Health Benefits of Rambutan

Rambutan (scientifically termed as ‘Nephelium Lappaceumis’) is a fruit that definitely features in the list of ‘Most Exotic fruits of Our Planet’. It’s a fruit not a lot of people know about. However, some experts call it ‘super fruit’ because of the many benefits its ingestion has. This fruit resembles lychees in the way it looks- it is red colored on the outside while its inside it white, it is oval in shape and is generally one to two inches in length.

 Here in the Philippines, Rambutan can be seen everywhere and most people love it. Its season goes along with the Lanzones season, so whenever Rambutan is available, Lanzones is also available. Depending on the variety, Rambutan always comes a little cheaper than Lanzones, but this author prefer the former.

Rambutan

 Medical experts over the years have established the major benefits from eating this unique exotic fruit. One of the most well-known benefits of eating rambutan is to battle diabetes.

The following are the main benefits rambutan can offer.

 1. Anti Cancer.
Rambutan fruit, consists of anti-oxidant components. This is not very well known, but a study carried out by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia on ‘Antioxidant and Antiproliferative Activities of Non-Edible Parts of Selected Tropical Fruits’ found out that rambutan can be effective against cancer. The skin and seeds and deeds of the fruit have been proved to be effective against different kinds of cancer.

 2. Improves Sperm Quality.
Eating rambutan could be a big help to people with low sperm count, or have weak sperm cells. Vitamin C, which the rambutan fruit is rich in, can also be very important for sperm development. The possible lack of vitamin C in males can result in restricted ability in fruitful reproduction. This condition can be improved by a remedy which requires the person to up their Vitamin C by about 500 mg for around a month.

 3. Improves Quality of Hair.
A paste made from the leaves of trees is has been known to known to provide nutrition to the hair. This paste is made by taking some rambutan leaves, mashing them, adding some water and squeezing the extract. Many people experience a noticeable change in their hair quality in just a few weeks.

 4. Diabetes Treatment.
The seeds of rambutan, which many people do not eat, have a quality than can cure diabetes. These facts have been established by recent studies released by Oxford College of Medicine.

 5. Treating Common Illnesses.
Many people who are suffering from migraine reported that rambutan can ease the pain. Rambutan can also treat loose bowel movement and other stomach-related problems like diarrhea.

 6. Helps Clean Kidneys.
Rambutan can be used as detoxing agent in cleaning kidneys. Eating a lot of rambutan can actually flush waste from kidneys.

 7. Protects Body from Oxidation.
One of many compounds included in the skin of rambutan is Gallic acid. This particular substance behaves as a predator for free-radicals. The way it does this is by protecting the body from damage due to oxidation.

 8. Boasts Immune System and Prevent Diseases.
Rambutans are also high in vitamin C content. Technically speaking, if you ingest ten to twelve rambutan fruits, you would get 75-90 mg of ascorbic acid, which is more than double the amount that is advised in everyday consumption. The major benefit of vitamin C is that it provides increased immunity from infections (by helping strengthen our body’s defense mechanism).

 9. Makes Skin Better and Younger.
Rambutan helps in hydrating your skin and making its soft and supple like you always wanted. This is due to the high water content that the fruit holds. The water helps in the hydration, helping keep the skin smooth and soft.

 10. Strengthen Bones.
Rambutan helps strengthen bones. This is due to the fact that the fruit is rich in calcium, phosphorus and iron. Healthier bones lead to stable growth and reduced chances of fractures and other bone diseases.

11. Generates red and White Blood Cells.
Rambutan helps balance the blood inside the human body. Of the many nutrients the fruit contains, it contains copper which is vital for the production of red and white blood cells in our body. The fruit also contains manganese which is essential for our body for the production of enzymes and their activation. Enzymes are necessary for carry out many functions in our body and often carry out essential biochemical essential in our body.

12. Boosts Energy.
Juice made from rambutan is excellent energy drink. The fruit is rich in carbohydrate and protein content which helps give an instant energy boost when consumed. The high water content of the fruit also helps quench the thirst and bring back lost energy. It is highly suitable for runners and other sport players because of this property.

13. Dysentery Treatment.
The skin of the rambutan fruit can be used to treat dysentery. It can also be used to cure other chronic ailments like chronic fever. Some people also combine the fruits with other ingredients which greatly increases its efficiency in curing such ailments.

14. Reduces Unwanted Fat.
Rambutan is actually an excellent weight-loss food. Rambutans are highly effective in lessening the body fat content of the human body. This is because the fruit is high in fiber content (2 g per 100 g of fruit) and, at the same, low on calories. Moreover, it has high water content. The seeds also help in weight reduction. In order to ingest rambutan seeds, it is advised to crush them and take them mixed with other foodstuff. Alternatively, they can be consumed raw as well

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Grape Seeds Extract is Better than Chemo in killing Cancer Cells

Chemo Therapy is not just expensive but also very dangerous because aside from killing the cancer cell, it also kills good and healthy cells in our body. Many patients are supposed to survive battling cancer but they succumb to death because of this chemo therapy.

But don't you know that there are other way to cure cancer? Custard Apple or Guyabano in Filipino is 10,000 times better than Chemo Therapy. According to study this fruit is very effective. But right now let us discover the effectiveness of Grape seeds.

Grape Seeds is better than chemo to kill cancer cell

Here is the article from www.letsgohealthy.net and read it:

Cancer is still the most dangerous disease till time. What we all know about cancer cure is in terms of chemotherapy and a lot of medicine doses. Have you ever came across the word colorectal cancer. It is the scariest cancer in which the patient’s body becomes resistant to the cancer cell-killing effect of chemotherapy.

 This is the one of the leading diseases which has caused death in the US in recent years. Thus, a lot of research is going on to find a proper treatment and cure on cancer.

 You might think that cure of cancer can never happen apart from the advance medicine. But what the odds are? According to the recent study published in Chemoprevention journal, Technologies in Carcinogenesis and Cancer, grape seed extract can help us to cure cancer.

It’s unbelievable about really miraculous to see that grape seed extract exactly targets the cancer cells and kill those cell without disturbing the other body cells. It overcomes one of the disadvantages of chemotherapy, also it is a natural way to cure cancer. The grape seed extract has the capability to kill the cells which have become immune to chemotherapy. Thus, it is a positive hope for the patients who are suffering from colorectal cancer.

 Each of the cancer treatment must provide the following benefits to the patient which will make it worthwhile to implement

 Should have the ability to prevent the formation of cancer cells.

Should be able to prevent the spread of cancer cells and tumors in other parts of the body.

Should be effective to kill the cancer cells.

With the recent research on the topic of grape extract treatment for cancer. All the above points can be taken care by the grape extract treatment and thus it can be one of the most effective methods to cure cancer.

Grape Seed Extract to Prevent Carcinogenesis

 Carcinogenesis is termed as the beginning of the formation of a tumor in our body. There exist a very effective compound called procyanidins in grape seed extract. This ingredient has an ability to kill the cancer cells at a much early stage before it starts the actual damage.

Thus, grape seed extract brings down the formation of new tumors and thus prevents growing cancer in our body. 

The recent research also provides that procyanidins in grape seed extract consist of anti-tumor and antioxidant properties which help to prevent the tumor formation in the body.

Grape Seed Extract Impact on Angiogenesis

 The process of growth and survival of cancer cell in the body is termed as angiogenesis. The growth process of tumor creates a need of formation of new blood vessels for this tumor to ensure the proper supply of nutrients required for growth.

 But what if the formation of new blood vessels will get blocked? This will automatically kill the cancer cell by restricting its growth. That’s what grape seed extract does in our body. As per the research the anti-angiogenesis properties of grape seed extract, it prevents the formation of new blood vessels and shut down the tumor growth.

Thus, the lack of nutrients for growth will kill the cancer cell and prevents the spread of cancer in your body.

 Grape Seed Extract Impact on Apoptosis

 The death and regeneration of body cell is a continuous process. The cell death is termed as apoptosis. In our body, many cells are dying after the certain stage and got regulated as well.

As compared to the normal body cell, the tumor or cancer cells don’t die early. This allows the tumor to attain proper growth and it continue to damage the body. Thus, there is always a need to kill this cancer cell before they got regenerate.

 Grape seed extract does this work very efficiently. It kills the cancer cell before the egg layoff process and thus restrict the growth and spread of cancer in the body.

 This is something chemotherapy is not capable of doing. The major drawback of chemotherapy is that it kills all the cells which include the healthy cells as well. It is not able to target just the cancer cell to treat the issue.

Thus, with all the benefits the grape seed extract can act as an excellent remedy to treat the cancer disease. It is recommended to use the products with 40%-80% of grape seed extract.

Take advantage of the solution that Mother Nature could offer you.

 Try this remedy to get rid of the scary cancer disease and pass on the knowledge to people who have started a battle against cancer in their life.

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The Benefits of Getting Older

Most of us are afraid of getting old. It is because we think that we become useless and a burden to our family and relatives. Most older people in Western Countries end up in Home of the Aged.

But Good News to everyone because of this article from BBC News.

Most of us dread getting older. But there’s mounting evidence that old age brings happiness, intellect and even better sex.

By Zaria Gorvett
29 October 2015

“Growing old is great – when you consider the alternative,” as the saying goes.

Welcome to the age of ageing. With more than 800 million people over 60 and more centenarians than the population of Iceland (that’s about 329,000), the world is having to brace itself for the economic – and social – consequences. From a deluge of diseases to sagging skin and the dulling of the senses, old age is beset with creeping failures, medical interventions, and low expectations. But can there be a silver lining for those joining the grey brigade?

Growing old has been synonymous with bodily decay since ancient times. The Greeks had a particularly dire view – many saw ageing itself as a disease. Yet the latest scientific research suggests ageing isn’t a straightforward decline after all. As BBC Future has reported before, life peaks later than you might think.

When does old age begin?

The poet Dante believed old age started at 45. A survey of the British public concluded that it starts at 59 – the older the respondent, the greater the number of years they considered old. But the United Nations and most scientists define it as any age after 60. Fewer colds It’s not just the brain that gets wiser with age. The human immune system encounters millions of potential dangers every day. As the body’s police force, it needs to learn to spot the dangers. For this, we produce unique white blood cells which are tailored to the molecular appearances of millions of different invaders. When they recognise a foe they stick around, forming an ‘immune memory’. The next time it turns up, they help to rally a rapid response.

Immune System

John Upham from the University of Queensland says this memory can last a long time. “People who have gone through various epidemics, their immune systems can remember the virus for 40 or 50 years in some cases. It does begin to drop off in your 70s or 80s, but there’s a bit of a sweet spot for people – particularly from your 40s through to your late 60s and early 70s – where the immune system remembers the viruses experienced over the years.”

This cumulative protection translates into fewer colds. While 20-year olds can expect to catch two or three in a year, over 50s average only one or two.

Other immune defences however, tend to weaken with age. The body produces fewer new white blood cells, and they become sluggish. Aged immune systems also produce less antibodies – proteins which stick to pathogens to help identify and eliminate them. But what if this could be life-saving?

Outliving outbreaks 

The 1918 flu pandemic was the deadliest in human history, killing 50 million people. But it was most lethal for those usually thought of as fit and strong, aged from 20 to 40. The 2009 swine flu outbreak followed the same bizarre pattern, with most fatalities in those under the age of 65.

It’s thought that the viruses caused their victims’ immune systems to overreact. Those with the most vigorous immune systems launched the most dramatic, and damaging, responses, in what’s known as a ‘cytokine storm’. A healthy immune response relies on positive feedback – when a pathogen is found, the surrounding tissues release chemical messages, called cytokines, asking for help. As cells arrive on site, they are encouraged to release the chemicals too, encouraging even more cells to arrive. But sometimes the loop gets out of control, killing healthy cells and leading to potentially fatal inflammation. It’s not yet known what triggers the storms, but ongoing research has inspired a new treatment for the flu which acts on the cytokine storm instead of the virus itself. 

Declining allergies 

And there’s good news for those with allergies, too. While the ultimate causes of allergies are still hotly debated, all are mediated by antibodies. The main culprit is Immunoglobulin E and like all other antibodies, its production diminishes with age. 

Mitchell Grayson from the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin says the older you get, the less severe the symptoms are likely to be. “Allergic disease peaks in childhood and then seems to decrease throughout late adolescence and into their 20s. In the 30s there is another resurgence until people get into their 50s and 60s when the symptoms tend to get less common.” 

Cleverer 

There’s no shortage of slang terms to describe the destructive effects of ageing on the brain. Yet in a number of vitally important abilities, older brains actually turn out to be smarter.

Allergies

Michael Ramscar from Tubingen University says we have misunderstood how the brain ages. “The number of neurons in the human brain peaks at around 28 weeks after birth, but as many as half of the neurons produced die by the end of adolescence. Since we don’t usually think of the period from birth to age 18 as one of hideous decline, it seems safe to conclude that brain size as measured in neuronal numbers is not much of an indicator of anything.”

The Seattle Longitudinal Study has followed the mental abilities of 6,000 people since 1956. It’s the longest-running study of its kind, with the same volunteers tested every seven years. While older volunteers aren’t as good at maths and are slower to respond to commands, for vocabulary, spatial orientation, verbal memory, and problem solving abilities, they were better in their late 40s and 50s than they were in their 20s.

Gary Small, who studies geriatric psychiatry at the University of California Brain Research Institute, says it’s down to the knowledge accumulated thanks to all those extra years. “People develop a greater perspective of what’s important, the ability to problem-solve is streamlined after years of practice. And there’s accumulation of certain types of knowledge – what’s called crystallised intelligence.” 

It’s a pattern underpinned by biology. Nerve signals are insulated by a fatty material, myelin, which envelops the wiry ends of neurons. It’s important stuff, increasing the speed electrical signals are transmitted, but it was thought to deteriorate as people got older. Not so. “As people age you find that the insulation around these long wires is actually increased, so axons fire more quickly in middle-aged people than in younger people. There’s a peak performance of these brain cells around that time,” Small says.

Better sex 

Several studies have shown that older people have more – and better – sex than you might think. A study of the sexual activity and satisfaction of women in their 80s found that half still had orgasms ‘always’ or ‘most of the time’ during sex. Other studies have reached similarly striking conclusions – a survey of people over the age of 60 found that 74% of men and 70% of women reported a greater sexual satisfaction than when they were in their 40s. Tara Saglio, a relationship therapist based in London, puts this down to older women having fewer insecurities. “Older women are more confident about expressing their own sexuality. It’s that confidence that makes sex better.”

Migraines

Fewer migraines 

Migraines can become less of a headache as we age, too. A Swedish study of patients 18 and older found that attacks become shorter, less painful and less frequent as people get older. Of 374 people enrolled in the study, only four developed chronic headaches. 

Less sweaty 

Sweat glands shrink and become less numerous as people get older. Research shows that those in their 20s can expect to sweat more than those on their 50s and early 60s. 

Cheating death 

Still not convinced? Even at advanced years, the Grim Reaper need not be as close as you might expect. The oldest old are healthier than ever before and still have a good chance of celebrating a few more birthdays. In 2011-2014, the average 25-year-old had a life expectancy of 84 (women) or 80 (men), while a 95 year-old could expect to see their 98th (women) or 97th (men) birthday. Even at 80, women have a 95% chance of living another year.

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