SHIFAAA HONEY - PURE HONEY OF KASHMIR

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Pure Honey: It's delicious, it has a rich full bodied taste. It reminds some people of soft candy. It can be eaten out of a container as a snack. It adds body to bread, spices different meats with juiciness, layers desserts with goodness, the versatility is nothing short of amazing. When it is used as an ingredient, it completely changes the density, taste, and chewiness of the item. For instance, eating a cake made with sugar is quite a different culinary experience from eating a cake made with Pure Honey.

Pure Honey: The taste is different from other foods. Nothing else quite tastes like Pure Honey. No other substance is so viscose yet digestible; sweet yet not cloying; liquid yet so dense. Nothing else is quite so sustaining yet not overfilling. Compared to other foods, candy is great but after awhile all chocolate is more or less the same. All pastries taste doughy so that if you closed your eyes you couldn't tell whether you were eating a donut or a piece of pie crust. Crackers, chips, anything crispy has the textural crunchiness but none of these food stuffs taste remotely like Pure Honey.

Pure Honey: Varies in taste depending on location, time and the bees. Steak is delicious but one steak goes down pretty much the same as the next. Peanut butter if nifty but a scoop of Skippy will eternally be identical to any other scoop of Skippy. Not so with Pure Honey. Often containers of two different years have their own subtle variations. Moreover, there are all sorts of regional subtleties, of course we are talking about pure local honey, not supermarket "batched" or "pasturized" varieties. The overall variety is truly remarkable. Colour ranges from clear translucent amber to dense like molasses. One container smells like strawberries while another has the smell of oranges or camomile tea. A spoonful of one Pure Honey is dense and thick while another is liquidy and runny. One Pure Honey tastes intense, heavy, how marvellous that every container is a surprise.

Pure Honey: Is good for you, it is healthy on many levels. First, it is good to eat. It is an unprocessed food, which Pure Honey certainly is. Second, it is good to consume. It is a food which digests easily and naturally, this is because Pure Honey is composed primarily of simple and natural sugars without additives, preservatives or chemicals. Pure Honey is healthy inducing because locally produced Pure Honey contains the pollen of local flowers, ingesting the substance may help lessen the effect of allergies. It also helps accustom the body to the local environment.

Pure Honey: Helps in the battle against the bulge. Because it is so dense nobody would binge out on Pure Honey. For instance, a large orange has the equivalent of eight teaspoons of Pure Honey sugar-wise. Nobody thinks twice about eating an orange or two, but have you ever seen anyone eating eight teaspoons of Pure Honey out of a container at any one time. Another example, whenever a "diabetic" has a sugar glucose problem any doctor will recommend a glass of orange juice with granulated sugar to bring his or her sugar level up again. Take notice no doctor ever recommends to give them Pure Honey because Pure Honey is not as sweet as it leads you to believe. The marvellous taste of Pure Honey, "What a blessing."

Pure Honey: A small amount goes a long way. Compare this to sugar or sugar products which seem to trigger the appetite. Eat a sugar-based cake and you want another piece, but eat a cake made of Pure Honey and you are quickly full and feel you have had enough. For all these reasons Pure Honey is the most perfectly balanced food you could possibly eat.

Pure Honey: The food that does not break down. Leave an egg out for a couple of days and it can go bad. Do not refrigerate meat and soon it will spoil. If you leave a once opened jar of jam on the pantry shelf, mold will form in a couple of days. Canned fruit in an open bowl will turn green and mold in a short while. Potato chips become stale overnight. But Pure Honey is the one product that retains its flavor for several months or even years. The bees concentrate flower nectar and add enzymes to the nectar to turn it into Pure Honey. Keep a jar on the pantry for ten years and it is still edible. Leave a jar of Pure Honey out on a picnic table in the sweltering heat and it will be fine the next day or next week. Freeze it in the freezer for a month and take it out, put it in a "hot bath" overnight and it is as good as it was before, back to the natural liquid form the bees had left it. Truly amazing.

Pure Honey: It is attractive. Maple syrup has a mellow woody taste, but no one ever sits and stares at the sap. But steady users find Pure Honey visually intriguing. Some people love to stare at the golden fluid in a container, it seems mysterious, as if one could look inside and know the secret of life. Jiggle the container and bubbles rise to the top like a submarine rising to the surface. Let Pure Honey drip off a wooden swirler, and it descents slow-motion down an invisible line, twist the swirler and the rope stops mid-motion and returns to the ball. Pour Pure Honey into a bowl and it forms a layered pyramid whose base keeps dissolving into the pool. Truly fascinating.

Pure Honey: It cleans very easily. If chocolate melts in your shirt pocket a brown stain forms. If it is a nice shirt you will have to dry-clean the shirt. If marshmallow fluff gets into your hair it takes a long time to get the gunk removed. If ice cream drips on your arm, the skin will feel sticky all day. But Pure Honey is biodegradable with warm water. It breaks down when warm water is applied so that it lifts off easily and eliminates all of these problems. This is all the more amazing because Pure Honey is so dense and sticky. After wiping a counter with a sponge the surface feels and looks like new. Pure Honey makes the homemakers very happy. Pure Honey, nothing quite like it.

Pure Honey: It's an amazing medicine. For many ailments that taste wonderful. Even small children love the taste of Pure Honey. It's a booster for a large number of recipes. In any recipe that calls for granulated sugar you can substitute with Pure Honey. Simple use less amounts ofPure Honey. Your taste buds will let you decide when you have reached the amount you are happy with. 3/4 cup of Pure Honey = 1 cup of sugar as a rule of thumb. However, depending on where the bees are foraging you may want to add a little or subtract a little, it really depends on each individual. Pure Honey, nature's gold.

• Pure Honey is GERM FREE and has many HEALING PROPERTIES.
• Pure Honey is PURE and ANTISEPTIC.
• Historians have said almost all Egyptian MEDICINES contained Pure Honey.
• When EATEN daily, Pure Honey will reduce your body's susceptibility to, and cure, INFECTIONS.
• Pure Honey is used to heal OPEN WOUNDS, BURNS, PINK EYE, BLISTERS, SORES, skin and scalp IRRITATIONS. (APPLY DIRECTLY)
• Pure Honey heals BLISTERED EYELIDS caused by wearing contact lenses (APPLY 1 DROP DIRECTLY TO EYE).
• Pure Honey counteracts and stops the ITCHING from insect bites and poisonous plants (APPLY DIRECTLY)
• Pure Honey has been recognized as a cure for MALNUTRITION, OLD AGE, INSANITY, STOMACH DISORDERS and NERVE DISORDERS. (Recommended: EAT 3 TIMES A DAY).
• Pure Honey soothes and relieves a SORE THROAT, and is especially effective when the honeycomb is chewed. The small amount of honeycomb swallowed as it is chewed will coat a sore throat with relief! (DO NOT SWALLOW A BALL OF HONEYCOMB)
• People who eat Pure Honey daily have fewer COLDS and seldom have the FLU infection. (EAT DAILY BY THE TEASPOON OR ON FOOD OR IN DRINK, 3 TIMES A DAY).
• Pure Honey can be used as an antiseptic in any CAVITY in the human body. (APPLY DIRECTLY, COVER).
• Because of Pure Honey's fructose content, many claim it is a CURE for a hangover. (Recommended: EAT 3 TABLESPOONS).
• OVER THE CENTURIES, Pure Honey has been one of many cures which, if nothing else, did not make the patient worse than before he took the "medicine."
• Pure Honey is pre-digested. When eaten, Pure Honey's simple sugars are absorbed directly  into your body's bloodstream for INSTANT ENERGY.
• Pure Honey contained some of EVERY NUTRIENT required to MAINTAIN GOOD HEALTH.
• Pure Honey is FAT FREE, SODIUM FREE and has NO CHOLESTEROL!
• Babies and Pure Honey. Pure Honey is not recommended for infants under one year of age. Pure Honey is a safe and wholesome food for older children and adults.

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WALNUTS

WALNUT

A walnut is the nut of any tree of the genus Juglans (Family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, Juglans regia. Technically a walnut is a drupe or drupaceous nut, and thus not a true botanical nut. It is used for food after being processed while green for pickled walnuts or after full ripening for its nutmeat. Nutmeat of the eastern black walnut from the Juglans nigra is less commercially available, as are butternut nutmeats from Juglans cinerea. The walnut is nutrient-dense with protein and essential fatty acids.

13 reasons to eat walnuts every day!

1# Helps weight loss: Contrary to what people believe, walnuts can form a part of weight management diet. Several studies have suggested that regular consumption of walnuts is unlikely to cause weight gain or obesity. In fact, an ounce of walnuts contains 2.5g of omega 3 fats, 4g of protein and 2g of fibre that help provide satiety. Any successful weight management plan must include satiety factor; so walnut is undoubtedly the right food to consider if you are into a weight management programme. Despite being ‘dense in calories, walnuts can be an important tool in helping you lose weight.

2# Induces sleep: Walnuts contain a compound called melatonin, responsible for conveying messages regarding the cycle of light and dark to the body. Since melatonin is already synthesised by the body, consumption of walnuts increases the blood levels of melatonin, thereby inducing sleep. That’s why eating walnuts can be a great way to improve sleep. [1]

3# Great for your hair: Walnut is a good ‘hair food’ too. This is because walnuts contain biotin (vitamin B7) that helps strengthen hair, reduce hair fall and improve hair growth to certain extent. In addition to walnuts, you can try these foods to prevent hair loss.

4# Prevents heart disease: Among all the dietary plants and nuts, walnuts contain the highest amount of antioxidants. Around 100 g of walnuts will give more than 20 mmol antioxidants, which makes them extremely effective in combating heart disease by their ability to destroy free radicals. They are also loaded with omega-3 fatty acids that lowers bad cholesterol and increases the production of good cholesterol making it a great snack to keep your heart in great health. [2]

5# Prevents diabetes: All types of nuts are associated with a lowered risk of diabetes and walnuts are no exception. According to a study, women who consumed 28 grams of walnuts twice a week were 24% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes. The study was published in the Journal of Nutrition, and even though it was conducted on women, experts believe that the benefits would be similar for men too. [3]

6# Boosts your sperm quality: Eating 2.5 ounces of walnuts per day improves semen quality in healthy young men, researchers say. According to a study by UCLA researchers, eating 75 grams of walnuts a day improves the vitality, motility, and morphology of sperm in healthy men aged 21 to 35 [4]. Here are 8 easy ways to boost your sperm quality and count.

7# Makes your skin glow: Walnuts are rich in B-vitamins and antioxidants that prevents your skin from free radical damage and prevents wrinkles and signs of ageing. So if you want glowing skin long into your middle-age, eat walnuts.

8# Can keep dementia at bay: Eating walnuts everyday can help ward off dementia, say scientists. In the study, Dr. Abha Chauhan and his team from the New York State Institute found that mice deprived of walnuts suffered a dramatic loss in learning, memory and physical and emotional control. According to the results, vitamin E and flavanoids in walnuts helped destroy harmful free radical chemicals that cause dementia.  You may read more to find out how walnuts help prevent Alzheimer’s. Also read how walnuts help you keep your brain healthy.

9# Prevents pancreatic cancer: A new study has found that consumption of nuts, including walnuts, is inversely associated with risk of pancreatic cancer, independent of other potential risk factors for pancreatic cancer. Researchers looked at the association between nut consumption and risk of pancreatic cancer among 75,680 women in the Nurses’ Health Study, with no previous history of cancer. It was observed that the women who consumed a one-ounce serving of nuts two or more times per week had a significantly reduced risk of pancreatic cancer compared to those who largely abstained from nuts. Watch how it boosts your sex life.

10# Helps you live longer: Eating a handful of walnuts just thrice a week is the key to a longer life, a study has found. Scientists discovered that these edible seeds cut the risk of dying from cancer by 40 per cent and from cardiovascular disease by at least 55 per cent. In general, nut eaters in the research had a 39 per cent lesser risk of death and walnut eaters in particular a 45 per cent reduced threat. Also read the health benefits of green, leafy vegetables.

11# Great for pregnant women: Mothers-to-be who eat a diet rich in fatty acids such as those found in walnuts can reduce the baby’s chances of developing food allergies, researchers say. The research found that if a mother’s diet contains a certain group of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), the baby’s gut develops differently. The PUFAs are thought to improve how gut immune cells respond to bacteria and foreign substances, making the baby less likely to suffer from allergies.

12# Reduces breast cancer risk: The researchers at the Marshall University found that a daily dose of walnuts – equal to 2 ounces a day in humans – reduces the growth of breast cancer tumours in mice. Lead researcher Elaine Hardman, Ph.D., of Marshall’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, and colleagues studied the mice from the mother, through conception and throughout life. They then compared mice given walnuts to those fed a regular diet. The research found that the group whose diet included walnut at both stages developed breast cancer at less than half the rate of the group with the typical diet.  In addition, the number of tumours and their sizes were significantly smaller.

13# Can fight stress: If daily stress is taking a toll on your health, it’s time to eat walnuts, as they help fight stress, according to a study. The researchers found that including walnuts and walnut oil in the diet lowered both resting blood pressure and blood pressure responses to stress in the laboratory. Walnuts are a rich source of fibre, antioxidants, and unsaturated fatty acids, particularly alpha linolenic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid. These are the nutrients that give walnuts it’s stress fighting properties.

Sea Buckthorn seed Oil

Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) is one of the important natural resources of the mountainous regions of Ladakh, China and Russia. The plant grows naturally in sandy soil at an altitude of 1,200-4,500 meters (4,000-14,000 feet) in cold climates, though it can be cultivated at lower altitudes and into temperate zones. Recently it has been extensively planted across much of Ladakh, northern China, and in other countries, to prevent soil erosion and to serve as an economic resource for food and medicine products. 

Sea-buckthorn fruit can be used to make pies, jams, lotions, fruit & many other products. The juice or pulp has other potential applications in foods or beverages. In Mongolia, it is made into a juice drink, with concentrates also available. In Finland, it is used as a nutritional ingredient in baby food.

Fruit drinks were among the earliest sea-buckthorn products developed in China. Seabuckthorn-based juice is popular in Germany and Scandinavian countries. It provides a nutritious beverage, rich in vitamin C and carotenes.

For its troops confronting extremely low temperatures (Like Siachen), India's Defence Research Development Organization established a factory in Leh to manufacture a multi-vitamin herbal beverage based on sea-buckthorn juice.

The seed and pulp oils have nutritional properties that vary under different processing methods. Sea-buckthorn oils are used as a source for ingredients in several commercially available cosmetic products and nutritional supplements.

Constituents of Sea Buckthorn Fruit (per 100 grams fresh berries)
Vitamin C	200-1,500 mg (typical amount: 600 mg)
Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols)	Up to 180 mg (equal to about 270 IU)
Folic acid	Up to 80 mcg
Carotenoids, including beta carotene, lycopene, zeaxanthine; these contribute the yellow-orange-red colors of the fruit	30-40 mg
Fatty acids (oils); the main unsaturated fatty acids are oleic acid (omega-9), palmitoleic acid (omega-7), palmitic acid and linoleic acid (omega-6), and linolenic acid (omega-3); there are also saturated oils and sterols (mainly β-sitosterol)	6-11% (3-5% in fruit pulp, 8-18% in seed); fatty acid composition and total oil content vary with subspecies
Organic acids other than ascorbic (e.g., quinic acid, malic acid; ingredients similar to those found in cranberries)	Quantity not determined; expressed juice has pH of 2.7-3.3
Flavonoids (e.g., mainly isorhamnetin, quercetin glycosides, and kaempferol; these are the same flavonoids as found in Ginkgo biloba.	100-1,000 mg (0.1% to 1.0%)

The flavonoids of sea buckthorn (mainly from fruit pulp; also in the leaves) and the oils of sea buckthorn (primarily in the seeds, but also in the fleshy part of the fruit) are the two items specially extracted for medicinal use. Thus, for example, a flavonoid extract product is commonly produced that contains 80% flavonoids, with 20% of residual oils, vitamin C, and other components. Sometimes the flavonoid extract is combined with an oil extract; for example, a flavonoid-oil capsule (made from flavonoid extract and oil extract blended together in a soft gelatin capsule) is produced for use in treating cardiovascular disease.

In the oil fraction, the unsaturated fatty acids are of greatest interest; extracted oils have less of the flavonoids and almost none of the vitamin C of the fruit. The oil components from several samples have been analyzed as follows:

Main Constituents of Sea Buckthorn Oils from Seed, Fruit Pulp (juice), and Fruit Residue After Removing Juice. Figures are in milligrams per 100 grams or in percent (as indicated for breakdown of fatty acid composition).

Ingredient	Seed Oil	Pulp Oil	Fruit Residue Oil
Vitamin E	207	171	300-600
Vitamin K	110-230	54-59	-
Carotenoids	30-250	300-870	1280-1860
Total acids	11	38	-
Total flavonoids	-	-	550
Total sterols	1094	721	-
Oil Profile
Unsaturated fatty acids	87%	67%	70%
Saturated fatty acids	13%	33%	30%

The fruit residue, which includes the outer peel, is rich in the colorful carotenoids and vitamin E; the seed has the highest level of the unsaturated fatty acids and sterols.

HEALTH APPLICATIONS

Sea buckthorn has been shown to have a potent antioxidant activity, mainly attributed to its flavonoids and vitamin C content. Both the flavonoids and the oils from sea buckthorn have several potential applications. There are five areas of research that have been focal points for their use: as an aid to patients undergoing cancer therapy; a long-term therapy for reduction of cardiovascular risk factors; treatment of gastrointestinal ulcers; internal and topical therapy for a variety of skin disorders; and as a liver protective agent (for chemical toxins) and a remedy for liver cirrhosis.

Cancer therapy: Most of the work done in this area has been with laboratory animals. A group in India headed by HC Goel (at the Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, in Delhi) has published several reports on the potential of a hippophae extract (an alcohol extract, which would mainly contain the flavonoids) to protect the bone marrow from damage due to radiation; his group also showed that the extract may help faster recovery of bone marrow cells. In China, a study was done to demonstrate faster recovery of the hemopoietic system after high dose chemotherapy (with 5-FU) in mice fed the sea buckthorn oil. The seed oil has been found to enhance non-specific immunity and to provide anti-tumor effects in preliminary laboratory studies.

Cardiovascular diseases: In a double-blind clinical trial conducted in China , 128 patients with ischemic heart disease were given total flavonoids of sea buckthorn at 10 mg each time, three times daily, for 6 weeks. The patients had a decrease in cholesterol level and improved cardiac function; also they had less angina than those receiving the control drug. No harmful effect of sea buckthorn flavonoids was noted in renal functions or hepatic functions. The mechanism of action may include reduced stress of cardiac muscle tissue by regulation of inflammatory mediators. In a laboratory animal study, the flavonoids of sea buckthorn were shown to reduce the production of pathogenic thromboses. Some simple formulas based on sea buckthorn have been developed recently for treating cardiac disorders. For example, there is a liquid preparation of sea buckthorn flavonoids with carthamus (safflower) and licorice, called Ai Xin Bao (from the Shanxi Ai Xin Biological Technology Development Center), which is intended for use in treatment of coronary heart disease and sequelae of heart attack and stroke, through improving blood circulation and restoring cardiac function.

Gastric ulcers: Hippophae is traditionally used in the treatment of gastric ulcers, and laboratory studies confirm the efficacy of the seed oil for this application. Its functions may be to normalize output of gastric acid and reduce inflammation by controlling pro-inflammatory mediators.

Liver cirrhosis: A clinical trial demonstrated that sea buckthorn extracts helped normalize liver enzymes, serum bile acids, and immune system markers involved in liver inflammation and degeneration. In addition, sea buckthorn oil protects the liver from damaging effects of toxic chemicals, as revealed in laboratory studies.

Skin: An ingredient of the oil, palmitoleic acid, is a component of skin. It is considered a valuable topical agent in treating burns and healing wounds. This fatty acid can also nourish the skin when taken orally if adequate quantities of sea buckthorn or its oil are consumed; this is a useful method for treating systemic skin diseases, such as atopic dermatitis . The only other major plant source of palmitoleic acid is macadamia nuts; the oil is used to nourish the skin. Sea buckthorn oil is already widely used alone or in various preparations topically applied for burns, scalds, ulcerations, and infections. It is an ingredient in sunblock-hippophae oil has UV-blocking activity as well as emollient properties-and it is an aid in promoting regeneration of tissues. The fruit may also be used for benefiting the hair: the name hippophae, means shiny horse, and refers to the good coat developed by horses feeding off the plant.

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