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Daily Health Principles: Spice it up

333 sats \ 14 comments \ @Undisciplined 6 Feb HealthAndFitness

Herbs and spices don't just taste great. Most of the time they're also great for you.

Spicier foods ironically are strongly anti-inflammatory and chronic inflammation is one of the major drivers of poor health
Roots, like turmeric/ginger/garlic/onion, are also strongly anti-inflammatory
Herbs, like parsley and oregano, are super high in vitamins K, C, beta carotene, folate, and others, as well as potassium, manganese, and other minerals.
Seeds, like cumin or coriander, are super mineral dense.
Sea salt (unrefined) has a broad array and excellent balance of minerals.

So, what's the health principle?

Eat tastier more flavorful food. It's tasty because it's good for us (shut up sugar!).

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39 sats \ 3 replies \ @398ja 6 Feb

I like Celtic salt.

Add pepper to tumeric for better results.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Feb

I usually do, but why?

40 sats \ 1 reply \ @398ja 6 Feb

Sorry, I should have been more precise. It's to improve absorption of the Curcumin, the active ingredient in tumeric.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Feb

That's interesting. I love learning stuff like that.

I wonder if that's why the amounts of curcumin in turmeric can be healthy, when they have to use much greater quantities to see effects in nutrition studies.

38 sats \ 5 replies \ @Aardvark 6 Feb

That's some pretty solid advice, not to mention all of those things are almost no calories.

41 sats \ 4 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Feb

I guess I didn't stress the point, but yeah these are all incredibly nutrient dense foods that are also very flavorful, so you don't need to use them in large quantities. (We do use garlic in large quantities, though)

48 sats \ 3 replies \ @Aardvark 6 Feb

My wife is a garlic maniac. She uses an absurd amounts of it whenever she cooks. You'd probably get along.

41 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Feb

I invented a delicious meal in college and when people asked how to make it one of the instructions was "Add as much garlic salt as your conscience allows. Now, add that amount again."

42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 6 Feb

She regularly more than doubles the amount of garlic a recipe requires.

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Feb

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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 6 Feb

A coworker told me tumeric seems to help his joints a lot. I might have to start putting some in my cooking. I think arabs put it in their rice to make it yellow?

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined OP 6 Feb

Indian food has tons of it, as does Thai.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 6 Feb

Right. It seems they add a lot of healthy spices. I have always felt indian food made in america seems very rich flavored.

28 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 6 Feb

The condiments and dressings give each cuisine its special touch. I am Latin American, the essence and gourmet richness of this continent is incredible 🫢.