by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Feb 24, 2022 | Food and Nutrition
Lutein and zeaxanthin are a class of carotenoids that help protect vision and prevent cellular damage. These are two subcategories of carotenoids, the other being carotenes. While carotenes are orange pigments, lutein and zeaxanthin are yellow pigments. This class of...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Feb 23, 2022 | Food and Nutrition
Cancer prevention foods have been an area of scientific study. Let us first look at some facts on cancer. According to the Cancer Statistics Center of the American Cancer Society, a total of 1.74 million new cancer cases and 0.61 million deaths from cancer occurred in...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Feb 20, 2022 | Remedies and medicine
The FAO estimates the global trade in henna leaves and powder to be 9,000 metric tonnes. The major suppliers of henna are India, Pakistan, Iran, and Sudan. Since the first millennium BC, when henna was closely associated with the divine coupling of goddess and consort...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Feb 9, 2022 | Remedies and medicine
Myrrh is the aromatic gum or resin that exudes from the stems and branches of more than 150 species in the Commiphora genus of the Burseraceae family (e.g., Commiphora myrrha, Commiphora molmol, Commiphora gileadensis). These species, which are rare today, are...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Jan 27, 2022 | Remedies and medicine
Hemp is one of the earliest crops known to man (Sagan, 1977). Pottery discovered from an ancient village site c. 7000 BC in Taiwan revealed its use to make hemp cord. Hemp fiber wrapped around a baby skeleton was found at Catahoyuk in Turkey c. 9000 BC. Cannabis seed...
