Benefits and uses of lemongrass essential oil Reviewed  by Beth Sissons &  Debra Rose Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT Lemongrass essential oil comes from the lemongrass plant, which grows in tropical and subtropical parts of the world. The oil can be bright or pale yellow with a thin consistency and a lemony scent. People have used lemongrass in traditional medicine for pain relief, stomach problems, and fevers. Its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antifungal properties may also give it other benefits. In this article, learn about the possible benefits of lemongrass essential oil, as well as how to use it, and if it has any side effects. Benefits Benefits of lemongrass oil may include: Fighting bacteria Lemongrass essential oil can help inhibit the growth of bacteria. The authors of a 2016 in vitro study found lemongrass essential oil to be effective in fighting strains of the Acinetobacter baumannii bacteria. This multi-drug resistant ba...

Garri is a good food and even has more nutritional benefits than eating rice. Soups made with palm oils and vegetables are the best to use with garri. Soaking and drinking garri may not give you the balanced diet that you require, so therefore, it is not advisable to drink gari alone. Soaking of gari in water is not a sufficient meal and too much of this can have a health effect on your vision. Garri is best taken in the busy hour of the day like in the afternoon to replenish lost energy and to allow burning more energy. Diabetes sufferers should avoid taking garri because it is a rich source of sugar for the body, but if they still want to, they should just reduce the quantity of garri they consume. Drinking gari during pregnancy is also frowned upon. Below are the health effects of garri: In West Africa, most especially Nigeria, one very indispensable food is garri. The food which is derived from cassava tubers is locally called “Garri” by many Nigerian tribes and is pronounc...

7 Zinc Benefits Every Woman Should Know About by Women's Health You've heard about zinc before, but do you know what it does for your health? Yeah, thought so. For starters, zinc is a trace mineral, meaning you only need to consume very small quantities in order to be healthy. "Women 19 years and older need eight milligrams of zinc daily, a pregnant woman needs 11 milligrams, and a breastfeeding woman needs 12 milligrams," says Amy Gorin, R.D.N., owner of Amy Gorin Nutrition in the New York City area. "Zinc is so often overlooked because it occurs in really small quantities," says Amanda Bontempo, M.S., R.D. You don't need to consume much daily, even though it has so many benefits and profoundly affects how your body works, she adds. "But because you need so little of it, it doesn't take more than a mild zinc deficiency to affect you." 1. Zinc helps you maintain a healthy immune system. "Zinc helps defend against toxins an...

Health Benefits of Unripe Plantain When the plantain is hard upon pressure and green, you know it’s unripe. You kept it back in a cool to medium space to ripe. You visit a market and while shopping, you saw unripe plantain shove at your face to buy but you don’t give it a thought but quickly opt for the ripe or over-ripe type. Well, you might be missing out on so many health benefits. The unripe plantain you kept back, waiting for it to ripe is loaded with abundant essential minerals and vitamins such as dietary fiber, iron, potassium, vitamin B-complex, magnesium, manganese, copper, niacin, riboflavin, and thiamin. These are 10 health benefits you’ll be getting from eating unripe plantain. 1. It enriches your heart. Unripe plantain contains some amount of serotonin which dilates the arteries, improves blood flow and reduces homocysteine (a condition that causes coronary artery disease and stroke). Its richness in potassium makes it heart friendly by preventing heart attac...

Health Benefits of biting your Nails dailyadvent THERE aren’t many habits that hold a worse reputation than nail biting, and still, that never seems to stop us. While some people bite their nails in the face of anxiety, for others, the motivation is much less well-defined. I’m a nail biter — have been since as long as I can remember. But I can promise you, I don’t bite them because I’m especially nervous or anxious. I don’t bite them because they taste good, either. For me, it’s sort of just a habit — one that I engage in for no specific reason. Almost like an instinct. But instincts don’t just materialise out of nowhere. Usually instinctive behaviours serve important purposes. That got me thinking, does any good come from biting our nails? Or is it just a “tacky” habit that everyone should stop doing, immediately? It turns out that nail biting, albeit a bad habit, might not be so bad as the common perception, and what’s more — there might actually be a good side to nail bitin...

10 Health Benefits of Eating Watermelon by Power of Positivity People often think of watermelon as a juicy, sweet treat to keep them cool and hydrated in the summertime. It’s a staple at most summer BBQ’s, breakfast buffets at hotels, and farmer’s markets, to name a few. While it is delicious and thirst-quenching, there are so many benefits of watermelon that are unknown to most people. How to Know When A Watermelon is Ripe “Today, it’s estimated that there are actually more than 1,200 different cultivars of watermelon species grown around the world, including the lanatus watermelon, crimson sweet watermelon and jubilee watermelon.” – Dr. Axe Eating watermelon is no fun if you purchase one that is either overripe or not ripe enough, so to know when it’s ready, look for a melon with a yellow or cream color on the bottom. Also, make sure to pick up the melon to make sure its dense for its size, because this means the juices have been produced and it’s ready for eating. How t...

Are Sweet Potatoes Healthy? Here's What Experts Say by TIME                Sweet potatoes pack the unique health benefits of regular potatoes with a little something extra. “In general, the more color you can add into your diet coming from fruits and vegetables, the better,” says Yasi Ansari, a sports dietitian in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Still, the many nutritional benefits are no excuse to spring for sweet potato fries at every chance. Here’s what you need to know about how healthy sweet potatoes are, plus the best ways to incorporate them into any diet. What are the nutritional benefits of sweet potatoes? “All potatoes are nutrient-dense and healthy for you,” says Brigitte Zeitlin, a registered dietitian and owner of BZ Nutrition in New York. But sweet potatoes—the orange, yellow and purple varieties of the root vegetable—are lower in calories and carbohydrates than the average spud. They’re also higher in vitamin A, an a...