Milk and Honey. People have been drinking this mixture since biblical times. It works! You know a glass of warm milk helps you go to sleep. If you add honey to it you speed up the process. The calcium in the milk calms the nervous system which makes you sleepy, while the honey triggers serotonin, which relaxes you even more. A new study found that honey helps the body absorb calcium, so this combo helps strengthen your bones better than milk alone.
Another potent mix: Bell Peppers and Garlic. Separately these help a little bit to lower cholesterol, but together, they’re as powerful as some prescriptions! Garlic is proven to relax blood vessels. When it’s teamed up with the vitamin C in Bell Peppers it can do its job 300% better! The pepper - garlic combo has been shown to drop systolic blood pressure by 20 points.
Put some mandarin orange slices on top of your spinach salad. The vitamin C in the oranges helps your body absorb more iron from the spinach, meaning you’ll get an extra boost of energy. Studies show that when we have spinach on its own, we’re only absorbing about 15% of the iron we’re eating. Pair it up with some oranges though, and you’re getting double.
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