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Hey guys! I’m Heather from healthyeatingstartshere.com. Today we’re going to talk a little bit about
herbs and spices. Now, when I was back in university, I used to eat some very, very
plain meals. Food was just about getting some together quickly and filling me up and that
was pretty much it.
My roommates actually laugh at me now when they see my videos because they would have
had no idea back then that I would be cooking and learning about nutrition and stuff like
that. I’ve come along way since then - I’ve taking cooking courses, I've become a nutritionist
- and when my husband and I went to a vegetarian diet I was forced to get much more creative
with my vegetables.
So, in order to make them more appetizing and really just get more variety of flavors
and help my husband learn to love them as much as I did, I had to get creative with
different flavors and herbs and spices is the one area that I really learned a lot over
the last couple of years.
Now, not only do they add a whole ton of flavor to your dishes but they also are full of nutrition.
Things like ginger and cinnamon actually work to stimulate your digestive system and help
the foods that you eat get through more efficiently. Then the spicy spices like cayenne and paprika
help to suppress your uptake.
So if you find that you are over eating, add a little bit of spice and see if that doesn’t
make you take a smaller portion. Turmeric is an excellent one as well that I have more
recently gotten on to. It actually helps with the metabolism of fats.
So, it helps break down the fat molecules that you’re eating. It helps to regulate
blood sugar. So if you have issues with blood sugar spikes it can help with that and also
helps to reduce inflammation. If you have arthritis or any kind of blood pressure issue
which is related to inflammation of the blood vessels. Try some turmeric, just a little
bit, two dashes and it will help with inflammation.
Now the herb parsley is a pretty big power house on vitamin C. Just 4 tbsp will give
you around 20 to 25 percent of your daily intake of vitamin C. How crazy is that, right?
4 tbsp of parsley and you got a quarter of your vitamin C for the day. It also has some
antioxidant in chlorophyll, great for helping against aging and giving you energy for the day.