Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Almost everyone is talking about Ashitaba, in the Bible it says…

Gen 1:29  And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 

Gen 1:30  And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

 
Even in the beginning, God has given us herbs to be our food. But at present it seems that when you go veggies, take vegetable and fruit juices seems to be a breakthrough. Actually we are just going back to basic that it’s the way how we are going to take our foods. 



Raw foods and juicing the fruits and vegetable retains almost  all its enzymes, vitamins and minerals potency.

What is more trending nowadays is the Tomorrow’s Leaf or more popularly known as ASHITABA!

 What is Ashitaba?

It is an Asian herb belonging to the same genus as Angelica Sinensis aka Japanese/Chinese Angelica. This herb has its godly effects, one of them is its extraordinary ability to slow the aging process.

Considered to be a super food as it contain eleven vitamins and thirteen different minerals.  As per recorded  facts it is being  used for heartburn, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, gout, constipation and hay fever. Likewise it is used treating cancer, smallpox, fluid retention, blood clots and food poisoning.

Lactating mothers use it to increase the flow of breast milk and it helps remove heavy metals and lead to maintain a healthy immune system. 

There are so many health benefits that is attributed to Ashitaba which makes it to be the wonder plant. One particular element in Ashitaba is  high in antioxidant flavonoids called Chalcone which can reduce the cell damage caused by free radicals and increases blood circulation, suppresses acid secretion and promotes metabolism.

There are so many benefits we can get in taking Ashitaba be it  raw, juice, smoothies. Next time let’s study how can we take advantage all of these. 

I’m hoping that we were able to get a glimpse of what is Ashitaba and some of its benefits. Your comments will give more challenge to research more about this wonder food!