{"id":79595,"date":"2016-05-18T02:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=79595"},"modified":"2016-05-18T09:33:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T16:33:36","slug":"health-benefits-of-basil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/health-benefits-of-basil\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Surprising Health Benefits of Basil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We love garnishing our pastas and pizzas with herbs &#8212; especially basil! And did you know that this delectable garnish comes with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.health.com\/health\/gallery\/0,,20500778,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">amazing health benefits<\/a>, too?<\/p>\n<p>Read on to learn the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whfoods.com\/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&amp;dbid=85\" target=\"_blank\">perks<\/a>\u00a0you&#8217;ll reap the next time\u00a0you top your margarita pizza or pesto pasta with basil.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clear Skin<\/strong><br \/>\nBlemishes be gone! Basil may just be your skin&#8217;s new BFF.\u00a0According to the <em>International Journal of Cosmetic Science<\/em>, the oil found in basil helps to combat\u00a0bacteria that causes pimples.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peace of Mind<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;re ever feeling stressed or anxious, add some basil into your diet.\u00a0This herb can help\u00a0you be more mellow due to it&#8217;s anti-anxiety effects. Chop up\u00a0basil,\u00a0throw it into a warm cup of water and sip it slowly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Soothes PMS<\/strong><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time to put the chocolate away\u00a0and bring out\u00a0the basil. Whether you have\u00a0fresh or dried basil, this amazing herb provides a ton of iron to your body which helps replenish\u00a0what you lose during that time of the month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Detoxify the Liver<\/strong><br \/>\nDid you have too many margaritas last weekend? Grab some chopped up\u00a0\u00a0basil and chow it down with your salad or blend it in your green smoothie. Basil has been found to help detoxify the liver and cleanse your\u00a0system.<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"We love garnishing our pastas and pizzas with herbs -- especially basil! And did you ...","author":1265,"featured_media":80279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,268],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/16151942\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-3.18.54-PM.gif","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/16151942\/Screen-Shot-2016-05-16-at-3.18.54-PM.gif","formated_date":"May 18, 2016","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#8cea9c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79595"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}