Discover spice of life

Guidelines to healthy eating for spice lovers:

1. you and your health

The constant demand of daily living also robs us of valuable time needed to nurture our emotional and spiritual self...more 

2. Diseases and diet

a. Heart disease:

High blood pressure, high cholesterol and triglyceride levels in blood and reduced fiber intake all increase the risk of heart disease...more

b. Cancer: 1 in every 10 cancers in this country is caused by not  eating enough vegetables and fruit....more

i. breast: 

The food that may discourage breast cancer are all calciferous vegetables including broccoli, lettuce and cabbage, high vitamin C fruits and vegetables, soybean and soy products such as tofu, beans, oily fish ( rich in omega-3 oil), wheat bran and mono- unsaturated oils such as olive oil......more    

ii. pancreatic

Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer which is especially  resistant   to treatment. This is why choosing the right type of food is very crucial......more

c. Diabetes and gestational diabetes:

Glycaemic index is a method of rating carbohydrate in food based on the way they are digested and transferred to the blood stream to be absorbed into sensitive tissues. subsequently foods which have a low GI index are "good" and food with high GI index should be avoided in Diabetics. GI index is classed from 0 to 100 and Diabetics should aim for food with GI index of 55 or less....more   

d. Osteoporosis:

We have 206 bones in our body on which the muscles, ligaments and tendons are laid upon.

Once a fracture has occurred, there is 5 times more risk of having a re-fracture.

The bones have an outer thick lining, and an inner honeycomb mesh....more

Gout:

Gout is a form of arthritis. It is the result of too much uric acid in your blood. uric acid accumulates in our blood when our kidneys fail to clean our blood effectively. Certain food can aggravate the symptoms of gout....more

4. Obesity:

Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperglycemia, gall bladder diseases, 0steoarthritis and Breast and colon cancers have been shown in various studies to be positively linked with obesity..more.

5. Adopt a healthy lifestyle:

While you exercise it is good to have a goal in mind. Without a goal you have no direction to travel. However goal should be  realistic. Choose an exercise that you  enjoy doing. Whole going out for a walk smell the roses, listen to the birds...more

6. Shopping for good health:
What we buy from our supermarket is important in maintaining good health. We must include the following things in our shopping list:
Whole meal grains and flours instead of white or refined flour  Basmati rice instead of calrose rice
Raw or brown sugar instead of white sugar 
fresh fruits and vegetables including seasonal varieties .....more






7. Health benefits of
a. Spices
b. Herbs
c. Nuts


8. Recipe