3 Health Benefits of Spices

Get to know the super spices that make your food healthy and delicious.

Spices have been used for centuries yet their taste remains the same. Myths and stories mention delicious and spicy foods. Spicing the food doesn’t mean bitter taste, it means adding value to your food along with taste and fragrance. It is a well known fact that most people react to the fragrance of the food and then decide how good the food is? Spices and herbs have been adding nutritional values to your food for years. Things you may not about spices and herbs are given below:



Antioxidant in nature: A study has concluded that certain substances called antioxidants, which are quite adequate in fruits and vegetables, help protect cells from free radicals. Free radicals are by products of food breakdown or they can be produced by external sources like tobacco, nicotine or any other environmental pressures. Antioxidants offer protect against cancer, heart diseases, and other diseases. Antioxidants are enriched with Beta-Carotene, Lycopene, Lutein, Selenium, and Vitamin A, C, E.

Healing traits: Reducing Inflammation properties cannot be fully ruled out as research suggests that spices and herbs help reduce inflammation. What does inflammation do? It is known to augment chronic diseases such as heart diseases, Alzheimer’s disease and allergies etc.  Adding spices to your diet helps in healing process of your body.



Loss of weight: Scientists are working on the potential of spices to augment metabolism, offer satiety, managing weight, and enhancing the quality of the diet. Peppers contain capsaicin, which helps in boosting metabolism activities. Plus your food is enriched with flavor and fragrance making your food delicious to eat. Which are the Super Spices for your health? Here’s a list of Super Spices:

·         Cinnamon

·         Oregano

·         Rosemary

·         Turmeric

·         Thyme

·         Ginger

·         Dried Red Peppers

In India, many Spices Manufactures or a Masala Manufacturer offer powdered spices. Sterling Groceries are one such manufacturer of spices. They offer whole spices as well powdered spices.

Unfold the History of Spices and Herbs

Before discovering the rich history of Indian herbs and spices, it is necessary to understand the terms herbs and spices in a more concise manner. Let us begin with the dictionary meaning of herbs - an herb is "a flowering plant whose stem above ground does not become woody." In addition, spices can be defined as - "any of a variety of dried seeds, pungent or aromatic substances of vegetable origin, as pepper, cinnamon, or cloves, used as seasoning, preservatives, etc."

The history of spices has revolved around South Asia and Middle East countries and their trade practices, which dates back to about 1550 B.C. Turmeric Powder The use of plants as herbs has been important to all tribes or cultures since long before history was recorded. Formerly, spices were imported from Asia and Africa consequently they were quite expensive as compared to the present prices. In India, hundreds of tribal cultures have used wild and cultivated herbs for medicinal and food purposes since 15th century. Herbs are talked about in Genesis, the first chapter of the Bible, and throughout its content. As civilizations evolved so did the knowledge for the use of herbs. These days, it has been widely used in Ayurvedic medicines, home remedies, and recipes.

Food seasonings around the world: Different cooking techniques have adopted world widely, therefore herbs are used in variations to fulfill versatile tastes of people of different countries. Nevertheless, well-practiced use of herbs and spices will do wonders for your cooking. So, it is suggested to know the diverse flavors and properties of seasonings.

India: The majorly used spices are Coriander Seed, Cumin, Turmeric, Fenugreek, Ginger, which are used as an integral ingredient in almost all the vegetable or non-vegetable Indian curries.

Chinese: In Chinese cooking methods, Fennel, Cloves, Cinnamon, Szechuan peppercorns, and Star anise are the most used food seasonings.

Mexican: Mexicans are well known for the world’s best pizzas; hence, they use Oregano, Cumin, Chili powder, Chat Masala, Cilantro, Coriander in almost all recipes.

Thai: Thai cuisine has become well known since 1960s. Coriander, Red Chili powder, Lemongrass, Turmeric, and Ginger are the most popularly used spices in Thai cuisine.

Greek: Basil, Sage, Cumin, Cinnamon, and Dill have gained unambiguous place in Greek cuisine.

All these spices have long tradition and value in culinary arts of different traditions, regions or countries. PRS spices offers blended Indian spices of high quality and emerged as one of the prime cumin, turmeric, fenugreek suppliers in Indian market.

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