Thursday, June 18, 2009

Super Seasonings

Banish bland eats and enhance your health at the same time.  After the first two weeks of the Brentwood Diet, you can break out the seasonings and return flavor to your food. You'll also add some health benefits. Because, many of the items in your spice rack and pantry do double duty as "functional foods." That means they deliver health-promotion or disease-prevention in every sprinkle or dash. The following faves make the list of super seasonings: 

Cinnamon: May help control blood sugar and lower both triglycerides and LDL (bad) cholesterol 

Garlic: Boosts the immune system, lowers blood pressure, lowers cholesterol and fights against cancer and heart disease among other things--garlic is the super hero of seasonings

Ginger: An anti-inflammatory high in antioxidants, it may also lower cholesterol  

Olive Oil: Lowers LDL (bad) cholesterol without lowering HDL (good) cholesterol

Parsley: Chuck full of cancer-fighting antioxidants

Turmeric: Fights inflammation, lowers cholesterol and may help prevent Alzheimer's disease

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