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O'Leaf Africa - Food is healthcare, medicine is sick cure! “let food be thy medicine, and thy medicine be thy food~Hippocrates”.

Coincidentally, below are common natural foods that are shaped like the organs and body parts they are good for.

1. Avocado – Uterus 

Avocados are a great fertility food. “They are a fantastic source of vitamin E, and are highly beneficial in improving the lining of the uterus,”. Avocados are one of the go-to favourites for healthy fat. They help checkmate hormonal imbalance, and prevent cervical cancer. They are high in potassium, folate, and vitamin K, which help your body to properly absorb other vitamins.

One way to enjoy your avocado is to have avocado toast topped with pomegranate seeds for added antioxidants. Another great treat is to simply add a quarter of an avocado to your daily smoothie—it makes it creamier and adds a certain richness that will make your smoothie taste more like a milkshake.

2. Citrus – Breast

Citrus fruits resemble female mammary glands and help the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts. Citrus fruits are teeming with compounds that protect against breast cancer, including folate, vitamin C, and carotenoids like beta cryptoxanthin and beta carotene, plus flavonoid antioxidants like quercetin, hesperetin, and naringenin.

These nutrients provide antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory effects.

In fact, research ties citrus fruits to a reduced risk of many cancers, including breast cancer. A review of 6 studies in over 8,000 people linked high citrus intake to a 10% reduction in breast cancer risk.

Citrus fruits include oranges, grapefruits, lemons, limes, and tangerines.

3. Carrot – Eye

A sliced carrot looks like a human eye. Consuming carrots enhance blood flow to the eyes. Carrots get their colour from a plant chemical called beta-carotene, which reduces the risk of developing cataracts.

4. Celery – Bone

Celery looks like the structure of bones. Celery contains silicon, which is half of what give bones their strength. Bones and celery are both 23% sodium.

5. Mushroom – Ear

A mushroom when sliced looks like an ear. Mushrooms contain vitamin D which improves hearing abilities. Vitamin D is also healthy for bones, especially the three small bones in the ear that transmit sound to the brain.

6. Kidney Beans – Kidney

Kidney beans are shaped exactly like the kidney. These beans heal and help maintain kidney functions. Kidney beans provide magnesium and potassium, deficiencies in either can increase the risk of developing kidney stones.

7. Walnut – Brain

Walnuts look like the brain. Walnuts help in developing over three dozen neuron-transmitters within the brain enhancing the signaling and encouraging new messaging link between the brain cells. Walnuts also help ward off dementia.

8. Tomato – Heart

Tomatoes resemble hearts more than any other fruit, they have four chambers and are red in color just like the heart. Tomatoes have lots of lycopene which has been referred to as heart food. Consumption of lycopene has been proven to lower risk of heart disease. Tomatoes also have Vitamin C which is vital for heart health.

9. Ginger – Stomach

Ginger looks like the stomach and it also helps with digestion. It has been used as a natural remedy for stomach health for centuries. Ginger also has the ability to prevent nausea and vomiting.

10. Figs – Testicles

Figs resemble the testicles, they contain seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Studies have shown figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the sperm count as well as overcoming male sterility.

11. Sweet Potato – Pancreas

Sweet potatoes resemble the pancreas and has been known to help the pancreas do its job by helping to stabilize blood sugar levels. They are also naturally high in Vitamin B6 which studies have shown inhibits the growth of pancreatic cancer.