10 health benefits of chives

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EATING CHIVES IS BENEFICIAL TO YOUR DIGESTIVE TRACT BECAUSE OF ITS ABUNDANCE IN DIETARY FIBER, WHICH CLEANSES THE GUT AND PROMOTES PROPER WASTE EXCRETION. THIS HERB ALSO CONTAINS ALLYL SULFIDES (SIMILARLY FOUND IN GARLIC) THAT TREAT DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS SUCH AS INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.

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C H I V E S

T R E A T S D I G E S T I V E P R O B L E M S

EATING CHIVES IS BENEFICIAL TO YOURDIGESTIVE TRACT BECAUSE OF ITS

ABUNDANCE IN DIETARY FIBER, WHICHCLEANSES THE GUT AND PROMOTES

PROPER WASTE EXCRETION. THIS HERBALSO CONTAINS ALLYL SULFIDES

(SIMILARLY FOUND IN GARLIC) THATTREAT DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS SUCH AS

INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE.

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P R E V E N T S B O N E D E T E R I O R A T I O N

CHIVES ARE ONE OF THE RICHESTSOURCES OF VITAMIN K WHICH PLAYS AN

IMPORTANT ROLE IN BONE HEALTH.VITAMIN K REDUCES BONE LOSS AND

DECREASES THE RISK OF FRACTURES, SOEATING A GOOD HELPING OF CHIVES WILLPROVIDE YOU WITH ENOUGH VITAMIN K

TO MAINTAIN YOUR BONE INTEGRITY.

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R E D U C E S H I G H B L O O D P R E S S U R E

STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT CHIVES AREEFFECTIVE IN MAINTAINING NORMAL

BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG HYPERTENSIVEPEOPLE. ALLICIN, AN ACTIVE COMPOUNDFOUND IN CHIVES, HELPS PREVENT THE

OBSTRUCTION OF BLOOD VESSELS,PROMOTES PROPER BLOOD CIRCULATIONAND OXYGENATION OF THE ORGANS, AND

DECREASES THE RISK OF CORONARYARTERY DISEASE AND STROKE.

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M A I N T A I N S E Y E H E A L T H

THIS HERB IS ALSO AN EXCELLENTSOURCE OF VITAMIN A AND ZEAXANTHIN,

WHICH KEEP THE EYES HEALTHY ANDPREVENT DEGENERATIVE EYE DISEASES

AND CATARACTS AS YOU AGE.

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S T R E N G T H E N S T H E I M M U N E S Y S T E M

CHIVES CONTAIN PLENTY OF VITAMIN C,AN EXCELLENT IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOSTER

THAT IMPROVES THE BODY’S DISEASE-FIGHTING ABILITIES. IT ALSO DETOXIFIES

THE BODY BY ELIMINATING HARMFULFREE RADICALS WHILE REPAIRING WORN-OUT CELLS, TISSUES, BLOOD VESSELS, AND

MUSCLES.

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E N S U R E S A H E A L T H Y B A B Y

PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULDINCORPORATE CHIVES INTO THEIR DAILY

MEALS SINCE THIS HERB CAN PREVENTBIRTH DEFECTS. IT CONTAINS FOLATE, AN

ESSENTIAL VITAMIN FOR THE PROPERDEVELOPMENT OF THE BABY’S NERVOUS

SYSTEM. FOLATE ALSO PREVENTS NEURALTUBE DEFECTS WHICH HAPPEN TO BABIES

WITH FOLATE DEFICIENCY.

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C U R E S F U N G A L I N F E C T I O N S

CHIVES ALSO POSSESS ANTIFUNGALPROPERTIES. WHEN THE LEAVES ARE

MADE INTO A POULTICE AND APPLIEDTOPICALLY, IT CAN CURE FUNGAL

INFECTIONS SUCH AS ATHLETE’S FOOT,TINEA UNGUIUM, AND RINGWORM.

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C O M B A T S C A N C E R

HERBS LIKE CHIVES CONTAINFLAVONOIDS THAT HAVE ANTIOXIDANT,

ANTIBACTERIAL, ANTIVIRAL, ANDANTICANCER PROPERTIES. THE

FLAVONOID QUERCETIN INHIBITS THEGROWTH OF CANCER CELLS IN THE

COLON, STOMACH, PANCREAS, BLADDER,AND OVARIES.

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D E T O X I F I E S T H E B O D Y

THE BUILDUP OF TOXINS IN THE BODYCAN CAUSE AND WORSEN DEADLY

DISEASES. THE ANTIOXIDANTS IN CHIVESDETOXIFY THE BODY BY GETTING RID OF

TOXINS, FLUIDS, FAT, AND SALTS.

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H E L P S T H E B O D Y F U N C T I O N P R O P E R L Y

EATING CHIVES WILL PROVIDE YOU WITHPLENTY OF B-VITAMINS SUCH AS

RIBOFLAVIN, NIACIN, THIAMIN, ANDPANTOTHENIC ACID THAT CONVERTS THEDIGESTED FOOD INTO READILY ABSORBED

NUTRIENTS, MAINTAIN HEALTHY SKINAND HAIR, AND KEEP THE BODY UP AND

RUNNING.