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Sugar and Salt
Sugar, particularly white sugar, is a sweet poison. Sugar is one thing which we can safely exclude from our diet. At this a bitter question arises, “how much sugar do we need?” Many types of food contain sugar and it is impossible to avoid it completely. Nature has provided sugar and salt along with vitamins, minerals etc. in many food items to meet our needs.
What we add is in excess and it does more harm than good. You may not have a weight problem now, but if you eat too much sugar, you would have it later in life, together with dental trouble, heart disease, strokes, diabetes, backache, arthritis, gall-stones and high blood pressure. Hence, it should be the first item to be banned from ‘our diet. However, you may use honey but in a very small quantity. Similarly salt should be used very sparingly, as it is very harmful in hypertension and many other diseases. Nature has provided enough salt in all vegetables and many fruits. A word of caution - shun the habit of adding salt at the dining table.
Garlic - A Powerful Panacea
Cultivation of garlic was started centuries ago long before records were kept. The country of its origin is, therefore, not clear, but believed to be southern Europe. Garlic, owing to its pungent smell needs no introduction anywhere even to those who have never tasted or even seen it. The penetrating odor of this herb is caused by its main ingredient, which is a volatile oil. This is very unfortunate, for many more people would have tried garlic but for its strong and lingering smell. During the First World War, garlic was used with great success for treating the wounded in the....