available. Tomatoes are present in almost all soups and tomato soup is favorite of all, kids as well as elderly. Let us take a look at tomato calories first.

Tomatoes are also widely used for cooking, such as soup, juice, pasta, ect. It feels a little sour and even make your appetite increase. Further research by DR. John Cook Bennett from Wiloughby University, Ohio, as the first to examine the benefits of tomatoes, in November 1834, shows that tomatoes can cure diarrhea, gall bladder attacks, indigestion and restore liver function. Other researchers from the Rowett Research Institute in Aberdeen, Scotland, also found other benefits of tomatoes. According to him, a yellow gel that envelops tomato seeds can prevent clotting and blood clots that can lead to heart disease and stroke.

Tomato Calories

* Calories in Tomatoes, Red cherry tomatoes, Ripe, Raw, 1 cup, 149 gm: 27
* Calories in Tomatoes, Red, Ripe, Cooked, Boiled, Without Salt, 1 cup, 240 gm: 43
* Calories in Tomatoes, Yellow, Raw, 1 cup, chopped, 139 gm: 21
* Calories in Tomato Products, Canned, Paste, With Salt Added, half cup, 131 gm: 107
* Calories in Tomato Juice, Canned, With Salt Added, 1 cup, 243 gm: 41 calories

The above information about tomato calories makes it clear that tomato is a low calorie food. But we need to know tomato nutrition facts in order to evaluate the nutritional value of tomatoes.

Tomato Nutrition Facts

Here is the most awaited information regarding the nutritional value of tomatoes (red, ripe, raw, year round average). 1 cup cherry tomatoes,(149 gm) contain:

* Calories: 26.8
* Protein: 1.3 gm
* Vitamin A: 1241 IU
* Vitamin C: 18.9 mg
* Vitamin E: 0.8 mg
* Vitamin K: 11.8 mcg
* Thiamine: 0.1 mg
* Niacin: 0.9 mg
* Vitamin B6: 0.1 mg
* Folate: 22.3 mcg
* Pantothenic acid: 0.1 mg
* Choline: 10.0 mg
* Betaine: 0.1 mg
* Total carbohydrates: 5.8 gm
* Dietary fiber: 1.8 gm
* Sugars: 3.9 gm
* Total fat: 0.3 gm
* Total omega 3 fatty acids: 4.5 mg
* Total omega 6 fatty acids: 119 mg
* Calcium: 14.9 mg
* Iron: 0.4 mg
* Magnesium: 16.4 mg
* Phosphorus: 35.8 mg
* Potassium: 353 mg
* Sodium: 7.5 mg
* Zinc: 0.3 mg
* Copper: 0.1 mg
* Manganese: 0.2 mg
* Fluoride: 3.4 mcg
* Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
* Phytosterols: 10.4 mg
* Water: 141 gm
* Ash: 0.7 gm

Thus, it is clear that tomatoes are low in sodium and very low in saturated fat and cholesterol. Tomatoes are rich in a number of vitamins such as vitamin E (Alpha Tocopherol), thiamine, niacin, vitamin B6, folate and various minerals like magnesium, phosphorus and copper. Tomato is said to be a very good supplier of dietary fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K, potassium and manganese. The only bad thing about nutritional value of tomatoes is that a large portion of the calories in tomatoes come from sugars. Read more on nutritional facts about tomato. Now, let us take a look at tomato health benefits.

Tomato Health Benefits

Tomato calories are described above. Being low in calories, tomatoes can be included in any weight loss diet. Potassium from tomatoes helps control heart rate and blood pressure. Regular consumption of tomatoes without the seeds helps lower the risk of forming kidney stones and gallstones.

The antioxidants present in tomatoes help protect against various types of cancers like colon, prostate, breast, lung and pancreatic cancers. The antioxidant vitamin C strengthens your immune system and helps prevent cancer by inhibiting the growth of free radicals.

Phytochemicals like lycopene and carotenoids from tomatoes can protect body cells from oxygen free radicals. Red tomatoes are especially packed with the most powerful flavonoid antioxidant lycopene which reduces the chances of having prostate cancer. According to the researches, lycopene also protects skin from damage due to UV rays.

Tomatoes are good sources of vitamin A and flvonoid anti-oxidants like alpha and beta carotenes, xanthin and lutein, which have antioxidant properties and they play an important role in vision. Vitamin A can make mucus membranes healthy and can tone your skin. Flavonoids helps to reduce the chances of lung and oral cavity cancers.

Vitamin K is essential for proper clotting of blood to avoid hemorrhages. Folate reduces the chances of birth defects in an infant, if the mother consumes tomatoes regularly during and before pregnancy. Read more on tomato health benefits.

Instead of fiercely debating over the topic, whether tomato is a fruit or a vegetable, it is beneficial to consume tomatoes regularly. You may eat raw, cooked, dried and powdered tomatoes or you may enjoy a glass of fresh tomato juice. To avail maximum health benefits, eating fresh and raw tomatoes is recommended. As you now know about tomato calories and health benefits, you can incorporate tomatoes in your diet and lead a healthy life.

Benefits of Tomato:

* Helps lower the risk of heart problems.
* Eliminates fatigue and increases the appetite.
* Inhibits the growth of cancer cells in the prostate, cervix, breast and endometrium.
* Slowing the decline in function because the effect of age (age-related macular degeneration).
* Reduce the risk of appendicitis.
* Helps maintain healthy liver, kidney, and prevent difficulties in defecating.
* Eliminate acne.
* Treating diarrhea.
* Increasing the number of sperm in men.
* Restoring the function of the liver.
* Overcoming obesity.

The Health Benefits of Broccoli

There are many types of vegetables that are nutritious as a drug, one of which is broccoli or Brassica oleracea varitalica. Broccoli is a vegetable originating from the middle of the ocean and comes to Indonesia around in the 70s. Greens vegetables is a low-calorie and can be regarded as a super food. Why is it called a super? Because besides popular as food, vegetables are also rich in nutritional content, and also a vegetable with the highest ranking as a traditional anticancer drug. So, what's the nutrient content and specialty vegetables of broccoli?

Content of Broccoli.

1. Broccoli contains energy, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals beneficial to the body.

Nutritional value contained in 156 grams of broccoli (1 cup steamed broccoli)
Calories 43.68 cal
Protein 4.66 g
Omega-3 Fatty Acids 00:20 g
8:19 g carbohydrate
0:55 g fat
Calcium 74.72 mg
Potassium (Potassium) 505.44 mg
Phosphorus 102.80 mg
1:37 Iron mg
Zinc (Zn) 0.62 mg
Magnesium 39.00 mg
Vitamin A RE 228.07
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) mg 0:09
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) mg 0:18
Vitamin B6 (pyrodoxin) 00:22 mg
Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 0.94 mg
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.79 mg
Vitamin B9 (folate) 93.91 mcg
123.40 mg Vitamin C
Vitamin E 0.75 mg
155.20 mg Vitamin K
4.68 g fiber
0:34 Manganese mg
0:05 g tryptophan

2. Broccoli is a vegetable with a low calorie, low fat and saturated fat free, high potassium and low in sodium, noncholesterol.

3. Vegetables grow best in cool climates and moist soil is an excellent source of fiber. Fiber in the broccoli even more than the existing fiber in bread wheat. This fiber is very good for the digestive system.

4. In addition, broccoli also contain folate. As we know, the vitamin folate is very good one for both pregnant women and fetuses.

5. Vitamin C in broccoli is very high, Vitamin C contained in broccoli is higher than the amount of vitamin C in an orange. High Vitamin C will make the body absorb iron.

6. Calcium content is similar to the calcium contained in a glass of milk (71.8 mg calcium Broccoli is similar to 120 ml of milk of calcium).

7. Vitamin K in broccoli can also help strengthen bones and blood clotting.

8. Broccoli also contains carotenoids, lutein.

Usefulness of Broccoli

1. Broccoli is an excellent vegetable to fight and prevent cancer. Anti-cancer agent contained therein namely indoles, sulforaphane (this substance will form an enzyme that is able to fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease, osteoporosis, and high blood pressure), isothiocyanate, glukosinolate, ditihiolthione, and beta carotene.
Usefulness of broccoli in the fight against cancer was not only able to prevent tumor development by 60%, but also able to shrink the size of existing tumors by 75%.

Indole can increase the excretion of bound estrogen in breast cancer. That's why these days many women are encouraged to consume broccoli to prevent breast cancer and cervical cancer. indole also has Antiproliferatif which potential effects in prostate cancer cells.

Sulforaphane is a substance that can increase detoxification enzymes in the body, which can alter gene expression, thus eliminating potentially carcinogenic substances more quickly. Sulforaphane can protect genes that are susceptible to colon cancer. The effects of this compound will shrink the tumors, slow tumor growth, and kill more tumor cells.

2. Broccoli is also able to normalize blood sugar levels. Broccoli can be used as a substitute rice for people with diabetes, because broccoli is a source of carbohydrates with a lower amount of calories than rice.

3. Broccoli can lower cholesterol levels. Research in America found that the vegetable broccoli contain certain pectin fiber that is capable of binding calcium pectates bile acids, resulting in more cholesterol is retained in the liver and little cholesterol released into the bloodstream. Effectiveness of root vegetables in lowering bad cholesterol levels was similar to cholesterol-lowering drugs.

4. For pregnant women, are advised to eat broccoli, because of the folic acid contained in them.

5. Broccoli is also beneficial in preventing heart problems, stroke, various cancers, namely colon, prostate, lung, bladder, breast, uterus, cervix (cervical), esophagus, larynx.

6. Vitamin A and vitamin C contained in broccoli is useful as an antioxidant. Consuming antioxidants can improve the immune system, keeping the stay young, lower risk of heart disease, diabetes, and various infections.

7. Fiber can be utilized in preventing constipation and indigestion.

8. Broccoli can increase pH acidic in the body, so that would make the activity of the heart become better, muscles become supple, and bones become stronger.
This is useful for skin and body rejuvenation process, because the elasticity and better body composition.

9. Eating broccoli regularly in the daily diet can also help the intelligence, because broccoli expedite the flow of amino acids into the brain.

10. Broccoli can protect your eyes and your vision, reduce the risk of cataracts.

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Health Benefits of Water Spinach

Water Spinach

Water Spinach is one of the most popular vegetables. Water Spinach is usually made salad or stir-fry. Water Spinach also proved efficacious as an antitoxin and can cure various health disorders. Water Spinach plants originated from India, which then spread to Malaysia, Burma, Indonesia, South China, Australia, and Africa. In China, this vegetable is known as Weng cai. In European countries, Water Spinach commonly called swamp cabbage, water convovulus, or a water Spinach.

Growing Fast

Water Spinach including Convolvulaceae tribe. Is a plant that grows fast and gives results within 4-6 weeks from seed. Annual herb 30-50 cm in length was climbing on mud and wet places such as river, swamps, or floating on the water. Commonly found in lowlands up to 1000 m above sea level.

Containing Vitamins

Water Spinach plant part of the most important thing is the young stems and bud as raw vegetables. According to Dr. Setiawan, Water Spinach has a sweet taste, fresh, cool. The nature of this plant into the intestine and stomach meridians. Pharmacological effects of this plant as an antitoxin (antitoksik), antiinflammatory, paved the urine (diuretic), stop bleeding
(Hemostatic), sedatives (sleeping pills). Water Spinach is also soothing and calming.

Plant named regional kangkueng (Sumatra), commander back (Nusa Tenggara), kangko Sulawesi), utangko (Maluku) was tasty and has a nutritional content high enough. In addition to vitamins A, B1, and C, also contain protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, hentriakontan, sitosterol.

Herminia de Guzman Ladion, health experts from the Philippines, include Water Spinach in the group à ¢ â '¬ Ã… "miraculous healing plant à ¢ â' ¬ â" ¢. Country, the plant is used to cure constipation and medication for those who are on a diet. Water Spinach roots are also useful for treating hemorrhoid disease.

Other Benefits of Water Spinach
1. Reduce menstrual
Ingredients: Water Spinach leaves fresh 1/2kg.
Usage: Water Leaf Spinach washed, mashed smooth. Then, pour water 1 / 2 cups, strain and pour the next one tablespoon of honey. Drink one a day at a time.

2. Nosebleed
Ingredients: Water leaves a bunch of fresh Spinach.
Usage: Water Leaf Spinach washed, mashed smooth. Add a little sugar, brewed with a glass of hot water. Once cool, strain and drink 2 times a day.

3. Headache
Ingredients: Water leaves a bunch of fresh Spinach.
Usage: Fresh leaves are boiled with 2 cups water to 1 cup. Drinking water is the result of the stew.

4. Haemorrhoid
Ingredients: Handful of Water Spinach roots.
Use: Root Water Spinach washed, boiled with 3 cups of water until the remaining half. After chilling, drinks 2 x 1 / 2 cups.
5. Insomnia
Ingredients: Water Spinach Leaves.
Usage: Often-eat stir-fried Water Spinach often without the stem.

6. Toothache
Ingredients: Handful of Water Spinach roots, 1 / 2 teaspoon vinegar
Use: Boil Water Spinach roots with a glass of water. Use the decoction water once a twice a day

7. Urine launched
Ingredients: Handful of Water Spinach roots.
Usage: Water Spinach Roots boiled with 2 cups of water until the remaining 1 cup.
Drinking water decoction once a twice a day.

8. Dandruff
Ingredients: Water Spinach leaf bundle
Use: Soak Water Spinach leaves all night until the water is bluish. Then, wash with water immersion. Do it every day.
9. Constipation, nausea for pregnant women
Ingredients: Water Spinach leaf bundle.
Use: Eat Water Spinach vegetable stir.

10. Gumboil
Ingredients: 200 gr Water Spinach roots.
Use: Root Water Spinach washed, then boiled with 200 cc and 200 cc water vinegar. After a warm, water-decoction is used to gargle mouthwash. Do it repeatedly.

11. Callous
Ingredients: Water Spinach Plants.
Use: Section of Water Spinach thickened sap smeared. Do it every day.

12. Itchy skin due to eczema
Ingredients: Fresh Spinach Leaves Water sufficiently.
Usage: Water Leaf Spinach washed, then boiled with enough water for about 5 minutes. After a warm, use to wash the affected part. Do it every day.

13. Centipede bite
Ingredients: Water Spinach Leaves.
Usage: Water Leaf Spinach washed well, add salt to taste.
Milled into powder, provide information on where the sick, and then bandaged.

Benefits and Properties of Cucumber

Cucumber / Cucumis sativus

Cucumber has been known since the days of Moses. But there is also a mention comes from the Himalayas in northern India. Cultivated in the South Asia region since 3000 years ago. From Asia, the cucumber was introduced to Europe by the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. In addition to processed foods, cucumbers can also be a drug. Ancient Roman population using cucumbers to treat scorpion bites and compress the tired eyes. Asian Population drinking cucumber juice to cool the body when summer comes. Cucumbers do have a cooling effect, "cool as a cucumber".


Usefulness of cucumber:
  1. Cucumber juice is useful to heal the tooth and gum disease.
  2. To smooth the facial skin, commonly used as face and eye masks.
  3. K. Heyne Voderman in his book, Tijdschr. v. THIS. Geneeskundigen 1895, witnessing the sprue sufferers who tried to go to Europe with the result in vain. In fact, they become anemic. They finally complete recovery after nine fruit each day to eat cucumbers for a few months while on a diet of milk, eggs, and wine.
  4. Raw cucumber juice is also good for digestion. The water of Cucumber can helps to neutralize and reduce the excessive gastric acidity in stomach ulcers, fiber is beneficial to smooth bowel movements, and the contents of his erepsin enzymes help digest protein function.
  5. Hypertensive patients are strongly advised to consume cucumber. Mineral content of potassium, agnesium, and fiber in the cucumber is useful for lowering blood pressure.
  6. The results of the Food Research Institute, Department of Food Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, found that cucumbers contain conjugated linoleic acid (conjugated Linoleic Acids / CLA), which are antioxidants. Antioxidants act to prevent cell damage caused by free radicals cause cancer, heart disease, and reduce levels of fat in the body.
  7. Controlling weight gain caused by very low in calories and rich in fiber.
Benefits of cucumber plants:
  • Its roots can expedite the urinary tract.
  • The leaves when used as bandages in the treatment of dog bites.
  • Skin cucumber is rich in fiber, vitamin A, minerals, silica, potassium, and magnesium. Silica minerals play a role maintaining the health of connective tissue (muscles, joints and bones). Also contains folic acid which is useful to prevent brain damage in infants at birth.
  • Many people do not like cucumber seeds. Though cucumber seeds contain vitamin E to inhibit the aging process and eliminate wrinkles. Cucumber seeds also contains alkaloids hypoxanthine functioning worms cure diseases, especially in children.

Nutrients contained in 100 grams of fresh cucumbers:

Water 95.6 grams, 0.8 grams protein, 0.1 grams fat, 3 grams carbohydrates, 0.6 g fiber Acid, Vitamin 200 SI, 0.04 mgm Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2 0:05 mgm, nicotinic acid 0.18 mgm, Vitamin C, 10 mgm, 140 mgm Potassium, Calcium 10 mgm, mgm 0.3 Iron, Phosphorus 21 mgm.

Carrots Nutrition Facts

Among other types of vegetables, carrots are the most popular vegetable that many people both adults and children alike. Sweet flavor and crunchy texture, perfect dishes made healthful. If you do not like this bunny's favorite vegetables, you included the income groups. Because, you lose the benefits provided many carrots for health.

Edible part of carrot is the root. Carrot is a biennial plant with a life cycle 12-24 months who are capable of storing large amounts of carbohydrates. Carrots flowering in the second year. Flower stems grow tall around 1m, with white flowers.

Carrot (Daucus carota) is a vegetable plant that can be planted throughout the year. Especially mountainous areas that have cold temperatures and damp. Carrot plants require sunlight and can grow in all seasons. Carrots have a rod in the form of a set of wet leaf midrib (leaf stalks) that arise from the base of the fruit of the top (root tuber), like celery leaves.

According to botanists, carrot (Daucus carota) can be differentiated into several types, including:
  • Type of imperator, which is a carrot that has a length of root tubers with pointed tip and taste less sweet.
  • Type chantenang, the carrots that have elliptical root tubers and sweet.
  • Type of Mantes, which is the result of a combination of carrot carrot type and chantenang imperator. Carrot roots distinctive orange color.
Here is a list of the benefits of carrots you need to know. Who knew there was a recipe that you need.
  • Carrots are the second most popular vegetable after potatoes. Carrots contain vitamin A. Vitamin A and Beta carotene is sometimes prescribed for the same thing, because in the body to convert beta carotene into vitamin A. Beta carotene itself is included in group karotenoida and has identified more than 600 different types of carotenoids. Among other well-known medical world is carotene, lutein, and lycopen.
  • Beta carotene is an important part of the carotenoids. If the body were given beta-carotene intake, the body will be formed vitamin A as needed so that eating carrots make your body a safe way to get vitamin A.
  • Prevent cancer.
  • Compared with other vegetables, carrots mostly contain beta carotene, - average 12 000 IU; experts recommend 15000-25000 IU per day. This is related to the high content of beta carotene can prevent cancer, because the nature of the work against destructive antioksidanya cells - cancer cells. Besides beta-carotene helps the immune system that produce "killer cells" natural.
  • Prevents night blindness and Improve Sight.
  • Carotene is also good for eye health. Helps prevent night blindness and weak eyesight improved. Vitamin A deficiency which is known in medical terms as vitaminosis A, can cause night blindness or night blindness.
  • Lowered Blood Cholesterol
  • In the carrot also contains pectin is good for lowering blood cholesterol. High fiber is also beneficial to prevent constipation. Given the content of potassium in carrots, can help neutralize the acid in the blood and liver vitamin A helps eliminate toxins in the body.
  • Carrots raw or cooked, is a source of potassium and vitamin C. Obtaining and eating carrots is easy, can be mixed in a variety of foods, juices or supplements.
Source: Various Sources

Pact of Red Spinach for Health

Spinach originated from tropical America. Until now, this plant has spread in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. In Indonesia, spinach can be grown throughout the year and was found at a height of 5-2 m above sea level, grew hot and cold areas. Spinach grows more fertile lowlands in open land where the air is rather hot.

Spinach is usually consumed as a vegetable, there are three varieties of spinach that including into Amaranthustricolor, namely:
  1. Green amaranth, red amaranth (blitum rubum), light green.
  2. Red amaranth leaves and stems contain a red liquid. Besides A. Tricolor there are other kinds of spinach.
  3. A. Hybridus, A. Spinous and A Blitum. Type spinach is often cultivated A. Tricocor and A. Hybridus, whereas other species grow wild.
Spinach is harvested longest conducted over 25 days. After that, their quality will decline because its leaves become stiff. Spinach can be made Vegetable or salad. Sometimes, young spinach leaf width is also used as peanut brittle materials.

Contents

This herb contains many proteins, fats, carbohydrates, potassium, iron, amarantin, routine, purines and vitamins (A, B and C). Generally, these plants can enhance the work the kidneys and digestion. Red-root amaranth has a property as a remedy for dysentery.

Function As a Drug

Spinach used to help launch the process of bowel movement because it contains quite a lot of fiber. Fibrous foods such as spinach, is good for colon cancer, diabetes, high cholesterol and to lose weight. Usefulness of red amaranth, among others:

  • Can improve kidney and can clean up work after maternity blood.
If you want to improve the kidneys, purify the blood after the delivery, consume spinach.
  • Anemia.
Wash spinach leaves 2 handfuls of red, mashed until smooth, add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and then strained. Then add 1 tablespoon of honey and an egg chicken, stirring until blended. Drink this concoction once a day for a week. Further treatment can be done two times a week until the disease cured.
  • Dysentery.
Wash the spinach root of 10 stems of red until clean, then mashed until smooth. Add the tip of a teaspoon of fine salt, input into a glass of water, stir well, then filter. Drink water filters at once.
  • Strengthen hair roots.
Wash a bunch of fresh spinach, and mashed until smooth. Add the tip of a teaspoon of salt, stirring rate, then squeeze and strain. Then have a drink at the same time, you do so 2-3 times a week.

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What are the health benefits of spinach

We know there are some kind of spinach. For example, Amaranthus craentus, A. hypocondricus, A. Caudatus, and A. spinous. In addition to macro nutrients kinds of carbohydrates, proteins, fats and vitamins, in this green vegetables also contain micro nutrients kinds of calcium, phosphorus, and iron. In fact, the iron content of the substance two times more compared with other types of vegetables.

Spinach also contains oxalic acid. When this is combined with calcium compounds, will form compounds that are not absorbed by the body.

As a therapy, Popeye's favorite vegetable, lots of benefits. Among them is able to improve the digestive system, lowers the risk of esophageal cancer, reduce cholesterol (still limited to the animal), and are antidiabetic. How it works in reducing cholesterol in animals is to convert the cholesterol in the body into koprostanol who then dumped outside the body. While the content is efficacious as antideabetes mangannya (Mn).

To treat asthma and eczema on the skin, you can try eating spinach Amaranthus spinous thorns. These plants contain amarantin, rutin, potassium nitrate, piridoksin, iron, phosphate salts, vitamins A, C and K. To treat asthma, cut five young thorns spinach stems, including the leaves and blossoms. Boil with five glasses of water for 70-10 minutes. Drink three times daily. For children quite drunk half a glass, one glass for adults, and for a baby two tablespoons.

To heal eczema, compress using cloth that has been soaked in a stew of spinach. Compression performed during 20-30 minutes, just once a day.

Water extract of fresh spinach mixed with honey, efficacious for the treatment of bronchitis, anemia, and fever. Meanwhile, when a young spinach is cooked and the water mixed with honey, this herb can cure leucorrhoea in women, liver disorders, and gastrointestinal disorders and constipation kinds of ulcers.

For the purposes of beauty, spinach can also be utilized. For instance, for skin care face, scalp, and hair. For facial skin care, the way just by applying a mixture of spinach juice and turmeric on the face.

With treatment like this, will face glowing skin, prevent acne and dryness, and prevent aging too quickly on the skin. Or, by way of juicing spinach. Rub spinach juice to the face with a circular motion around the corners of the eyes, forehead, the corners of the lips, and chin. Do this treatment for five minutes when you wake up in the morning and at night before bed. If deemed necessary, could be flushing with cold water. According to John Heinerman's Encyclopedia of Healing juice, spinach juice helps tighten and eliminate facial wrinkles around 40-60%.

While for the treatment of scalp and hair, how to spread evenly over the spinach juice on the scalp and hair regularly. The results will be obtained is to grow healthy hair.

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