The issues of herbal tea and pregnancy have been a point of interest of many pregnant women. It is a known fact that in order to give life to a healthy and happy baby, it is recommended to all pregnant women to avoid consuming foods or beverages with caffeine, alcohol, artificial sweeteners, and other artificial compounds that can carry potential risks to the baby’s health. However, what about herbs and herbal remedies? Which are safe and which are not? Looking for am answer to this question sometimes takes a lot of time and efforts, but still many expecting moms can not be sure what is good and what is bad about using a certain herbal tea for pregnancy. Let’s try to take a closer look at the problem. Read the rest of this entry »

Numerous health benefits of green tea can nowadays be expanded with one more amazing property of this tasty healthy herbal tea. It is known that green tea is extremely popular in Japan and is being studied by local scientists on a regular basis. According to the newest findings of the experts of the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, those elderly adults who consume good amounts of high quality green tea on a day-to-day basis are more active, energetic, live more independent life, and generally have much higher chances to live a longer life compared to those who do not drink green tea. Read the rest of this entry »

Undoubtedly, black tea is one of the most loved and popular therapeutic beverages and herbal teas on the planet. Millions of people drink tens of millions of cups a day, thus having a chance to enjoy numerous health benefits of black tea. By using this herbal remedy we can decrease our risks of cardiovascular problems and some types of cancer, slow down aging processes on cellular levels, lowed LDL cholesterol levels, improve our brain function and thinking abilities. In addition, as a recent study suggests, black tea can be considered as a great therapeutic beverage to combat such a common ailment as hypertension, or increased blood pressure. Read the rest of this entry »

It can be very hard for some of us to stop consuming fatty foods, especially when we are talking about not healthy fats. Can you imagine your daily diet without bacon, pasta with cheese dressing, various pizzas, cream-based soups, stews, cakes or pies, eskimo ice cream, and so on? And what about burritos, empanadas, frito pies, and other ‘diamonds’ of Mexican cuisine which is so extremely popular nowadays? Sometimes it is really hard to resist, and that’s why more and more of us are forced to fight against extra weight after having pretty much unhealthy waistline or too many extra pounds on the hips. Can something be of help to those who are overweight but still have hopes to normalize their body mass? Read the rest of this entry »

I always say that tea is the most amazing beverage that millions of people around the world enjoy drinking. It warms up our mornings and nights, it accompanies our working days and relaxing weekends, it goes perfectly well with a sandwich and a slice of cheesecake, and we enjoy drinking it alone or in a company of our good friends. Plus certainly – numerous health benefits and therapeutic properties of various types of tea. We believe that we know everything about therapeutic effects that teas have on our body, however, scientists go on their studies and continue fidning new advantages and benefits of tea, whether you like drinking green, or black, or white, or other types of this beverage. Read the rest of this entry »

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is a perennial plant which grows throughout Europe, North America and Australia. It has a very long history of being used as a traditional  folk remedy for migraine prevention and treatment of chronic headaches. This herb belongs to the same botanical family as sunflower and chamomile. Therapeutic properties and medicinal action of fewerfew were well-known in the Middle Ages: in those times it was a great remedy to prevent epidemics and treat malaria. Read the rest of this entry »