Spice Up Your Life

You know you should eat well . . . I mean lots of fruits and veggies (organic if you can find and afford them). One frequently overlooked way to enhance and optimize your health is to use herbs and spices (again unprocessed and organic). One benefit of herb is that they’re very low in calories, while being dense in vitamins and minerals. Many herbs are also thermogenic. They naturally boost your metabolism to help you burn calories.

One of my favorite herb is Tumeric. It is so important that I take it every single day, first thing in the morning. No one is really sure when turmeric was first used as a healthy spice but it has been used for millennia. People in India and China used the spice thousands of years ago. In fact, some stories suggest usage dates back 10,000 years in India when they say Lord Rama walked the earth. The ancient Polynesians carried turmeric with them on their incredible voyage across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. Today, Hawaiians still use this spice known to them as Olena.

One of the main healthful ingredients in turmeric is curcumin (a curcuminoid) which gives turmeric its yellow color. Curcumin makes turmeric a powerful antioxidant. These curcuminoids deliver antioxidants that may be:

• 5 to 8 times stronger than vitamin E -- and also stronger than vitamin C
• 3 times more powerful than grape seed or pine bark extract
• Strong enough to scavenge the hydroxyl radical -- considered by many to be the most reactive of all oxidants*

Curcumin, as an antioxidant, can potentially benefit you by:

• Promoting your immune system*
• Helping you maintain your healthy digestive system*
• Supporting your healthy bones, joints, and overall skeletal system*
• Helping you maintain cholesterol levels that are already within the normal range*
• Promoting your healthy blood and liver functions*
• Promoting radiant skin*

Ayurveda, the “Science of Life” is India’s ancient holistic health system. Turmeric has multiple uses within Ayurveda, including blood cleansing and maintaining healthy skin.* Turmeric has been used in Indian culture for thousands of years for a multitude of health-promoting reasons* and an estimated 500 million Indians still use the spice today.

In Ayurvedic terminology, turmeric includes the following:

• Verdana sthapana -- promotes your healthy nervous system and helps you with occasional discomfort*
• Sangrahani -- supports your absorption of vitamins and minerals*
• Anulomana -- helps you in purging out wastes and building healthy blood*
• Rakta stambhaka -- promotes the wellness of your circulatory system*

One more time, to summarize, here are thirteen ways that Turmeric can spice up your life:

1. Boosts your antioxidant protection against free radicals*
2. Helps promote your healthy skin*
3. Supports your overall eye health
4. Provides you immune system support*
5. Aids your skeletal system and joint health*
6. Encourages your healthy liver function*
7. Helps you maintain healthy cells with support against free radicals*
8. Balances the health of your digestive system*
9. Aids you in support of healthy blood and your circulatory system*
10. Helps you maintain normal cholesterol levels to support your cardiovascular system*
11. Assists your neurological system's healthy response to stress*
12. Promotes a healthy female reproductive system*
13. Helps you maintain blood sugar levels already within the normal range*

* These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.

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