Colloidal oatmeal is finely-ground oatmeal that has been added to water. Despite sounding like a fad product, this milky-white colloid has been commercially available since 1945, and contains just as many health benefits as regular oatmeal. In this article, you’ll learn more about these health benefits and how to prepare a bath using an oatmeal colloid. List of Health Benefits Treats numerous skin conditions – Oats are rich in beta-glucans, which are polysaccharides that can…
Colloidal silver, also called silver water, is a colloid consisting of silver particles suspending in a liquid (usually demineralized water). It was treasured by physicians in the early twentieth century, who used it to treat their patients’ bacterial and fungal infections. Even before then, however, many ancient people such as the Persians, Babylonians, and Greeks understood the benefits of silver, and often placed their water in silver vessels to preserve its freshness. Unlike colloidal gold,…
Many people know about colloidal silver and its proven germicidal and antibacterial properties. Colloidal gold, on the other hand, is not quite as well-known. This is unfortunate, since this clear, tasteless colloid – which is made from tiny gold particles suspended in water – provides us with similarly impressive health benefits. Whereas colloidal silver cleanses our bodies of microbes and bacteria, however, colloidal gold has a different purpose: it improves our mental faculties and rejuvenates…
Brewer’s yeast is a byproduct of the beer-making process. It is obtained during the process of formation from the grain, hop, and malt extracts, and absorbs the vitamins and nutrients contained in them throughout the process. Unlike nutritional yeast and baker’s yeast, real brewer’s yeast has a bitter (though not necessarily unpleasant) taste due to its active chromium content. List of Health Benefits B vitamin complex – Brewer’s yeast contains unusually high amounts of B…
You have to hand it to South America: that part of the world produces an impressive number of nutritious foods. The vitamin C-rich camu camu, the sweet and juicy mangosteen, the antioxidant-packed acai berry… all of them are native to that fertile continent. If there’s one South American food that stands head and shoulders above the rest in the health department, however, it’s Peruvian Ginseng – or, as it’s more commonly known, maca. Native to…
