ZOE Science & Nutrition Can spices improve your health?
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Aug 18, 2022 Kanchan Koya, founder of SpiceSpiceBaby, is a molecular biologist with a Ph.D. from Harvard. She passionately discusses how spices like turmeric and cinnamon may offer significant health benefits, including regulating blood sugar and reducing inflammation. Kanchan shares insights on the cultural and medicinal importance of spices in Indian tradition and provides tips on incorporating them into everyday meals. The conversation also touches on the need for more research on spices' effects and their nutritional advantages.
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Use Spices for Health
- Give spices to your children.
- Use spices to improve your health.
Koya's Spice Journey
- Kanchan Koya's grandmother used spices medicinally, influencing her.
- Koya's lab at Harvard studied turmeric, validating ancient wisdom.
Spice Benefits
- Spices, used in small amounts, offer potential health benefits like blood sugar regulation and inflammation reduction.
- Recent studies show benefits from culinary amounts of spice blends.