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In times when things got tough in the area of health, people in the past naturally turned to herbalists. They knew secrets that saved more than one life. Although this knowledge began to be suppressed among the general public with the rise of pharmaceutical companies, many modern herbalists and herbalists still possess it today.
One of them is Lydia Nestorovna Surina – a Siberian candidate of natural sciences, a physiotherapist and, not least, an herbalist with 40 years of experience, who tries to pass them on to younger generations. She shared her valuable knowledge with the world through several books.
Main problem? Unnaturalness
The lady considers the composition of the diet to be one of the basic pillars of human health. She claims that the origin of most diseases, including lifestyle diseases, is the consumption of industrially processed foods. Lydia also sees a problem in the amount of meat and meat products that play too large a role in the diets of many of us. She takes a similar stance toward imported foods. According to her, these also represent a conflict in terms of compatibility with the environment.
The consumption of exotic fruits is unnatural. This happens especially during the winter period, when we automatically eat more of them to supply the body with vitamin C. However, that vitamin can also be obtained in a much more natural way. Foods rich in this vitamin include kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, peas, cauliflower or rose hips.
Ubiquitous aspartame
The risk associated with the consumption of industrially processed foods lies, among other things, in building an addiction to tastes. Artificially created products are used for this purpose, among them aspartame – a sweetener that is up to 200 times sweeter than sugar itself. This contributes to the development of addiction. In addition, it appears that this substance negatively affects the brain, particularly the part associated with intelligence and memory. It is also a cause of headaches, nausea, abdominal pain, and it may play a role in the development of depression.
What helps instead?
Napoleon himself was already aware of its effects; he gave it to his soldiers because he knew it would increase their cognitive functions. The reference is not to any miraculous drug, but to iodine. It has a positive effect on the nervous system, contributes to the proper functioning of the thyroid gland and metabolism, and last but not least favorably affects proper brain function. It also acts as a prevention against the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
The positive effects of sea buckthorn are no longer a secret. But did you know that the source of beneficial substances is not only the berries, but also the leaves? Their decoction helps with liver problems, pancreatitis or cholecystitis.
Wheatgrass also has a beneficial effect on the human body. Freshly sprouted wheat contains silicon. It binds another important element – calcium, which helps against the symptoms of arthritis or arthrosis, and last but not least significantly cleanses the stomach, thereby aiding the detoxification of the whole organism.
