Saffron: Ancient Healing Powers Confirmed by Science

'Clearly there is something magical about the Crocus sativus flower, from which the spice saffron is derived. If its striking beauty does not immediately cast a spell on its beholder, often it simply takes experiencing the spice to fall into full enchantment with it. While saffron is exceptionally expensive, because it takes approximately 150 flowers to yield just 1,000 mg (0.035 oz) of dry saffron threads, and costs approximately $1,000 a pound, it does not take much to have an effect.' 

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Wild Oregano - King of Herbs

'A special distillation process is used to extract the essential oil from the plant. Oregano oil is the most potent plant oil on the planet – Antibacterial, Antiviral, Antifungal, Anti-parasitic, Anti-allergy, Antibiotic, Immune Stimulant, Anti-venom, Anti-pleomorphism and an Antioxidant.


But make no mistake about it because there is a difference in carvacrol levels, in quality based on country of origin, gathering practices and distillation processes. Also, you want 100% pure, undiluted, organic oil. Some companies are recommended in the links below this article.'

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Spicing Up Your Hormones Without Hormone Replacement

'One of the insurmountable problems with hormone replacement therapy is that when you replace a hormone you risk feeding the underlying glandular deficiency. 

 In the exuberance associated with the idea of overcoming age-associated declines in sexual, cognitive, skeletal, cardiovascular, etc. function, with both synthetic and bioidentical hormones, the hormone replacement advocates have often neglected to educate their patients to several unintended, adverse effects of hormone replacement therapy (HRT): 1) the endocrine system has a negative feedback loop which guarantees that with time the body's ability to produce adequate quantities of the very hormones being targeted for replacement will decline, resulting in the development of biological dependency on an external source of hormones -- not exactly a picture of empowerment.' 


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Smart Tips - How To Store Herbs & Spices

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Eight of the Worlds Healthiest Spices

 

'Modern science is beginning to uncover the ultimate power of spices and herbs, as weapons against illnesses from cancer to Alzheimer’s disease. “We’re now starting to see a scientific basis for why people have been using spices medicinally for thousands of years,” says Bharat Aggarwal, Ph.D., professor at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and author of the upcoming Healing Spices (Sterling, January 2011). 

Aggarwal notes that in his native India, where spices tend to be used by the handful, incidence of diet-related diseases like heart disease and cancer have long been low. But when Indians move away and adopt more Westernized eating patterns, their rates of those diseases rise.'

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5 Food-Medicines That Could Quite Possibly Save Your Life

 

'Some of the most powerful medicines on the planet are masquerading around as foods and spices. While they do not lend themselves to being patented, nor will multi-billion dollar human clinical trials ever be funded to prove them efficacious, they have been used since time immemorial to both nourish our bodies, and to prevent and treat disease.  

So valued were these in ancient times that they were worth their weight in gold, and entire civilizations either rose to great power or collapsed as a result of their relationship to them.  

What is even more amazing is that many of these "plant allies" are found growing in our backyards, and often sitting there in our refrigerators and spice racks, neglected and under appreciated.  In fact, many of us use these daily unaware that this is why we don't get sick as often as those who do not incorporate them into their diet. Let's look at a few examples….'

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Spice slashes blood sugar in just 12 weeks

'If you're diabetic, there's one simple change you can make to your routine to improve your blood sugar control: Eat more cinnamon. That alone could make the difference in how well you manage your blood sugar. In fact, a recent study published in the journal Diabetic Medicine found that cinnamon significantly improves blood sugar in just 12 weeks...plus, it even improves blood pressure in diabetics who take it every day!' 

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Turmeric: The World's Most Important Herb

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