Superfoods for Better Health, Looking Good and Feeling Great
Parsley is rich in nutrition and eating parsley regularly can have significant health benefits, including a potentially lower risk of cancer and heart disease and reducing inflammation from osteoporosis and arthritis. Parsley has many nutrients for healthy skin and hair and parsley juice is especially good for kidney cleansing and liver detoxification. Crushed parsley is also useful for getting rid of dark circles under the eyes, while a parsley face mask can help with acne, dark spots and discolored skin.
Parsley and garlic oil are a particularly potent combination for better health. They both contain substances that may help prevent cancer, improve cardiovascular health and strengthen our immune systems against viral infections like the common cold.
Parsley oil is also an exceptional natural deodorizer and will actually make the usually pungent garlic oil odorless. Very good news if you want the health benefits of garlic while still being able Read more »
Dark circles under the eyes and not a great thing to wake up to in the mirror in the morning. Most people have some discoloration of the delicate skin under their eyes to varying degrees, particularly after a big night out. But for many of us this is a more persistent problem.
There are many potential causes of dark circles under the eyes. While some people may have a genetic disposition, more commonly they are caused by lack of sleep, stress, eating unhealthy junk food, excess alcohol, menstruation for Read more »
Parsley is well known for its skin lightening properties that can help reduce the appearance of dark spots and discolored skin.
Some commercial products trumpet its addition in their formulas, but why pay exorbitant prices for minuscule extracts, when you can easily make a parsley face mask at home for a fraction of the cost and at much greater strength and effectiveness? Read more »
Fresh parsley is a simple and nutritious food to add to a variety of meals such as salads, soups, pesto, pasta and rice dishes, stir fries and sandwiches.
Eating parsley is also a great way to get many of the important nutrients for healthy skin and hair into your diet.
Parsley is rich in vitamin C which is needed for collagen production, clearing up blemishes and maintaining good skin tone. The very high levels of vitamin K in it may also help improve skin’s Read more »
Both parsley and carrot are excellent skin foods. But with the addition of garlic, turmeric and coconut oil, this soup is a really nutritious food for healthy skin.
I like my soups quick, simple and tasty, with as many superfoods as I can pack into them. This carrot and parsley soup really fits the bill.
Here is a really rich and tasty yet very healthy parsley pesto recipe with pumpkin seeds and garlic. You can use it to add a satisfying flavor to rice and pasta dishes, on chicken or fish, or even on its own spread over pita or flatbread.
Personally, I like the contrast of the stronger flavor of the pumpkin seeds to go with the distinctive parsley taste and powerful garlic. Other nuts like pinenuts or walnuts could easily replace the pumpkin seeds though. Read more »
Parsley juice is a potent and concentrated version of all the nutrition in the herb, including a rich array of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, enzymes, chlorophyll and volatile oils.
Parsley is also known to be especially good for kidney cleansing and liver detoxification and this page will suggest two recipes for this purpose, the first using a juicer and the second a blender. Read more »
Most people think of parsley as just decoration and leave it to the side of the plate uneaten. That’s a shame because the health benefits of parsley are quite amazing and it’s a superfood we’d all do well to eat a lot more of, particularly if we’d like to lower our risk of diseases like cancer, arthritis and heart disease.
Parsley is also a very beneficial digestive aid, detoxifier and cleanser and can even make you smell better. There’s definitely a lot more to this herb than just garnish. Read more »