Natural Fruit Enzyme Household Cleaner

November 11, 2009 By dorischua Leave a Comment

I was having a family gathering last week and during the lunch conversation, my cousin was sharing with us about her new found natural household cleaner using fruit enzyme. Previously, I had tried some enzyme from a local health store but didn’t adore the smell so I was really suspicious when she kept raving about how nice her natural household enzyme cleaner was.

After a little web research on cleaners and Anilox roll cleaner, I found out that many eco homes are jumping onto the fruit enzyme bandwagon too. Some call it ‘The Garbage Enzyme’ but the term ‘garbage’ makes your nose sniff a little. And after sampling a bottle of my cousin’s fruit enzyme cleaner, I don’t think the nice smelling ‘citrus waste’ deserves to be called ‘garbage’ at all. It does smell good and most importantly, it works well as a natural household cleaner. For those who are building an eco home, here are some wonderful uses of this natural and environmental friendly fruit enzyme:

1) Use it for your dishes and laundry. Dilution is necessary.

2) Use for washing bathrooms and getting rid of stubborn stains in the toilet bowl. Use it concentrated on the stain, leave it for 10 minutes then flush.

3) Mix a tablespoon with water to clean vegetables and fruits

5) Use the concentrate as a natural insect repellent (use undiluted) for ants, cockroaches..

7) Great as a floor cleaner – living your floors oil and grime free! (My favourite)

8 ) The residue from the enzyme works well as a fertiliser for vegetables, flowering and non-flowering plants

9) Use the citrus residue as a facial mask!

Here’s the recipe for the natural fruit enzyme household cleaner:

300 gms of lemon and orange scraps
1 litre of water
100 gms of brown sugar or molasses

Mix them up in a 2L jar or container (plastic or glass). Cover loosely to allow fermentation to take place. Make sure it’s covered tight or the container may ‘explode’! Label the bottle for reference. The natural enzyme cleaner requires three months to ferment. Once ready, just filter the enzyme with a piece of muslin cloth or fine sieve and store it in a bottle or container. The remaining ‘waste’ or residue can be used as a plant fertilizer or a natural body rub!

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Natural Health Remedies With Fruits and Vegetables

October 20, 2009 By dorischua Leave a Comment

In the fast-paced world of today, people tend to eat on the go most of the time. There are fast foods that are available in countless fast food joints to lure in people to buy food they can eat on the go. That’s why it’s important to learn more about natural health remedies and holistic treatment matters with modern’s day diet shortfalls.

We Cook the Food, You Lose the Weight

We have heard so much about reducing the fats and sweets in our usual diet and follow the quantity of servings of these items based on the food pyramid. If possible, you should add about five to ten servings of fruits and vegetables. Most of the essential vitamins and minerals are found in fruits and vegetables. These food items help detoxify your body and some of the benefits in fruits include phytochemicals in pineapples and lycopene in tomatoes, may help in fighting cancer.

For the diet-conscious, it is time to skip those fattening snacks and go for fruits and vegetables. The natural health advocates encourage us to try snacking on water-rich fruits like watermelons. They help make you feel full without the guilt of a truckload of calories. Or how about snacking on a fresh green salad? The high bulk content of vegetables help make you feel fuller longer, thus making you avoid frequent binges on snacks and sugary stuff. This is extremely helpful for those who are fighting to burn belly fat. With the exception of some varieties such as avocados, which have high fat content, you can achieve your desired weight goal by frequenting fruits and vegetables over meats and sweets.

Many natural doctors have recommended the use of healing fruits and vegetables as part of holistic treatment for certain ailments and conditions. A fasting diet on fresh fruits and vegetables are said to be essential in the detoxification process.

Filed Under Fruits & Vege, Natural Remedies, Weight issues Tagged With holistic treatment, natural health remedies

what is raw food diet?

July 23, 2008 By dorischua 2 Comments

Raw Food Diet is gaining popularity and buzz, not just as a diet to lose weight, but a diet for a long and healthy life. Most of us are used to consuming processed foods that sometimes, we hardly take notice of what is going into our bodies.

In a nutshell, a raw food diet means eating food in its natural, unprocessed form. So what are the benefits with raw food diet consumption? Processing and cooking food can take so much of the basic nutritional value away. Think of some of the conventional wisdom you’ve heard about for years, such as: If you cook pasta just to the al dente (or medium) stage, it will have more calories, yes, but it will have more the nutritional value in it than if you cooked it to a well-done stage. Or you probably remember hearing not to peel carrots or potatoes too deeply, because most of the nutrients and values are just under the surface. If your potatoes and carrots are organic, you don’t even need to peel off the skin.

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