The life without Diseases

I know the Title of this post is very impressive because everyone of us want a life like that. This topic has a lot to discuss. but before going to it, I would like to give a conclusion about the topic.

"If you want to live without Diseases, you should simply change your lifestyle". There is no other shortcuts. Life without disease is Success, and success doesn't have any shortcuts.

Before we going to the point, we have to know some basic knowledge about diseases.

What is Disease?

A disease is an abnormal condition that affects the body of an organism. It is often construed as a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs (wikipedia).

But actually a Disease is an activity of an organism to remove the poison from its body.

Diseases are of Symptom and Signs. The common Symptom of almost every disease is Weariness. But Actually we should find out a word instead of disease. because they are more than disease.
Fever is a disease. But only few knows, It's a kind of prevention of body to remove unwanted particles from body by generating heat. Cough is a disease, in which body removes wastes from the lungs. Stomach ache is a disease where body says "This part is under Construction, Please don't eat any food." 
 More than a disease, it's a kind of prevention of our body. And our reaction over diseases are usually an unhealthy one. We all need sudden cure from its symptoms. For that we consumes lots of medicines. This is an unhealthy behaviour.
For Eg. Our Lungs accumulates of some unwanted things in it and our body going to take it out as Cough. The Cough ends when body removes it completely. But when you take medicine for it, the symptom stops suddenly. that means our body cant finish the work. And the wastes are still there in our body. when this medicine repeats whenever the Cough is coming, that will normally increases the intensity of Cough and may lead to some Asthma, Bronchitis etc. So first we should understand what is a Disease and what is not. Following posts are about diseases. In which we discuss many diseases and their proper way of treatments also.

Purslane

• Portulaca oleracea is known as Common Purslane.
• It will grow up to 40cm height.
• There is approximately 40 varieties are cultivated.
• It is considered an exotic weed in United States.
• It has smooth, reddish, mostly prostrate stems and alternate leaves clustered at stem joints and ends.
• It's flower is yellow and have 5 regular parts of 6mm wide.
• Depending upon rainfall, the flowers appear anytime during the year.
• The flower opens singly at the center of the leaf cluster for only a few hours on sunny mornings.
• Seeds are formed in a tiny pod, which opens when the seeds are mature.
• It has a taproot with fibrous secondary roots.
• It has a slightly sour and salty taste.
• It's stem, leaves and flower buds all are edible.

100g of Raw Purslane V/S Daily Nutrients (with % of Daily Values)

• 16 Calories.
• 1.3g of Protein (3%).
• 0.1g of Total Fat. 
• 3.43g of Total Carbohydrate.
• 1320 IU of Vitamin A (26%).
• 21mg of Vitamin C (35%).
• 0.047mg of Vitamin B1 (3%).
• 0.112mg of Vitamin B2 (7%).
• 0.48mg of Vitamin B3 (2%).
• 0.036mg of Vitamin B5.
• 0.073mg of Vitamin B6 (4%).
• 12mcgs of Vitamin B9 (3%).
• 65mg of Calcium (7%).
• 68mg of Magnesium (17%).
• 44mg of Phosphorus (4%).  
• 494mg of Potassium (14%).
• 45mg of Sodium (2%).
• 0.113mg of Copper (6%).
• 1.99mg of Iron (11%).
• 0.303mg of Manganese (15%).
• 0.9mcgs of Selenium (1%).
• 0.17mg of Zinc (1%).

  100g of Cooked Purslane V/s Daily Nutrients (with % of Daily Values)

• 18 Calories.
• 1.49g of Protein (3%).
• 0.19g of Total Fat. 
• 3.55g of Total Carbohydrate.
• 1852 IU of Vitamin A (37%).
• 10.5mg of Vitamin C (18%).
• 0.031mg of Vitamin B1 (2%).
• 0.09mg of Vitamin B2 (5%).
• 0.46mg of Vitamin B3 (2%).
• 0.036mg of Vitamin B5.
• 0.07mg of Vitamin B6 (4%).
• 9mcgs of Vitamin B9 (2%).
• 78mg of Calcium (8%).
• 67mg of Magnesium (17%).
• 37mg of Phosphorus (4%).  
• 488mg of Potassium (14%).
• 44mg of Sodium (2%).
• 0.114mg of Copper (6%).
• 0.77mg of Iron (4%).
• 0.307mg of Manganese (15%).
• 0.9mcgs of Selenium (1%).
• 0.17mg of Zinc (1%).

Health Benefits of Purslane

• There is a huge reduction in the amount of Iron in Purslane while cooking.
• They are rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Magnesium, Potassium, Iron and Manganese.
• They contains more Omega-3 fatty acids than any other leafy vegetable plant (300 to 400mg per 100g of Purslane leaf).
• Studies shown that Purslane contains 0.01mg/g of eicosapentaenoic acid(EPA). EPA is an Omega-3 fatty acid.
• 50g of Purslane contains 910mg of Oxalate which implicated in the formation of kidney stones. Cooking reduces the soluble Oxalate content by 27%.
• It uses as Medicine for several illness.

 Famous Purslane Dishes

• Seed cakes (Australian Aborigines).
• Andrakla / Glystrida (Greek).
• Burdullak (Albania).

Pumpkin

• Pumpkins are Cucurbita genus and Cucurbitaceae family.
• The word Pumpkin originates from the Greek word "Pepon".
• The origin of Pumpkins is not definitely known, but they are thought to have originated in North America.
• The largest Pumpkins are Cucurbita Maxima, they weight over 34kgs.
• Pumpkins are monoecious, having both male and female flowers on the same plant.
• The main Nutrients in Pumpkin are lutein and both alpha and beta carotene.
• Of the seven continents, only Antarctica is unable to produce Pumpkins.
• Pumpkins are a warm-weather crop.
• Honeybee's play a significant role in the fertilization of Pumpkins.

100g of Raw Pumpkin V/s Daily Nutrients (with % of Daily Values)

• 26 Calories.
• 1g of Protein (2%).
• 0.1g of Total Fat. 
• 6.5g of Total Carbohydrate.
• 0.5g of Dietary Fiber (2%).
• 0.052g of Saturated Fat.
• 7384 IU of Vitamin A (148%).
• 1.06mg of Vitamin E (4%).
• 1.1mcgs of Vitamin K (1%).
• 9mg of Vitamin C (15%).
• 0.05mg of Vitamin B1 (3%).
• 0.09mg of Vitamin B2 (6%).
• 0.6mg of Vitamin B3 (3%).
• 0.298mg of Vitamin B5 (3%).
• 0.061mg of Vitamin B6 (3%).
• 16mcgs of Vitamin B9 (4%).
• 21mg of Calcium (2%).
• 12mg of Magnesium (3%).
• 44mg of Phosphorus (4%).  
• 340mg of Potassium (10%).
• 1mg of Sodium.
• 0.127mg of Copper (6%).
• 0.80mg of Iron (4%).
• 0.125mg of Manganese (6%).
• 0.3mcgs of Selenium.
• 0.32mg of Zinc (2%).

100g of Cooked Pumpkin V/s Daily Nutrients (with % of Daily Values)

• 20 Calories.
• 0.72g of Protein (1%).
• 0.07g of Total Fat. 
• 4.9g of Total Carbohydrate.
• 1.1g of Dietary Fiber (4%).
• 0.037g of Saturated Fat.
• 4992 IU of Vitamin A (100%).
• 0.8mg of Vitamin E (3%).
• 0.8mcgs of Vitamin K (1%).
•  4.7mg of Vitamin C (8%).
• 0.031mg of Vitamin B1 (2%).    
• 0.078mg of Vitamin B2 (5%).
• 0.413mg of Vitamin B3 (2%).
• 0.201mg of Vitamin B5 (2%).
• 0.044mg of Vitamin B6 (2%).
• 9mcgs of Vitamin B9 (2%).
• 15mg of Calcium (2%).
• 9mg of Magnesium (2%).
• 30mg of Phosphorus (3%).  
• 230mg of Potassium (7%).
• 1mg of Sodium.
• 0.091mg of Copper (5%).
• 0.57mg of Iron (3%).
• 0.089mg of Manganese (4%).
• 0.2mcgs of Selenium.
• 0.23mg of Zinc (2%).

  Health Benefits of Pumpkin

•  They are rich in Vitamin A and good in Vitamin C, Vitamin B2 and Potassium.

• It's an excellent source of Zea-xanthin, which protects eyes from UV rays and protects from Age related macular disease. 
• Raw Pumpkins have more amount of nutrients than in Cooked Pumpkins.  

Famous Pumpkin Dishes

• Halawa yaqtin (Middle East).
• Kadu ka halwa (India).
• Tempura (Japan).
• Dessert (Thai Land).