BAY LEAF HEALTH BENEFITS

It is an herb made popular by the Greeks and commonly known as the bay leaf, the Greeks make it famous by crowning their heroes with wreaths made out of sweet bay leaves. It can come from a variety of different trees. One of the more widely known sources is the bay laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Other varieties of bay leaves include the California bay leaf, the Indian bay leaf, the Indonesian bay leaf, the West Indian bay leaf, and the Mexican bay leaf.


Each variety of bay leaf has a slightly different taste. Bay leaves may be used fresh, dried, ground, or whole. There are a variety of health benefits and uses of bay leaves, making them a popular herb for cooking.

Many people add bay leaves to their foods, especially red meat and poultry meat.

Don't know why bay leaves are added to food?
When a woman is asked why, she says it is to flavor the food.
So why do you put bay leaves in the meat?

The addition of bay leaves to meat converts triglycerides to monounsaturated fats, and for experimentation and confirmation:

Cut the chicken in half and cook each half in a pan and place on one bay leaf, and the other without bay leaf and observe the amount of fat in both pans.
Most recipes call for only one or two bay leaves. The trick to melding the flavor of the bay leaf into your dish is time. The longer your dish cooks with the bay leaf, the more flavor you'll get.
Recent scientific studies have shown that bay leaves have many benefits.

Bay leaves provide flavor without added sodium and can be found in the spice section of most grocery stores throughout the year as dried, crumble and ground bay leaves. There are fresh bay leaves in the produce section of some markets, however, fresh bay leaves don't last long, so they are not as common as dried.

  Helps to get rid of many serious health problems and illnesses,

  The benefits of bay leaf are: -

#. Relieves Anxiety
Bay leaf burning has been used as a way to relieve stress for centuries. ... People who burn bay leaves regularly note that the smoke puts you in a “psychedelic state,” but it doesn't make you tired; the smoke can calm your body while simultaneously perking you up.

#. Eliminates insomnia, if taken before bed, helps you relax and sleep peacefully.

#. Bay leaf treats digestive disorders and helps eliminate lumps.

#. Heartburn,

#. Acidity

#. Constipation,

#. It regulates bowel movement by drinking hot bay tea.

#. Diabetes.
It lowers blood sugar. It allows the body to produce insulin by drinking bay tea for a month.

#. Cholesterol.
Eliminates bad cholesterol and relieves the body of triglycerides, taking ground bay leaf seems to increase “good” high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels in these people.

#. Very useful in treating colds, flu, and severe cough as it is a rich source of vitamin "C", you can boil the leaves and inhale steam to get rid of phlegm and reduce the severity of the cough.

#. Bay leaf protects the heart from seizures and strokes as it contains cardiovascular protective compounds.

#.Cancer.
Rich in acids such as caffeic acid, quercetin, eigonol and bartolinide, substances that prevent the formation of cancer cells in the body.

#. Drinking a cup of boiled bay leaves twice a day breaks kidney stones and cures infections.

Bay leaf Tea Recipe
#. 3 Bay leaves
#. 16 oz of water
#. 1 large lemon juice

Put ingredients together and bring to a boil
Drink when it has cool down.

Reference: Webmd, Verywellfit,

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