Basil

Basil is a potent medicinal herb in its own right. It’s frequently underestimated and considered just a flavor enhancer for culinary delights such as pesto and pizza, or as a garnish placed upon a fish or a slab of mozzarella. If basil were taken seriously and truly respected for what it has to offer, basil could be used as a high-powered healing tool. To start with, there is no pathogen that likes basil. This includes yeast, mold, unproductive fungus, toxic fungus, the pathogens behind STDs and STIs, stealth viruses, antibioticresistant bacteria, and all other forms of unproductive bacteria. Truth is, people do not eat enough basil, and when they do partake in basil and believe they’re eating a lot of it, the basil is usually mixed with oil, as in a pesto sauce. The complication when basil is drenched in oil is that basil’s pathogenfighting effects become reduced to practically nothing, especially if it’s poor-quality oil. In order for basil to potentially do serious harm to pathogens inside the body, basil would have to be free of overt fats. Eating basil with oils, nuts, seeds, nut butters, or even avocado drops basil’s pathogen-stopping potency substantially. Eating basil with any kind of animal fat (including all dairy products, eggs, chicken breast, and even lean fish) completely neutralizes basil’s pathogen- stopping potency. That said, eating basil with fat doesn’t stop basil’s other contributions to the physical body. Basil is highly nutritious, provides phytochemical compounds, chlorophyll, B vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, a variety of proteins, trace minerals, and macrominerals. By no means stop eating basil just because you want to mix basil with an overt fat of your liking. Basil is still a warehouse of potency. The nutrients that basil possesses still travel into the liver, where they get converted quickly and easily and distributed throughout all body systems. No matter how basil is eaten, it provides specific digestive enzymes that stimulate stronger digestive periods, versus flash-inthe-pan digestive time periods. What this means: If a food has a digestive enzyme, it doesn’t mean that digestive enzyme will be everlasting throughout the period of the meal and the digestive process. Basil’s digestive enzymes, on the other hand, regardless of how or what basil is eaten with, tend to stick around inside the stomach to the top of the small intestinal tract. Basil packs a punch when unleashed on its own. Whether wrapped in a piece of seaweed or a lettuce leaf, or with tomato and cucumber and no overt fat present in the moment, basil has the potential to stave off and repel Epstein-Barr virus, shingles, CMV, HPV, and bacteria such as E. coli and strep. Basil has a strong flavor. It takes acclimation if you’re not normally exposed to basil. It’s worth giving it a try. If you’re someone who believes you have a worm in your gut, try eating a handful of raw basil daily. Worms do not like basil. They tend to run from it. Basil is very medicinal. Getting generous amounts on dishes like flatbread pizza provides medicinal benefits, not just flavor. Has a whole section in Life-Changing Foods. Is healing. Can add fresh on top of dishes after cooking.