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Bold and Beautiful Spices for Health
Bold and beautiful spices, one of today’s hottest culinary trends, may offer more than just good taste. Scientists are now fascinated with the health potential of a variety of culinary herbs and spices. A culinary herb is the leaf of a plant used in cooking; any other part of the plant, such as the buds, bark, roots, berries, seeds, and the flower stigma, is called a spice. Once treasured by early civilizations as natural preservatives and plant medicines, these flavorful seasonings continue to have many beneficial properties.
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The Vibrant, Healthy Flavors of an Authentic Latin Diet
The traditional diet of Latin America is vastly different from the westernized versions of foods we’ve come to know—images of cheesy enchiladas and greasy tacos are usually conjured up. But Latin cuisine has a fascinating history that includes influences from the ancient Aztec, Mayan and Incan cultures. The cornerstones of the traditional diet are beans, grains, potatoes, tomatoes, chilies, avocados, corn, vegetables, legumes, and spices—foods health experts now know are part of a disease-protective diet. In addition, the traditional diet includes many healthful habits, such as combining colorful fruits and vegetables, a focus on eating "real" food instead of processed food, and an emphasis on plant proteins such as beans and grilling meats.
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The Power of Diet to Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes is a dangerous disease on the rise; every 24 hours more than 4,000 adults are diagnosed with diabetes, and approximately 200 people die as a result of it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). An astonishing 23.6 million Americans have diabetes, another 5.7 million are unaware that they have it, and about 57 million adults over the age of 20 have pre-diabetes (higher than normal blood sugar levels), making it likely that they will develop full-blown diabetes within 10 years. Diabetes is also a big expense. The total healthcare and related costs for treatment are close to $174 billion annually.
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