Your New Superfood – Fresh Herbs
Your New Superfood – Fresh Herbs
Look no further than your herb garden, there lies your new superfood – fresh herbs. With many foods boasting superfood status, none are as flavourful and easy to incorporate into your diet as herbs. You can add them to any of your favourite recipes and enjoy their health benefits as well as the added flavour.
Herbs have been used for centuries as part of the wisdoms of natural healing methods. Herbs, have a host of nutrients that can help healing from inflammation.
Each of the herbs mentioned in the graphic below, contain an arsenal of anti-inflammatory properties and many remarkable health benefits. With these herbs on your side, you will not only gain better health.
For example, rosemary, contains potent antioxidants as well as anti-inflammatory agents. Rosemary improves concentration, boosts memory, and lift depression. Rosemary also strengthens the immune system, improves circulation, stimulates digestion, and fights cancer, as well.
Another example is oregano, it contains an oil that is a very potent anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral agent, rosmarinic acid( also found in rosemary).
With this in mind, the graphic below, along with detailed illustrations, discusses the numerous health benefits that some of the most popularly used herbs can have as well as the best ways to store them and interesting historical facts.
