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Lophatherum Essence is the first high-tech natural health food in the world developed from bamboo leaf flavones and coumarin lactones using advanced processing technology. It is also a special health food for China’s aerospace industry. Its raw materials come from the bamboo leaf grown in Zhejiang, China, which contains a rich variety of bioactive components and nutriments that are important to our health, and is an ideal plant that can be used as both food and medicine.

Bamboo is one of the most valuable plants in the world. Its application as medicine was recorded as early as 1500 years ago in Chinese medical books of different times. Bamboo leaf also has a long history of application as both food and medicine in China. Profound researches on bamboo leaf has allowed its extract to be used extensively in the fields that include medicine, food, anti-oxidant and cosmetics.

Lophatherum Essence takes bamboo leaf as main ingredient and is refined by modern biotechnology. It has become a favorable choice by consumers since its debut on the market years ago.

It is clinically proven by Shanghai First People’s Hosiptal: the flavone from bamboo leaf can eliminate various active oxygen-derived free radicals, inhibit the peroxidation of lipids, cleanse blood vessels, and has good effect on cardio-cerebral vascular protection. Furthermore, flavone extracted from bamboo leaf also has a good immunoregulation function that will significantly promote the resistance of body to adverse environment and diseases.

Bamboo leaf can be consumed either as food or medicine. It is safe and with no toxic or adverse effect. Its safety is comparable to that of other medicinal-edible plants including Chinese date, ginger, honey, medlar, lotus leaf, and fresh reed rhizome. Researches show that no toxic and adverse effect is associated with bamboo leaf flavone, and it is free of hormones and anti-nutrition factors. It will participate in metabolism and be immediately discharged from the body without accumulation, and thus has edibility with great safety.

The fine outstanding manufacturing process of this bamboo product leads to its definite functional ingredients, high purity, high stability and high hydrophilicity. Compared with normal flavones, bamboo leaf flavone has advantages in its stable structure, resistance to degradation, and direct effect on deep lesion access.

Researches prove that bamboo leaf extract contains effective components such as flavones, lactones, amino acids, active peptide, manganese, zinc, and selenium. This Lophatherum Essence takes bamboo leaf flavones as key ingredient with the function of blood-lipid regulation. Clinical experiments show that it is a safe and effective health food that applies to different kinds of blood-lipid abnormalities. It is also effective in preventing cardiovascular diseases, anti-free radicals, anti-oxidation, anti-fatigue, immunity-enhancement, anti-inflammation, sleep improvement, and beautification, etc. Simply said, it cares for your heart and brain.

With unlimited benefits resulted from this lophatherum essence / bamboo leaf, you can inevitably want to know more what can actually help. It is a long term and ongoing process, the effect they produced, provide long term stability to your heart and brain.

When you hear the word “mushroom”, the most likely image that pops into your head is that small squishy thing with the stalk and round cap. Maybe you even imagine Toad, the character from the Super Mario games who’s shaped like a mushroom. What if you found out that the small squishy thing can be used to rejuvenate people? It might surprise you, but there is such a mushroom, and it’s called the tremella mushroom.

The tremella doesn’t have the stalk-and-cap appearance we associate with most mushrooms. It actually has a jelly-like appearance, so it’s classified among the “jelly fungi”. Of the 100 species of tremella mushrooms worldwide, two species are cultivated for food, namely the Tremella fuciformis and the Tremella aurantialba. The Tremella fuciformis is the one used for its medicinal properties.

The T. fuciformis can be identified by its white, jelly-like appearance. It can be found in tropical and subtropical areas growing on the dead or fallen branches of trees. The mushroom can be found in countries like Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, and China. The T. fuciformis has been monikered “white jelly mushroom”, “snow fungus”, and even “silver ear fungus” by the Chinese.

The Chinese have cultivated the T. fuciformis since the 19th century. It is used in sweet dishes like luk mei, combined with dried longans, jujubes, and other ingredients. It is also mixed in drinks and can be used as ice cream. These uses can be attributed to the mushroom’s jelly-like nature.

You won’t find T. fuciformis sold as T. fuciformis; instead, it is sold under its genus name, Tremella. Tremella can rejuvenate skin by providing vitamin D that aids in skin cell metabolism. When skin metabolism increases, blood flow to the skin also increases, resulting in smoother skin. Tremella also has liver-protecting properties.

Like the maitake and shiitake mushrooms, Tremella can enhance the immune system. The mushroom has acidic polysaccharides that boost the strength of white blood cells that protect the body from bacteria, viruses, and the like. In two separate studies, Tremella ranked alongside the maitake mushroom in terms of effectiveness in immune system enhancement.

Tremella can also regulate cholesterol levels and fight tumors. Tumors need their own vessel systems to develop and spread. A blood chemical found in Tremella, called platelet-activating factor (PAF), lessens the ability of blood to clot, arresting the spread of tumors. For more information on the Tremella mushroom, read the articles on seacoast.com/topic.php?health=tremella+health+benefits.

Whole Green peas are also known as Green Vatana or Matar. Belonging to the legume family whole peas are pale green in color and of an inch around. The scientific name of green peas is Pisum Sativum. Originated in the Middle East nearly 10,000 years back this vegetable has become quite popular all over the world especially in places like Canada, India, China, Mediterranean region and many European countries. Interestingly enough the cultivation of peas saved England from famine in 1555. In these days Canada is the largest producer and exporter of green peas.

Green peas are very beneficial for your health. Take a look at its nutritive value per 100 gm.

oCarbohydrates: 17.7 gm.
oProtein: 6.7 gm.
oVitamin A: 680 I.U.
oVitamin B: Thiamine .34 mg.
oVitamin C: 26 mg.
oNiacin: 2.7 mg.
oRiboflavin: .16 mg.
oCalories: 98
oFat: 4 gm.
oPhosphorus: 122 mg.
oCalcium: 22 mg.
oIron: 1.9 mg.
oPotassium: 200 mg.

With such high nutritive value green peas are the source of a lot of goodness. They are starchy and sweet in taste. The best part is that the tine peas contain twice the protein of most of the vegetables. Three quarters cup of whole green peas offer 6 gm of protein, iron, calcium, niacin, phosphorus, riboflavin, potassium, thiamine and 645 units of Vitamin A. So they can easily replace meat.

Since nature has packed so much goodness in green pea it is not surprising to know how much health benefit it can offer.

1.Green peas help to reduce cholesterol level in the blood because they contain nicotinic acid.
2.The Vitamin A and C content of green peas ensures the prevention of cancer.
3.Green peas are capable of dissolving clumps of red blood cells. You will find the presence of lectins a special plant protein in peas. This plant protein prevents blood clotting.
4.Also popularly known as body building food peas offer energy to your body.
5.Green peas are also good for bone health.
6.They contain insoluble fiber that helps to lower cholesterol level and aids intestinal mobility.
7.Green peas can reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease.
8.Green peas also contain lutein which helps to reduce the risk of cataracts as well as age related muscular degeneration.
9.Green peas can prevent anemia due to its high content of iron which is absolutely essential for blood cell formation as well as function.

Though whole green peas have several health benefits people having purine-related problem should avoid this vegetable. If you have kidney problems having peas is not good for you since green peas contain a substance called purines.

In order to have the maximum benefit choose green peas those are sold in fresh pods.