Strong Bones and Healthy Joints

Everyone needs strong bones. Bones are made of mostly collagen (a protein that is like a soft framework for bones) and calcium phosphate, a mineral that makes bones hard. Collagen and calcium work together to make bones strong and flexible. The bones in your body form your skeleton. Your skeleton is very strong, but also very light.

Herbal remedies for strong bones:

Fresh vegetables, fruits and herbal juices are a wonderful, rich source of vitamins, minerals and nutrients. If you decide to begin the treatment by means of juicing you should know that it would be better not to consume any meat or meat products during this time. The treatment usually lasts for 2 weeks and juices are taken 30 min before meal, 1-1,5 cups 2-3 times a day. Herbal juices are taken ¼ cup 3-4 times a day. Food should not be very hot or cold.

Before breakfast drink cup of tea with peppermint, anise, sage, St.John's wort or plantain.

Milk products, honey and grains are very useful.

It is advisable to reduce the consumption of bread and bread related products as well as veal, liver, kidney, ect.

Eat more vegetables-cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant, onions, garlic, green peas, pepper, mushrooms, radish, beans and zucchini.

Eat more fruit-apples, cherries, plums, pears and apricots. However,hold off on bananas and oranges.

Salad: 100g of plantain and 100 g of nettle keep in boiling water for 3 min, cut, add hardboiled egg, leek and vegetable oil or sour cream.

Soups: 1 kg of cowberries, lemon peel and cinnamon. Cook for 10-15 min and make a puree. Boil 1 cup of rise, combine with cowberries, sweeten to the taste and cook for 30 more min.

In chicken or vegetable broth cook potatoes, onion, carrot and rise, add 200 g of burdock leaves and cook for 5-8 more min. add sour cream, and parsley or some other cooking herb.

Fried willow herb: 200 g of willow herb roots wash well in cold water, cut to pieces 2-3 centimeters, cover with bread crumbs and put in the oven or fry in pen for 15 min.

200 g of goosefoot - cut and stew in butter at low heat. Add sour cream before eating.

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