Health Benefits of Spices, Available on Discount at Spice n Pulses

You already know about spicing up your food with the use of different spices but do you know that these different spices, easily found in your kitchen, can spice up your life too. The health benefits from spices to you are for pain relief, heart benefits, post-workout soreness and others. With this, spices also contain properties like anti-bacterial/viral and antioxidants to improve your immune system more against disease fighting. Along with, most of the spices include vitamin B and trace minerals. All in all, you can say that spices are an inexpensive way to add many good things to your food and health without extra fat, sodium, calorie or cholesterol.

As per a study, it reveals that using spices in your cooking adds many benefits to your diet. But same study further reveals that people in lack of knowledge about spices use only least beneficial pepper and salt. Here, a good suggestion the study gives is that spices and herbs derived from plants, roots and barks you should also use in your cooking.

In this, the given list is to make you known with the health beneficial spices and herbs found in your kitchen that you use in your daily cooking, as

Cayenne Pepper

The substance is hot in nature because of capsaicin found in it. This very property of the spice makes it highly therapeutic to help relieve soreness and aches. The same ingredient you will get in over-the-counter creams for pain relief.

Other health benefits of the spice include helping fight ulcers and prostate cancer with improved circulation. Adding the spice to the vegetables, turkey and tuna also adds a spicy kick to these foods. 

Ginger

Basically a tree root, ginger is an excellent treatment for upset stomach, bloating, gas, sore throat, cold and other health issues like motion sickness and arthritis. Ginger is used as a spicy herb in both savory and sweet dishes and also can be grated, sugared, sliced or consumed as a candy. This is a must ingredient in many Asian dishes like tea - helpful in easing upset stomach.   

Cinnamon

Derived from bark of a tropical tree, Cinnamon contains highest antioxidant values than other spices. The spice comes with positive effects in reducing inflammation, lowering blood sugar/triglyceride levels, alleviating nausea, increasing sensitivity to insulin and aiding in fat burning. The spice is rich in manganese, calcium and iron so have incredible health benefits.

Commonly used in coffee, cookies, muffins and desserts, Cinnamon is a magical spice. You can also sprinkle the spice on wound as it helps kill bacteria too. 

Fennel 

Found as a weed in US growing in felids and roadside, Fennel is rich in Niacin, Calcium, Iron, dietary Fiber and vitamin C that in combinationadds energy to food. The other advantages of this spicy herb are to help teeth/bones growth, improving immune system and metabolism.

You can serve this peppery plant cooked or raw. But for most benefits of Fennel, you better eat its raw leaves in salads. You can also use it with other greens to steam the combination and fry fish recipes. Its other properties are exfoliate, detoxify the skin and suppress the appetite.

So, next time when you will use these spices and herbs, you’ll be well aware with what the health benefits they come with.

About The Author

The author works for Spice n Pulses – an online grocery store in Gurgaon. He is related with the store for 5 years and promotes its products by his content.