Lemon Grass

Drink Causes Apoptosis to Cancer Cells
(Apoptosis) noun: a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival.

A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube.

At first, Benny Zabidov, who grows greenhouses full of lush spices on a pastoral farm in Kfar Yedidya in the Sharon region, couldn't understand why so many cancer patients from around the country were showing up on his doorstep asking for fresh lemon grass (Malay name: serai, Cantonese called it heong mao).

It turned out that their doctors had sent them. 'They had been told to drink eight glasses of hot water with fresh lemon grass steeped in it on the days that they went for their radiation and chemotherapy treatments,'

It all began when researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev discovered last year that the lemon aroma in herbs like lemon grass kills cancer cells in vitro, while leaving healthy cells unharmed.

Citral is the key component that gives the lemony aroma and taste in several herbal plants such as lemon grass (Cymbopogon citratus). The study found that citral causes cancer cells to 'commit suicide: using apoptosis, a mechanism called programmed cell death.' A drink with as little as one gram of lemon grass contains enough citral to prompt the cancer cells to commit suicide in the test tube. While the citral killed the cancerous cells, the normal cells remained unharmed.

Put the loose grass in hot water, and drink about eight glasses each day.'

Wonderful news, isn't it? Most beneficial to us here because the lemon grass is such a common cultivated or even garden plant. We consume quite a lot of it in cooking our curry, tomyam soup, etc. But now we can actually make drinks out of it. Put a stick of it in a glass of hot water. Presto! You have a glass of anti-cancer drink! Aren't we darn lucky

Olive Oil

Olive for cooking has been known as good for health. But be careful! If the bottle is labeled "Extra Virgin", the product is super! It was made with the first time oil squeezed out from olives and is good for all ways of cooking and salad mixture.

If it is labeled "pure", that was the 2nd. or 3rd. time squeezed out oil and is good for all
cooking but not for mixing salad.

If it is labeled "olive oil' or "macro olive oil", it is the 4th or 5th time using heat to squeeze out oil.
These are cheaper but can cause cancers. They can only be used in industry. Please be careful!

English Lesson : Complete vs Finish

People say there is no difference between COMPLETE & FINISH

But there is !

When you marry the right one, you are COMPLETE
And when you marry the wrong one, you are FINISHED
And when the "right one" catches you with the "wrong one", you are COMPLETELY FINISHED
And that is your English lesson for the day.

Correct Time to Drink Water

Drinking water at certain time maximizes it's effectiveness on the body:

2 glasses of water after waking up (with a little lemon juice about 1 tbsp.) helps activate internal organs

1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion

1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure

1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

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