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Whilst Wren and Ini from @mountainjewel are sowing their garlic, I'm harvesting mine - big babies this year! I'm breaking my Dtube fear because I think it's an AWESOME direction for Steemit and there's so much cool stuff coming out at the moment it's hard to keep up with.

It's up to all of us to keep that awesome ecosystem going and show the world how bloody awesome it is - @nathanmars is inspiring us to put up DSnaps (Dtube clips under a minute) which I find impossible because - um - you try talking about anything for a minute without going over the limit, lol! So this one's a DSnap Plus, which is a Dsnap that's longer than a minute - what? Ah, whatever you call it, I'm pretty pleaesd with myself for getting over my fear of being on camera, anyway, and it's thanks to all you awesome people that I might even show my face once a week. Or maybe a month. He he, who knows.

Wanna win Steem Basic Income? Offering 5 Steem from my personal account and 5 Steem from @naturalmedicine - that's ten entries - for the first TEN to post under the theme 'Natural Medicine'.

Guidelines:

• Create a DTube Snap or Dsnap plus with the theme 'Natural Medicine' - it could be a plant you harvest, a yoga practice (@ignacioarreres is all over this one!). - Please make sure you use the Natural Medicine transparency and the tag #naturalmedicine as well as the relevant Dtube tags, and let me know you've done it, as I'd hate to miss it!
• You must be a member of the Natural Medicine Discord group or be delegating to Natural Medicine to be in the running.
• Looking for the transparency? It's pinned in the Nat Med Discord general chat. Come say hello!
  

Benefits of Garlic - Apart from Keeping Vampires Away...

• You're more likely to recover from a cold FASTER - over 60 percent faster - if you use garlic as a remedy.
• You're over 60 percent LESS likely to get a cold or flu if you consume garlic every day
• Garlic contains antioxidants that support the body's protective mechanisms against oxidative damage - so, that's good news for heart health and even dementia or Alzheimers
• It helps fight infectious disease, so it can help you live longer
• It can help with exercise induced fatigue - hence maybe why ancient cultures used it to enhance performance - a study found that people with heart disease who took garlic oil for 6 weeks had a 12% reduction in peak heart rate and better exercise capacity, so that's pretty amazing!
• A study of employees in a car battery plant, where they're exposed to lead, found it reduced lead levels in the body by nearly 20 percent, and reduced clinical signs of toxicity, such as headaches and blood pressure!

Those long stringy things I'm holding in front of my face like a big green moustache? They're garlic scapes, and can be eaten fresh like spring onions or pickled (I'll post about this later in the week). They're awesome fried with butter and eaten with eggs. If you're thinking about growing garlic, just do it - it's an easy crop and one that gives, and gives, and gives.

Do you grow garlic?

Is garlic part of your natural medicine kit?

What's your favourite way to preserve it or consume it?

Will you join the Dtube ecosystem and video your natural medicine?

Oh, and if you missed the Natural Medicine video, here is in on Youtube - it makes me smile when I see all you amazing crew doing amazing things with natural medicine and healing, and I couldn't love you more than I love you this weekend!

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If you're a supporter of all things natural healing, you might like to read our introductory post here. We'd also love to welcome you on Discord here!!

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