County Board approves 2017 Budget - At the regular meeting of the McLean County Board on Tuesday, November 15, 2016, the Board approved the adoption of the Fiscal Year 2017 Combined Annual Appropriation and Budget Ordinance. Read on... Equal Access to Services & Employment.
Health benefits: Prunes are the best thing to eat to maintain bone density. It appears they suppress the breakdown of bones, which tends to speed as people age. And as post-menopausal women are most prone to osteoporosis they are encouraging people to eat more of the divisive dried fruit.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, prunes are cooling to the system; they reverse stomach acidity and improve appetite by promoting digestion. The dried sour plum is used therapeutically in Chinese medicine to treat digestion problems, stomach flu, allergies, and parasites. Since prunes aid in digestion and work against constipation, they keep the intestines clean and so decrease our likelihood of the development of hemorrhoids or colon cancer. Their insoluble fiber feeds the âgoodâ bacteria of the large intestine, which in turn protects the stomach against pathogens.