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Ginger

04 Tuesday Mar 2014

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I am a crazy lover of Ginger. I would say the most awesome food/spice in the world is ginger. When I was a child I used to hate them to the core. In food , if I found it, the day is gone, I would start yelling around :). It all changed few years ago, when I had severe cold, I used to get yellow fluid of mucus eeeekkkks, I used to hate myself those days. One of my friend suggested just have a piece of ginger in your mouth and slowly intake the juice. It would be helpful. It was a big deal for me, yet i tried it. Suddenly i found that awesome taste of ginger, pungent spicy, oh my god, I started loving it…..

Some of my karnataka friends who are awesome cooks, used to always have ginger in almost many things they prepare. Later even i started taking it everyday, include even in my tea. Almost in most of my cooking there would be ginger. I would love to post some of the benefits of Ginger here….

Gastrointestinal Relief — Gastric problem, take few pieces of ginger and cut slices out of it. put them in water and boil it well. drink the water, you can mix honey if you want. Believe me gastric problem vanishes.

Asthma/Cough/Cold : I had already spoken about this πŸ™‚ Ginger is the best medicine for cold.

Ovarian Cancer : Ginger Induces Cell Death in Ovarian Cancer Cells

Immune Boosting system: I would 200% recommend that ginger boost immunity. After I started taking ginger in my tea everyday, I would say I haven’t got cold/cough touch wood πŸ™‚ It fights infections fast.

Muscle pain caused by exercise : Yes , any muscle pain caused by exercise can be eliminated with the help of ginger

Painful Menstruation : If you have heavy periods pain, and intake ginger tablets , reduction of pain is just awesome.

At time yes we need to avoid ginger for few people, You should not take ginger if you suffer from a bleeding disorder or take blood-thinning medications (such as warfarin or aspirin). It also lowers blood sugar.

Always remember too much of anything is not good πŸ™‚

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Natural Foods, Spices that fights cancer

28 Friday Feb 2014

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Research shows that a large percentage of cancer-related deaths, may be even the majority are directly linked to lifestyle choices such as smoking, drinking, a lack of exercise, and an unhealthy diet. The food you eat has a powerful effect on your health, including your risk of cancer. You may land up eating many foods that fuels cancer, while neglecting the powerful foods and nutrients that can protect you. If you change your diet and behavior, you can minimize your risk of disease and possibly even stop cancer in its tracks.

Some of them are given below
Turmeric/Curcumin: This is the king of spices. This retards the growth of cancer cells causing prostrate cancer, melanoma, breast cancer, brain tumour, pancreatic cancer and leukemia among a host of others.

Fennel Seeds: Its a great antioxidant which fights the cancer cells.A tomato-fennel soup with garlic or fresh salads with fennel bulbs make for an ideal entree prior to an elaborate course meal.

Cumin : It aids digestion. In India, after a heavy lunch people chew a bit of these cumin seeds, so the digestion is eased. This antioxidant helps reduce the prostrate cancer.

Cinnamon: It takes not more than a half teaspoon of cinnamon powder every day to keep cancer risk away. A natural food preservative, cinnamon is a source of iron and calcium. Useful in reducing tumour growth, it blocks the formation of new vessels in the human body. There are many ways where we can include cinnamon in our daily food πŸ™‚

Ginger: This humble spice boasts of medicinal qualities that help lowering cholesterol, boost metabolism and kill cancer cells. Easily added to vegetable dishes, fish preparations and salads, ginger enhances the flavour in cooking. Chew on fresh parsley if the odour bothers you

Oregano : This not only aids digestion also fights cancers cell for prostrate cancer.

Others: Cloves, anise, basil, garlic, caraway, fenugreek, mustard, mint leaves, rosemary, Limonin (fresh lemon), virgin olive, vinegar and avocado are other cancer-fighting diet components.

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Black Pepper/Peppercorns

28 Friday Feb 2014

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Black Pepper/Peppercorns.

Black Pepper /Peppercorns are one of the widely used Indian spices, this has great health benefits.

It helps/aids in digestion – When you eat Black Pepper, your taste buds gets stimulated. They send signals to your stomach to increase its production of hydrochloric acid. This acid helps your body digest food so you don’t suffer from indigestion.

Cold/Congestion – the best medicine for cold/sore throat/congestion is black pepper. In India we prepare rasam with pepper when we get cold. We can powder the black pepper, add little honey and have the paste every morning. If we have it in a small amount also helps reducing cold. When I get severe cold, I would take 4 to 5 peppercorns and chew it. Though very spicy, its a great relief.

Weight loss β€” Yes, black pepper is one which increases urination and sweating. This extracts the unwanted toxins in the body and aids weight loss.

Prevents Cancer β€” Black Peppers helps preventing cancer. The piperine content of black pepper plays a key role in preventing cancers. It further stated that when combined with turmeric its anticancer properties are heightened. Apart from the piperine, black pepper also contains Vitamin C, Vitamin A, flavonoids, carotenes and other anti-oxidants that help remove harmful free radicals and protect the body from cancers and diseases

Instead of using Red/green chilies, we can substitute with Black peppers.

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