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Tropical Traditions is the place to
come to purchase and learn about traditional health products
from the Philippines. Most of the products come from Mt. Banahaw
Health Products Corporation located in a rural setting on a
mountain in the Philippines. The older generation living there
still eating the traditional tropical diet is healthy well into
their senior years. The younger generation that has adopted
western dietary habits often suffers from the same sicknesses
and diseases that western countries suffer.
So we
decided to visit some of these from the older generation and
find out what made them so healthy. From an 85 year old woman
who still lives without electricity off the beaten trail and
has never been to a doctor, to a 103 year old man who still
walks down the mountain to town on market day, we asked around
to see what people had to say about tropical traditions and
health. The result is the product line of Tropical Traditions
presented on this website. This includes Philippine herbs,
and coconut products which are almost a staple in the Philippine
diet. We learned from the older generation how the local people
made coconut oil, which is vastly different from the copra-based
commercial oils made by the large oil refineries. It is truly
a Virgin Coconut Oil, made the traditional way, and we buy
it from the farmers in the Philippines and make it available
to you via this website. Studies now confirm that coconut
oil is one of the healthiest oils on earth! You can read more
about the health properties of coconut oil at www.coconut-info.com.
We also discovered that since most people in the rural part
of the Philippines are too poor to afford western medicines,
that they have a developed herb lore dealing with sickness
and disease. Some of the best herbs for lowering blood sugar,
for example, grow in the Philippines. You can read more about
Philippine herbs at: www.philippineherbs.com
We have also teamed up with Garden of Life in the US to bring
some of the finest supplements on the market. These supplements
are made from whole foods that are fermented in traditional
methods. We offer to you what are probably the finest and
most unique probiotic supplements on the market today, made
from Homeostatic Soil Organisms that are found in tropical
rain forests. You will want to read about these exciting new
supplements and what they can do for your health.
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No
diesel fumes from plowing on this farm! On Mt. Banahaw in
the Philippines farming is still done the traditional way,
like plowing with the carabao (water buffalo) as is seen here.
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