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Μέλι και κανέλα
Μολονότι το μέλι είναι γλυκό, εάν ληφθεί στη σωστή δοσολογία ως φάρμακο, δεν βλάπτει ακόμα και τους διαβητικούς ασθενείς. Το «World News», ένα περιοδικό στον Καναδά, έχει δώσει τον ακόλουθο κατάλογο των ασθενειών που μπορεί να θεραπευτούν με μέλι και κανέλα.
Καθημερινή χρήση κανέλας σε σκόνη ενισχύει το ανοσοποιητικό σύστημα και προστατεύει τον οργανισμό από βακτήρια και ιούς. Οι επιστήμονες έχουν διαπιστώσει ότι το μέλι έχει διάφορες βιταμίνες και σίδηρο σε μεγάλες ποσότητες. Η συνεχής χρήση του μελιού ενισχύει τα λευκά αιμοσφαίρια του αίματος για την καταπολέμηση των βακτηριακών and viral ασθενειών.
-Κάντε ένα mix από μέλι και κανέλα, απλώστε την πάνω στο ψωμί, αντί για μαρμελάδα και να την τρώτε τακτικά για το πρόγευμα. Μειώνει τη χοληστερόλη στις αρτηρίες και σώζει από καρδιακή προσβολή.
-Τέσσερις κουταλιές μέλι, ένα κουταλάκι κανέλα και τρία φλιτζάνια νερό και τα βράζουμε όπως το τσάι.
-Ένα φλιτζάνι ζεστό νερό με δύο κουταλιές μέλι και ένα μικρό κουταλάκι του γλυκού κανέλα.
-Δύο κουταλιές της σούπας κανέλα και ένα κουταλάκι του γλυκού μέλι σε ένα ποτήρι χλιαρό νερό.
-Δύο κουταλιές της σούπας μέλι και τρία κουταλάκια του γλυκού κανέλας αναμιγνύεται σε 450ml νερό (μειώνει το επίπεδο της χοληστερόλης στο αίμα κατά 10% μέσα σε δύο ώρες).
-Μία κουταλιά της σούπας χλιαρό μέλι με 1/4 κουταλάκι κανέλα.
Το μέλι θα πρέπει να καταναλώνεται σε όσο το δυνατόν πιο αγνή μορφή, δεν πρέπει να το βράζουμε μαζί με άλλα υλικά και δεν το βάζουμε στον φούρνο μικροκυμάτων. Το μέλι δεν χάνει όμως τη θρεπτική του αξία όταν το ανακατεύουμε με ζεστό νερό.
- Σύμφωνα με την Αμερικανική Βιβλιοθήκη Ιατρικής, η κανέλα βοηθά να αντιμετωπιστούν οι μυϊκοί σπασμοί, η τάση προς έμετο, η διάρροια, το κρυολόγημα και τα προβλήματα στύσης.
- Σύμφωνα με τον μη κερδοσκοπικό οργανισμό Diabetes UK, η κανέλα μπορεί να βοηθήσει επίσης στην αποτελεσματικότερη διαχείριση του διαβήτη τύπου 1 και του διαβήτη τύπου 2
- Σύμφωνα με το Αμερικανική Βιβλιοθήκη Ιατρικής, η κιναμμωμαλδεΰδη της κανέλας μπορεί να βοηθήσει επίσης στην αντιμετώπιση λοιμώξεων από βακτήρια και μύκητες.
- Ερευνητές από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Τελ Αβίβ διαπίστωσαν ότι ένα συστατικό της κανέλας (CEppt) μπορεί να επιβραδύνει την εξέλιξη της νόσου Αλτσχάιμερ.
- Νευρολόγος από το Ιατρικό Κέντρο του αμερικανικού Πανεπιστημίου Rush υποστηρίζει ότι η κανέλα μπορεί να αποδειχθεί ευεργετική και για τους ασθενείς με σκλήρυνση κατά πλάκας, καθώς βοηθά να ανασταλεί η εξέλιξη της νόσου.
- Μελέτη από το Πολιτειακό Πανεπιστήμιο της Πενσυλβάνια κατέδειξε επίσης ότι η κανέλα βοηθά τον οργανισμό να διαχειριστεί πιο αποτελεσματικά την κατανάλωση λιπαρών. (src)
ARTHRITIS
Nutritionists recommend rubbing a simple mixture of one part honey, two parts warm water and a teaspoon of cinnamon into aching areas. Relief should be notice able within minutes. Or make a tea using one cup of hot water mixed with two table spoons of honey and a teaspoon of cinnamon. Drink it morning and evening to ward off arthritis pain. In a recent university study in Copenhagen, doctors gave 200 arthritis patients a syrup of one tablespoon of honey mixed with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon every morning just before breakfast. An incredible 73 percent of the subjects reported significant reductions in arthritis pain and dramatic increases in mobility within one month.
HAIR LOSS
Honey and cinnamon mixed with warm olive oil provide an ideal hair growth stimulant used in popular folk medicine. The warm mixture should be massaged into the scalp before shampooing and allowed to remain for 15 minutes.
ATHLETE'S FOOT
Mix one tablespoon of honey with two teaspoons of cinnamon. Massage the mixture into the affected foot area nightly for half an hour, then wash with soap and water. Your problem should be cleared up within a week.
BLADDER INFECTIONS
A glass of warm water mixed with two teaspoons of cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of honey should clear up the bacteria responsible for bladder infections. Substitute cranberry juice for the water if the infection is especially stubborn.
TOOTHACHE
Mix five parts honey to one part cinnamon and use this mixture for toothache. Simply dab the cure on any aching tooth or teeth until the pain subsides.
CANKER SORES
A salad dressed with honey cinnamon dressing made with apple cider vinegar and washed down with red raspberry tea is an effective way of clearing up painful canker sores.
CHOLESTEROL
levels in healthy test subjects dropped an average of 10 percent in less than two hours after they drank a 16 ounce glass of two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon mixed with hot tea. Drinking this brew three times a day worked best to lower cholesterol levels. The dangerous effects of fatty foods can be controlled by regular consumption of this tea with your diet, report world famous researchers Drs. Alexander Andreyev and Erik Vogelmann. Their findings were summarized in a prestigious Danish medical journal in July 1994. And yet another study found that daily consumption of pure honey also lowered cholesterol levels.
COLDS
have been known to vanish within hours after ailing folks took a tablespoon of warm honey mixed with 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon. The mixture is especially helpful in relieving the sniffles and sore throat.
INFERTILITY
Honey is believed to stimulate sexual desire and lovers of both sexes are advised to take at least two tablespoons daily before bedtime. Cinnamon has long been used in Indian and Chinese medicine to increase fertility in women who want children. The spice is mixed with a small amount of honey, made into a paste and spread along the gums, where it is slowly absorbed by the body. A childless couple from Maryland recently used the paste successfully, giving birth to twin girls after trying for 14 years to have a baby. They had given up hope of having a family until they heard about the honey cinnamon paste.
UPSET STOMACH
Honey has long been recognized as an effective medicine for stomach upset and nausea. Add a little cinnamon and this wonder cure also works to reduce ulcer flareups.
GAS
Eating honey with cinnamon can relieve gastrointestinal upsets — including gas — according to major studies con ducted in India and Japan.
HEART DISEASE
You can guard against heart disease and prevent the deposit of fatty plaque in the arteries by eating honey and cinnamon regularly as a breakfast spread. Sim ply eat a slice of high fiber whole wheat toast with one tablespoon of the delicious spread daily. The miracle remedy reduced hardening of the arteries by 74 percent in nursing home patients, research shows.
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
High blood pressure and its accompanying symptoms of chest pain and dizziness disappeared in many patients just weeks after Italian researchers gave them regular doses of honey mixed with cinnamon. The patients' blood pressure readings improved markedly and all 137 subjects reported that they felt much better after a few weeks of the miracle cure.
IMMUNE SYSTEM
Your immune system will function more than three times as effectively if you regularly consume honey and cinnamon in combination, experts say. Medical research shows that the rich store of vitamins and minerals found in honey boosts the activities of white blood cells, helping them prevent disease by destroying invading viruses and bacteria.
IMPOTENCE
Honey has a long history as an aphrodisiac as well as a powerful cure for impotence. Because of its potency as an "arousal agent," honey is banned for the celibate clergy of some Eastern religions. Last year Austrian re searchers found that honey is effective in stimulating hormonal secretions, as is cinnamon. In Africa and the South Seas, men apply honey externally to their private parts to enhance their sexual stamina!
INDIGESTION
Two spoonful of honey sprinkled with cinnamon before meals banishes heartburn and indigestion, experts say. Honey helps stimulate the secretion of digestive juices and cinnamon speeds up digestion.
INFLUENZA
Spanish studies prove that a substance in honey is a natural wonder drug for destroying the flu virus.
LONGEVITY
You can live to be 100 and enjoy a healthy, active life, too, by sipping a daily cup of hot or cold cinnamon and honey tea. To make this delicious brew, simply simmer four table spoons of honey plus one tablespoon of cinnamon in three cups of water for 10 minutes. Drink 1/4 cup servings three or four times a day.
PIMPLES Mix three spoonful of honey with a spoonful of cinnamon and dab on pimples nightly. The antibacterial properties of honey will clear up your complexion within two weeks.
POISON IVY
Apply honey cinnamon mix directly to affected area and reapply whenever itching becomes uncomfortable. Repeat until eruptions disappear.
SKIN INFECTIONS
Treat like poison ivy, repeating applications until condition improves.
WEIGHT LOSS
You can enjoy all the food you like, get healthier and lose unwanted pounds with a powerful and tasty new diet, rich in two essential natural ingredients — honey and cinnamon. All you have to do is make sure that you use both liberal ly in your cooking. In addition, experts say you can help ugly bulges melt away by starting your day with two tablespoons of honey mixed with one teaspoon of cinnamon in a glass of warm water. Repeat this cocktail before going to bed. With the low exercise months of winter ahead, adding these natural flab burning ingredients to your diet is timely. And the warm beverage is recognized by nutritionists as an appetite suppressant, as well as a warm and formidable tonic for warding off illnesses.
CANCER
Recent research concluded in Australia and Japan demonstrates honey can have a dramatic effect on cure rates in individuals taking chemotherapy. In one study of 27 patients suffering from advanced bone and stomach cancers, patients who took daily doses of honey and cinnamon experienced re mission rates twice that of patients who had chemotherapy and no honey and cinnamon. "We gave them a table spoon of cinnamon and honey three times a day for a month," says Dr. Hiroki Owatta. "The others stayed with their usual diet. Those who took the honey mixture were much more likely to go into remission than the others. Of course, patients should consult their doctors first, but we think they should consider this treatment".
FATIGUE
There's some new evidence that the natural sugars in honey can significantly improve energy levels. Used property, these sugars can help senior citizens and others who suffer from common fatigue. Experts recommend mixing half a teaspoon of honey into an 8 ounce glass of water. Sprinkle with cinnamon and drink two hours after waking up in the morning. "Take the rest about three in the afternoon when your energy starts to sag a little," recommends Dr. Milton Abbozza, whose work on honey cinnamon energy boosters has attracted international attention. "Within a week you'll notice that you have a lot more pep."
SORE FEET
Rub warm honey and cinnamon on sore feet after a long day at work or too much exercise. Repeat in the mornings, then bathe feet in cool water before putting on shoes.
BAD BREATH
South Americans gargle honey, cinnamon and warm water each morning to make their breath fresh and clean the natural way. In Southeast Asia, people eat a spoonful of cinnamon honey to cure chronic halitosis. Experts believe that bacteria killing components in the honey actively combat bad breath.
HEARING LOSS
Daily doses of honey and cinnamon keep the hearing acute, according to ancient Greek folklore.
src - NewsPaper 17 Jan 1995 - http://books.google.gr/books?id=B_IDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA8&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
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