Alternative Cures

It’ll come as no surprise to anyone that in order to keep your gut healthy, you have to feed it the right things!

Well, here’s one of the super foods that you really should learn to love. Then learn to eat it regularly. What am I talking about?

Broccoli.

Broccoli has many health properties, the best known of them being its ability to fight the helicobacter pylori bacterium - that’s the one linked to stomach cancers.

Various medical studies have been conducted into the amazing properties of broccoli and they’re constantly reported in the news, so I won’t go quoting a load of them here. Interestingly, it has been discovered that fresh broccoli may also help to protect the stomach from gastritis, ulcers as well as cancer because it activates antioxidants that support the cells.

Cooking broccoli is also important to get the best from the vegetable. Never overcook it or you’ll destroy all the goodness. If you’re having broccoli on its own, it is best steamed, not boiled.

But broccoli really comes into its own as a cancer-busting sledgehammer when cooked together with tomatoes - especially a tomato purée or sauce. This is because the antioxidant constituents of the cooked tomatoes bind with those in the broccoli to enhance their cancer fighting characteristics, making that duo a real powerhouse of a superfood!

Personally, I find one more ingredient almost obligatory when cooking broccoli with tomato frito. That’s to fry off some finely chopped onions first, then add the tomato frito and some chopped garlic (I prefer not to fry garlic as it burns too easily), then the chopped broccoli to make a really tasty and super-healthy pasta sauce. Adding oregano and fresh basil to the sauce gives it a great flavour and the final finishing touch is more freshly chopped (never pressed) garlic raw after cooking.

See my earlier post on garlic as to why I add it raw to food!

Terry Didcott
Alternative Cures

                                     

Sometimes we feel run down and can’t attribute it to any one particular problem. What a lot of people are unaware of is the fact that intensive farming methods over the last few decades have stripped the soil of many of it’s natural nutrients.

The upshot of this is that much of the fruit and vegetables we buy in shops and supermarkets is often deficient in essential vitamins and minerals. One way of restoring your body’s nutrient balance, especially if organic produce is difficult to come by or very expensive is to use vitamin supplements.

There are many outlets for a multitude of brands of vitamin supplements and you can also buy them online at discounted prices.

One such online store is Liquid Vitamin Stop.

Their website is welcoming and easy to navigate. There are many discounted vitamin and mineral supplements available and they offer a 90 day money back guarantee if you’re not satisfied with the products.

If you’re considering purchasing vitamin supplements online, take a look at the Liquid Vitamin Stop website and see for yourself.

Terry Didcott
Alternative Cures