Mint

Benefits:

• Rich in Nutrients: Mint contains a variety of nutrients and is particularly high in vitamin A and antioxidants, despite not being commonly consumed in large quantities.
• Improves Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic digestive disorder. Taking peppermint oil capsules strengthened the symptoms of IBS patients in some trials.
• Helps Relieve Indigestion: Peppermint oil has been shown in many studies to increase the speed at which food passes through the stomach, alleviating indigestion symptoms.
• Improves Brain Function: Some studies indicate that smelling peppermint oil can help with memory and alertness, while others show no effect. To learn more about the effects of mint on brain function, more research is required.
• Subjectively Improves Cold Symptoms: While menthol does not work as a nasal decongestant, it can help with cold and flu symptoms by improving breathing through the nose subjectively.
• Masks Bad Breath: Breath mints and chewing gum can temporarily mask foul odours, but they aren't a long-term cure for bad breath. Chewing mint leaves and drinking peppermint tea could be more effective at eliminating bacteria that cause bad breath.

How to take:

You can easily add mint to green salads, desserts, smoothies and even water. Peppermint tea is another popular thanks to incorporate it into your diet. However, many of the studies showing the health benefits of mint didn’t involve eating the leaves with food. Instead, mint was taken as a capsule, applied to the skin or inhaled via aromatherapy. When using mint for health purposes, it's important to guage what you're looking to realize and the way the plant was utilized in the research for that specific purpose.

• Eating fresh or dried leaves: Used to treat bad breath.
• Inhaling essential oils: May improve brain function and cold symptoms.
• Applying it to the skin: Used to reduce nipple pain from breastfeeding.
• Taking capsules with food: May help treat IBS and indigestion.