A wealth of spices that are abundant in our country is in fact not only can be used for cooking, but also of health. A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition show, a mixture of spices in food can increase the metabolism in the body.
According to the researchers, by adding a combination of various spices such as turmeric, cinnamon, garlic, and peppers into food significantly help reduce triglyceride levels and insulin.
"Antioxidants such as spice may be important in reducing oxidative stress and thereby reduce the risk of chronic disease," said Sheila West from Penn State University and colleagues.
In his experiments, the researchers involve the six men who have excess body weight 30 to 65 years old. In the first part, regularly volunteers are consuming chicken and coconut milk, rice, white bread, cheese and desserts with biscuits. After roughly a week, volunteers are consuming food with the switch a mixture of spices. Then chicken menu was processed into chicken curry, herbs and herb sandwich biscuits from cinnamon.
Furthermore, the researchers took blood samples contestants before the meal and every 30 minutes for nearly four hours later. They are found, the addition of spices significantly reduces insulin response (21 percent) and triglycerides (31 percent), although there is no effect on glucose.
"This significant effect is most likely because the result of a high concentration of phenolic antioxidants in spices," said the researcher.
They concluded that incorporate herbs into the daily diet can help normalize glucose disorders before and after meals and fats while enhancing defense homeostasis of antioxidants.
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