How to Lose Pounds Using Spices

Feb 6
10:41

2014

Dragos Gerard

Dragos Gerard

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Spices offers to your food irresistible tastes and flavors, but also have a number of health benefits.

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Rich in vitamins,How to Lose Pounds Using Spices Articles minerals and antioxidants with unique medicinal properties, spices protects the body, stimulates all metabolic functions and helps you lose weight.

Mustard
Mustard seeds stimulates metabolism, which leads to burning calories faster. Moreover, half a teaspoon of mustard seeds help burn 45 calories in an hour.

Rosemary
Rosemary grows easily, is not very picky so it could even be grown in pots in the apartment, giving a perfect natural environment. Rosemary benefits began to be studied intensively after it has been noticed that rosemary spiced meat preparations are much healthier and somehow toxic compounds were neutralized. Well, rosemary has the ability to neutralize toxic compounds in animal products when they are cooked at high temperatures. Moreover, rosemary shows intense anticancer effects being used in herbal medicine for cancer prevention, improve memory, protect the liver, and alleviate pain from chronic diseases.

Cinnamon
Experts say that cinnamon is very effective especially when we want to get rid of belly fat. For an enviable abdomen use cinnamon as supplement or added to beverages. Several studies have shown that cinnamon has the ability to reduce glucose levels, which contributes to the loss of weight.

Ginger
Ginger is rich in phytonutrients and gingerol - a powerful natural antioxidant. Specialists in nutrition revealed ginger is rich in beta-carotene, antioxidants, and substances with antibacterial, antiviral and anti-inflammatory properties. Ginger brings improvements in arthritis, asthma, migraine, heart disease, nausea, heartburn and even cancer. Ginger is a good ally in weight loss, as well as teas.

Chilli
Chilli peppers have special properties on health: improves digestion, is sexual tonic increasing libido, invigorates the immune system, enhance fat burning, lower cholesterol and prevent cardiovascular disease.

Peppermint
Used to prepare vegetable dishes and desserts, salads, sauces and beverages, peppermint has a soothing effect on the digestive system, helps liver function, reduce bloating and treat indigestion. In weight loss mint reduce appetite because contain substances that have beneficial effects on digestion: tannins, polyphenols, volatile oil menthol form and flavonoids. Therefore, do not hesitate to use mint, as often as possible.

Nutmeg
Nutmeg is a complex spice, holding a number of useful substances for the body. It contains antioxidants, anti-inflammatory phytochemicals and other compounds that slow the aging process. It helps to have a peaceful sleep, relieves anxiety, improves circulation and facilitates digestion. Nutmeg tea is ideal for banishing stress and calm nerves. It is used widely in the preparation of sweets and compote, or to flavor cheese, and for seasoning cabbage or potatoes dishes, meat, sauces or soups.

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