Self Help - Life Prolonging Foods

According to Dr. Edward Henderson, a past president of the America Geriatric Society, the age of one hundred is realistic and conceivable goal.

Dr. Thomas S. Gardiner, one of the founders of the National Foundation for Anti-ageing Research, believes that we have not even approached the normal span of life. He claims that most ageing is premature, and that body organs are designed to last six to seven Apple

This popular fruit is a disease fighting foods and helps prolong life. It reduces cholesterol and helps prevent cander. It possesses milk antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and oestrogenic properties. This fruit is high in fiber and thus prevents constipation.

The active medicinal principle of apple is pectin, a natural therapeutic ingredient found in the inner portion of the rind and the pulp. Pectin aids in detoxification by supplying the galcturonic acid needed for the elimination of certain harmful substance. It also helps prevent putrefaction on protein matter in the alimentary canal. The malic acid contained in the apple is beneficial to the bowels, liver and brain.

The apple is the best fruit to tone up a weak and run-down condition of the human system. It is gifted with the qualities of removing all deficiencies of vital organs and making the body stout and strong. It tones up the body and the brain as it contains more phosphorus and iron than any other fruit or vegetable. Its regular consumption with milk promotes health and youthfulness and prolongs life.

Barley

Pearled barley has always been used by Oriental folk physicians for the healing and rejuvenation of the digestive system. A simple, yet effective folk remedy was to make barley brew that could be sipped throughout the day while other foods were restricted or limited. This folk remedy has helped many people, even to this day.

To prepare this brew, one quarter cup of all natural pearled barley should be boiled in two litres of water. It should be strained when half the water has evaporated. Drinking of this all natural barley brew will relax the stomach. It helps digestive rejuvenation and benefits the digestive system in two ways. It soothes the burning digestive actions and it introduces a natural oily substance, which helps protect the eroded mucous membrane of the digestive system. These benefits also help the ageing process of the digestive system. Once the digestive system is thus soothed and healed, it can promote better assimilation of foods and thereby prolong life.

Brahmi

Brahmi, known as Indian pennywort, is a very popular Indian herb, with many medicinal virtues. It is a perennial wild creeper, which is prostate, small and sooth. It is very beneficial in correcting the disorder processes of nutrition and restoring the normal function of the system. All the parts of the creeper are used both the therapeutic and culinary purposes.

According to Pandit Devadutta Sharma of Asthang Ayurvedic College Culcutta, brahmi possesses the property of lengthening the life span much more than the effect it is known to have increasing mental faculties like power of thinking and memory. It is said that a person named ‘Jinchigiyan’ of China attained the age of 250 years by the regular of this Indian herb.

Many scientists abroad have been conducting researches on ingredients and properties of brahmi for a long time. One eminent British scientist found that this small herb possesses the miraculous property of curing various diseases. He believes that for different diseases, it should be used in combination with different herbs, but if only its two leaves are taken daily, it adds to the validity and longevity of man considerably.

The ancient medical book ‘Vagbhatt’ mentions that if a man fries little brahmi in ghee and takes it with milk regularly for a month and abstains from taking cereals, he can live for an exceptionally long period. Similarly the ancient medical treatise Charak Samhita mentions that if juice of brahmi is taken with one forth quantity of liquorice powder and milk, it cures all kinds of diseases and bestows longevity. The dosage varies according to the constitution of the user.

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