We get most of our vitamins from natural products and until something as essential as vitamin C was recognised through scurvy on naval warships and the lack of this, we now understand more about what products give which vitamins.
The answer to the scurvy as most of us will know, was to give sailors fresh lemon or limes. And hence the Americans giving us the name limeys.
Even though our understanding of vitamins and their source through foods is better understood, we can still lack some of them if our diet is poor.
It’s an eating problem with usually too many carbohydrates and sugars that can lead to an outbreak of candida.
This irritating condition leads to a number of possible cures. One of these is the humble bayberry although for some strange EU reason it’s discouraged. In its place we can now buy a supplement known as a wild endive formula.
This medicinal herb has been known about for centuries and in many parts of the world is taken to help certain liver problems.
Most modern medicine we are prescribed owe their origin to ancient medicine that was derived from plants. The most quoted example is an aspirin that is the most widely taken pill in the world.
Its origin goes back to the bark of willow trees and the salicylic acid that it contains. Some ancient Egyptian presumably had a monstrous headache, maybe even a hangover, and for some strange reason chewed on the bark of this tree.
It quickly became the fashion to do this for headaches and high temperatures.
Bayberries also contain lecithin and this is useful helping with brain function. Some dementia sufferers are known to benefit from its use. This doesn’t imply it’s a cure but it is thought that it may slow down this disease.
As a supplement it’s an easy way to take daily as instructed. But in the wild it grows in abundance and at certain times of the year when the leaves are fresh and young it can make a pleasant addition to any salad.
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