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Food power #2 – beet kvass (sourdough)
Beet Kvass – Cheers to Health! Another important probiotic for health is homemade beet kvass. You can find the recipe below, but first, a few words about its benefits: Beet kvass has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, boosts the immune system, helps lower blood pressure, benefits the skin, cardiovascular system, liver, aids recovery from anemia, and aids digestion. We should drink about half a glass a day, preferably between meals 🙂 However, there are some contraindications to drinking fermented beet kvass. It’s not recommended for individuals with kidney stones and gout (beets contain oxalates), as well as those with low blood pressure. People with diabetes should also avoid it due to…
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The story of a certain allergy to the SUN and a few words about health
For many years, I struggled with a terrible, painful, and very burdensome allergy to the sun! As far as I can remember, it started about 20 years ago – at first, just a slight redness and itching, then over the years, swelling, a huge red wrinkled patch that itched so terribly that it could drive one crazy! The allergy always appeared on the outer sides of both arms and the entire neckline and neck. Changing tanning creams didn’t help, drinking calcium with quercetin didn’t help, NOTHING helped! Finally, when I ended up at the emergency room in Norway – because I only got allergic reactions from simply WALKING in the…
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Microbiome – superorganism!
For centuries, the focus was solely on the study of the pathogenic properties of microorganisms. However, how to shows the presence of microbes on the surface as well inside our body does not necessarily mean a state that deviates from physiology. Both skin and mucous membranes of organs such as: nose, mouth, genitals and digestive system are naturally colonized by various microorganisms. The ratio of the number of bacterial cells to the cells of the human body is as much as 1.3:1. Means that the number of bacterial cells inhabiting our the body exceeds the number of human cells. These beneficial bacteria – this whole magical environment we call the…
