Spice Up Your Life: The Secret Life of Spices
Believe it or not, your spice rack may hold untold secrets to radiant health. Ancient, powerful, and pungent, the powders, seeds, leaves and roots in your pantry contain immense and plentiful beneficial properties that just may be the key to unlocking the next stage in your healthy, happy and ageless journey.
Science is now confirming what age-old mystics, shaman, witchdoctors and holistic healers have known for centuries: spices are the stuff of life! These 10 amazing spices all boast astonishing antioxidant properties, as well as anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antimicrobial and/or antiseptic properties. Best used in their authentic, organic dried and powdered forms, the “raw” versions of these mighty spices may fair quite a bit better than their cooked counterparts. These effects can be hampered with heat.
Make sure you have these 10 authentic, natural spices in your pantry:
Ground Cloves (14973)*
Ground Cinnamon (12739)*
Ground Turmeric (7584)*
Cumin Seed (3657)*
Curry Powder (2309)*
Yellow Mustard Seed (1393)*
Ground Ginger (1372)*
Black Pepper (1315)*
Chili Powder (1125)*
Paprika (853)*
These amazingly flavorful ingredients are so chock full of goodness, cloves nearly jump off the scale. With cinnamon a close second, and turmeric rounding out the top spots, make sure these 3 healthy, healing cousins grace your kitchen and bless your meals if you want that extra boost.
Free radicals wreak havoc on the body, like rust on a car. The same kind of nasty oxygenation happens in us, and causes rapid aging, disease and discomfort. The numbers next each spice represents the approximate amount of free radicals the antioxidants within spices can absorb. This is called the ORAC value, or Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. This value is how spices and other foods are measured for their general health benefits. Clove is not only king of the spice rack, it tops the charts... full stop!
The FDA recommends we each consume at least 12,000 ORAC value per day. However, most of us get less than 3,000; less than a quarter of what we truly need to run on a full tank. So spice up your life, and rev those engines!
*(ORAC Value Per Teaspoon)
Science is now confirming what age-old mystics, shaman, witchdoctors and holistic healers have known for centuries: spices are the stuff of life! These 10 amazing spices all boast astonishing antioxidant properties, as well as anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antimicrobial and/or antiseptic properties. Best used in their authentic, organic dried and powdered forms, the “raw” versions of these mighty spices may fair quite a bit better than their cooked counterparts. These effects can be hampered with heat.
Make sure you have these 10 authentic, natural spices in your pantry:
Ground Cloves (14973)*
Ground Cinnamon (12739)*
Ground Turmeric (7584)*
Cumin Seed (3657)*
Curry Powder (2309)*
Yellow Mustard Seed (1393)*
Ground Ginger (1372)*
Black Pepper (1315)*
Chili Powder (1125)*
Paprika (853)*
These amazingly flavorful ingredients are so chock full of goodness, cloves nearly jump off the scale. With cinnamon a close second, and turmeric rounding out the top spots, make sure these 3 healthy, healing cousins grace your kitchen and bless your meals if you want that extra boost.
Free radicals wreak havoc on the body, like rust on a car. The same kind of nasty oxygenation happens in us, and causes rapid aging, disease and discomfort. The numbers next each spice represents the approximate amount of free radicals the antioxidants within spices can absorb. This is called the ORAC value, or Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity. This value is how spices and other foods are measured for their general health benefits. Clove is not only king of the spice rack, it tops the charts... full stop!
The FDA recommends we each consume at least 12,000 ORAC value per day. However, most of us get less than 3,000; less than a quarter of what we truly need to run on a full tank. So spice up your life, and rev those engines!
*(ORAC Value Per Teaspoon)
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