Tag Archives | spices

Yummy, Yummy Cinnamon! It’s Actually Good for You

By on January 27, 2009 in cinnamon, DIET

I’m always surprised when I find that a common ingredient I keep around the house anyway has an undercover health benefit. In our spice racks, we have many potent flavoring agents, sweet, salty, and bitter – but only one of them has been in the news lately as a natural preventative agent against high blood [...]

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Fennel: A Sweet Remedy for Digestive Distress

By on November 10, 2008 in fennel, PLANT CURES

Stimulate your digestive enzymes Many of us know and love fennel in our favorite Indian foods; if you’ve been to an Indian restaurant, you’ve also seen it on the table after meals, along with other spices and sweets (most often cloves and tiny sugar candies). There’s a good reason for its standing invitation at the [...]

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Turmeric – The Golden King of Plant Medicine

By on January 13, 2008 in DIET, HEALTH, spices, turmeric

I had the pleasure of seeing and hearing Dr. Michael Greger speak at Philadelphia’s Food & Health Expo in 2007. He was funny and wise, and one of the things he shared with us was the top 5 things that prevent cancer. I quickly jotted them down, and just as quickly lost the paper and [...]

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