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Medicinal
Benefits
of
Whole
Foods
For the first 5000 years
of civilization, humans relied on foods and herbs for
medicine. Only in the past 50 years have we forgotten our
medicinal "roots" in favor of patent medicines.
While pharmaceuticals have their value, we should not forget
the well-documented, non-toxic and inexpensive healing
properties of whole foods. The following list is but a
sampling of the health benefits from whole foods.
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Apple
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Asparagus
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Avocado
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Banana and
Plantain
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Barley
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Beans
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Beets
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Bell
Pepper
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Blueberry
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Broccoli
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Brussels
Sprouts
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Cabbage (including bok
choy)
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Carrot
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Cauliflower
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Celery
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Chili
Pepper
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Cinnamon
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Clove
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Coffee
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Collard
Greens
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Corn
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Cranberry
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Cucumbers
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Date
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Wheat.
High-fiber whole wheat, and particularly wheat bran, ranks as
the world's greatest preventives of constipation. The bran is
potently anti-cancer. Remarkably, in humans, wheat bran can
suppress that which can develop into colon cancer.
Anti-parasitic. Ranks exceedingly high as a trigger of food
intolerances and allergies, resulting in symptoms of
rheumatoid arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome and
neurological illnesses.
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Eggplant
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Fenugreek
Seed
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Flax seeds and
oil
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Fig
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Fish and Fish
Oil
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Garlic
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Ginger
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Grape
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Grapefruit
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Kale
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Kiwi Fruit
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Lecithin
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Lemon
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Licorice
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Melon (green and yellow,
such as cantaloupe and honeydew)
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Milk
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Mushroom (Asian,
including shiitake)
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Mustard (including
horseradish)
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Nuts
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Oats
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Olive
oil
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Onion (including chives,
shallots, scallions, leeks)
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Orange
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Parsley
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Pineapple
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Plum
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Potato
(white)
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Prune
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Pumpkin
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Raspberry
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Rice
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Seaweed and Kelp (brown
or Laminaria type seaweed)
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Soybean.
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Spinach.
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Strawberry.
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Sugar
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Sweet Potato
(yams)
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Tea (including black,
oolong and green tea, not herbal teas)
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Tomato
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Tumeric
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Watermelon
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Wheat
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Yogurt (use only organic
yogurt)
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