| Ask Your Supermarket Shelves – By Susan Jimison | ||
| Illness | Food | Effect |
| Headaches | Fish | Eat plenty of fish – fish oil helps prevent headaches. So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain. |
| Hay Fever | Yogurt | Eat lots of yogurt before pollen season |
| Strokes | Tea | Prevent buildup of fatty deposits on artery walls with regular doses of tea. |
| Insomnia | Honey | Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative. |
| Asthma | Onions | Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. |
| Arthritis | Fish | Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. |
| Upset Stomach | Bananas, Ginger | Bananas will settle an upset stomach. Ginger will cure morning sickness and nausea. |
| Bladder Infections | Cranberry Juice | High-acid cranberry juice controls harmful bacteria |
| Bone Problems | Pineapple | Bone fractures and osteoporosis can be prevented by the manganese in pineapple. |
| PMS | Cornflakes | Women can ward off the effects of PMS with cornflakes, which help reduce depression, anxiety and fatigue. |
| Memory Problems | Oysters | Oysters help improve your mental functioning by supplying much-needed zinc. |
| Colds | Garlic | Clear up that stuffy head with garlic. |
| Cough | Red Pepper | A substance similar to that found in the cough syrups is found in hot red pepper. |
| Breast Cancer | Wheat, Bran, Cabbage | Wheat, bran and cabbage help maintain estrogen at healthy levels. |
| Lung Cancer | Orange & Green Veggies | A good antidote is beta carotene, a form of Vitamin A found in dark green and orange vegetables. |
| Ulcers | Cabbage | Cabbage contains chemicals that help heal both gastric and duodenal ulcers. |
| Diarrhea | Apples | Grate an apple with its skin, let it turn brown and eat it to cure this condition. |
| Clogged Arteries | Avocados | Monounsaturated fat in avocados lowers cholesterol. |
| High Blood Pressure | Olive Oil, Celery | Olive oil has been shown to lower blood pressure. Celery contains a chemical that lowers pressure, too. |
| Blood Sugar Imbalance | Broccoli, Peanuts | The chromium in broccoli and peanuts helps regulate insulin and blood sugar. |
