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Maori planted Para very close to their settlements so that they could have easy access to them. The cooked bracts (horseshoe), taste like potato, so Para was given another common name – ‘Potato fern’.

Rather than taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) millions of women are putting their faith in a remedy, which has been used for thousands of years as a safe and amazingly effective remedy called maca a cruciferous vegetable grown in Peru.

Food that is irradiated uses radioactive gamma sources, or a high energy beam. This energy breaks up the molecular structure of food, forming positively and negatively charged particles known as free radicals.

Asthma • As soon as you witness the breathing difficulty emerge, get them to suck ice. • Ice grabs the stringy mucous and helps open the airways. • There’s always a cow’s milk and wheat allergy, any food that produces mucous affects asthmatics.

If you feel you are experiencing any heart symptoms, increase your intake of cayenne pepper.

Psychiatry is now firmly entrenched into the educational system is diagnosing and treating children for learning and behaviour disorders and predominantly for what they call attention-deficit and hyperactivity.

There are so many varieties of mint plants, but the peppermint menthe mint is a source of methanol flavour used commercially for foods such as in ice creams, in baked goods, tobacco, some pharmaceutical medicines, alcohol, chewing gum, candy and other sweets, but traditionally used (carefully) as an anti-parasitic agent.

The main issue is the philosophical difference between midwives and obstetricians. Midwives view pregnancy and the natural process of birthing as a normal part of life’s passage. They rely on their intuitive skills, hands, eyes and ears plus hearts, whereas obstetricians believe their technology to be more accurate, effective and reliable than any human can be.

Foods that are fried, have pastry and too much meat only increase insulin levels through faulty fat-sugar conversion. So no pies, pastries, fried potatoes and chicken, fast foods etc, rather swap these foods for fresh juices, rice and fresh vegetables.