Basil Essential Oil
Basil contains anti bacterial properties derived from it's essential oils. Basil essential oil has the ability to inhibit several species of pathogenic bacteria that have become resistant to commonly used anibiotic drugs. In addition," basil is a great source of vitamin A .......which can protect the epithelial cells ( the cells that form the lining of numerous body structures including blood vessels) from free radical damage, but also helps prevent free radicals from oxidizing cholesterol in the blood stream. Only after it has been oxidized does cholesterol build up in the blood walls, initiating the development of atherosclerosis, whose end result can be a heart attack or stroke" WHFoods.com. Help keep those pathogens and free radicals away, add some basil to your meal.



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