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Peaches are one of the delicious and most loved fruit all around the world. With a vast reserves of fibre, minerals and vitamins. These fruits can be enjoyed raw, cooked or baked. In fact, both peach flesh and peach skin are edible. However many health experts advise to avoid the skin of peach and not to eat it. So let’s check out the pros and cons of eating peach skin. • Benefits of eating peach skin Though peach skin is very toxic for certain animal species, but it’s not toxic for humans and generally considered safe to eat. A whole peach is very good source of energizing complex carbohydrates, fibre, vitamins and minerals. Addition to these , they have good antioxidant capacity that helps in fighting free radicals. Those may cause oxidative damage and may lead various diseases. Peach skin contains about 3 grams of fibre, so it is the best way to get most fibre out of peach. These type of fibre rich fruits promote regular bowel movements and even reduce the risk of heart diseases. Pe...

Just because of lack of knowledge of impressive health benefits of cabbage , it’s generally overlooked. Cabbage is basically a vegetable variety that belongs to Brassica genus of plants. This vegetable is available in a variety of shapes and colours, including Red, Purple, White, Green colours. Traces of cabbage usage are found since thousands of years ago. And till now it is used in variety of dishes and salads. Carriage is loaded with a number of vitamins and minerals. Addition to this it is very low in calories. 89 grams of raw green cabbage contains only 22 calories. It has a vast reserve of protein, fibre, magnesium, folate, vitamin C, vitamin K, calcium, vitamin B6, potassium. So here we are coming up with five best health benefits cabbage may have on your body. • It may reduce inflammation Human body just realize an inflammation response to protect it from infections and speeding up healing processes. This kind of acute inflammation in human body is normal. But the thing become...

In modern lifestyle, constipation is one of the most affecting health problem. That affects about 20% of estimated population. The most common causes are delayed colonic transit or decreasing movement of food through intestine or digestive system. Experts suggest that a low fibre diet, aging and physical inactivity can contribute to constipation. However, the remedies that are available commercially in the market for constipation include laxatives, stool softeners, fibre supplements etc. Keeping all these medicines and medications aside. We are coming up with five healthy food items which are easily available and can be included in diet. These foods are scientifically proven to help in constipation. • Beans Mostly every variety of beans are high in fibre and can help in maintaining mobility of bowel. Just taking an example, black beans boast 7.5 grams of fibre in 86 gram of beans. Meanwhile, 91 grams of cooked navy beans contain about 9.5 grams of fibre. Beans are also known to have go...

  Drinking water, no matter hot or cold, keeps your body healthy and hydrated. However, warm water has benefits such as improving digestion, relieves congestion and even promote relaxation as compared to drinking cold water. According to experts, the average temperature of drinking hot beverages should be about 54° to 77° C. But the thing is, most of the health benefits of hot water are just based on anecdotal reports. Till now there is very small amount of concrete scientific research evidences available. So here we are coming up with some of the health benefits that you will surely have after drinking lukewarm water. • Relieves nasal congestion  As hot beverages contain stream similarly hot water also develops warm steams. Holding a Cup of hot water and taking deep inhale of those steams and gentle vapours can help in losing clogged sinuses. Human body have mucous membranes throughout neck and upper torso. Drinking lukewarm water helps in warming up that area and making it s...