"FOOD IS OUR MEDICINE"

     In the past, people believed that "what you eat is your medicine" which i truly believe it to be true, since people from the olden days eat freshly grown, hand picked vegetables or fruits, people back then are more healthier and most unlikely to catch disease unlike people living today. Ironically what people eat today gives them disease, because of it's unhealthy preparation and how it is processed, since food today needs to be traveled from distant miles, our food needs preservatives to keep it fresh, since we don't have farms to grow our own food we now rely on buying our food at the supermarket or groceries. 

     Well it is time for us to relearn what God given foods and herbs we have that may help us keep our body healthy. Here are some herbs that some may not know that it has been used thousand of years ago, and today used as food supplement which some just disregard.

Indian Mulberry/Noni Apatot/Tumbong Aso

(Morinda Citrofolia Linn)

     A plant with great benefits, most don't know about it but it is used back in the days to remedy almost all ailments, including liver disease, urinary tract infections, bowel irregularities, menstrual cramps these are some, but in modern studies they have found out that noni promotes homeostasis, prevents cancer cells from multiplying and it also normalizes and repairs damaged cells.

Reishi Red Mushroom/ Pulang Kabuti/Lingzhi

(Ganoderma Lucidum)

     A mushroom with ordinary features but with great benefits, it is known to be the oldest medicinal mushroom used for almost more than 2000 years ago, it is known to have great benefits with no side effects, back then it is used to treat heart ailments, boost immunity to disease, and is believed that it improved their memory. Still some of us don't know that this mushroom is still used today, modern studies showed that this mushroom really has benefits, it said to boost our immune system, lower blood pressure, cell builder, cleanser, and cell regenarator.

     This simple herbs that some of us don't know has been used many years ago, with really great benefits, today some supplements have either one of these ingredients and is found out that if it prevented them from recurring cancer or some other disease while some even cured them from their disease.