From Ginger to Honey, surprisingly healthy updates on your favorite kitchen cures.
Lemon Juice
Prevents kidney stones. The same potent citric acid that makes lemons good hair lighteners also reduces calcium excretion and may help prevent kidney stones from forming. If you’re prone to them, drink a glass of lemonade (made from actual lemon juice, with little added sugar) daily.
Honey
Calm a canker sore. In a Saudi Arabian study, people who dabbed honey on these irritating sores had less pain and healed faster than those who used other treatments (a steroid cream and an over-the-counter canker sore paste that forms a protective barrier). After two days, the people who used honey reported that their pain was completely gone; it took up to eight days for users of the other treatments to feel better. Researchers suspect that honey’s anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties help ease pain and promote wound healing.
Ginger
Lowers blood sugar. A go-to remedy for seasickness and pregnancy, this fragrant spice may help people who have diabetes or who are at risk of developing it. In an Iranian study, people who were randomly selected to take a ginger powder supplement (two grams a day) for 12 weeks had lower levels of blood sugar and blood fats linked to inflammation compared with those who received a placebo. Ginger may inhibit an enzyme that’s linked to raising blood sugar.
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