Serve up Sweet Potatoes

More iodine won't do you any good without plenty of Vitamin A to go with it. Vitamin A helps your thyroid absorb iodine properly. Getting enough is easy. It's abundant in orange vegetables like sweet potatoes. In fact, a single, mid-sized sweet potato gives you 1,096 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin A, more than the 900 mcg a day the government recommends for men over 50, or the 700 mcg suggested for older women. Sweet potatoes are heart-friendly, too, with no saturated fat or cholesterol, but lots of vitamin C.

Soothe your headache

The next time you feel a tension headache coming on, try mixing peppermint oil, eucalyptus oil, and rubbing alcohol in a small bowl. With a cotton ball, gently pat the mixture over your forehead and temples, avoiding your eyes. Its cool, relaxing fragrance could be just what you need to feel better.

Mars Attack

The old Mars bar you know and love just got a nutritional makeover. Mars has developed a chocolate bar with soy plant sterols, cocoa flavonols, added calcium, and B vitamins, all of which are good for your heart. The cocoa flavonols may help your arteries stay healthy by keeping LDL cholesterol from oxidizing and clogging them up/ This new treat is part of the Mars Cocoa Via brand of chocolate bars that you can find in most supermarkets. Good nutrition never tasted sweeter.

Cure aches with brown rice

In China the word for rice is also the word for food, but Chinese rice folklore goes beyond simple cuisine. An ancient Chinese cure for aching bones involves mixing toasted brown rice with minced ginger root and simmering them in liquor. This is combined into a cloth compress and rubbed on the painful joint.

Sport Drinks

Keep a bottle or two of a sports drink like Gatorade or Powerade on your shelves for times when you're exceptionally active. These thirst-quenchers are designed to recharge important nutrients and minerals you lose when you sweat a lot. The right food and plenty of water are best for ordinary exercise, but sometimes a more intense workout means you can use the extra sodium, potassium, and sugars in a sports drink.

Eat Sushi

Here is a cheerful way to get some extra omega-3 fatty acids -- eat sushi served in brightly colored wraps made from familiar vegetables and fruits instead of the traditional seaweed. The USDA's Agricultural Research Service is experimenting with the new product, made from ingredients like spinach, carrot-ginger, tomato-basil, and peach.

Fish instead of Red Meat

Shop for fish instead of red meat to cut out harmful saturated fat and maybe prevent prostate cancer. Men who frequently eat fish are up to three times less likely to get prostate cancer than those who rarely or never eat it. For the biggest bite out of cancer, choose fish rich in "good" omega-3 fats, like salmon, herring, and mackerel.

Therapeutic Effects of Charcoal

Charcoal therapy is a universal remedy to the many health problems people face today. It has helped my family and community people we have met, treated, and taught for the past 30 years.
Charcoal's major role in the healing process is merely to adsorb toxins, germs, viruses, bacteria, and wound secretions. Below is a list of some of the therapy.

1. relieves pain and aches
2. adsorbs acids produced by the stomach
3. relieves gouts and arthritis
4. removes odors ( a deodorant)
5. destroys or stops the growth of bacteria
6. prevents or relieves nausea and vomiting
7. relieves inflammations
8. prevents or check rabies
9. prevents or checks pus formation
10. lowers body temperature as in fever
11. relieves rheumatism
12. relieves abdominal pain
13. adsorbs poison, food, or chemicals
14. relieves cough and disorders of the lungs
15. helps to prevent gas from forming in the intestines and assists in expending it
16. purifies and cleanses impurities in blood
17. cleanses and dissolves polyps or cysts
18. promotes the health of the liver
19. relieves diseases of the eyes and ears
20. stimulates digestion and improves appetite