Spice Up Your Life

SPICE UP YOUR LIFE!

Spices are amazing for our health and wellbeing, if you don’t include them in your cooking its about time you started! Aside the health benefits, spices give a burst of flavour to your food and your hot beverage too! My most favourite, the Masala Chai; Spiced Tea.

Masala Chai has around 6-8 different spices depending where you have it – here is the best I’ve ever tried on my travels, in Alappuzha in Kerala and of course not far from the land of Spices, Kochin and Munnar. I was in heaven 🙂

Want to know what’s in it?

• Cardamon : Plant has been used in Eastern traditional medicine for more than 3,000 years – Improves digestion, diuretic and aphrodisiac, eases nausea, heartburn and flatulence.
• Cinnamon : Powerful anti-diabetic effect, lowers blood sugar levels, helps sluggish digestion, stomach and intestinal cramps, aphrodisiac and regular use helps resist seasonal infections.
• Ginger : Great for colds and coughs, can treat nausea, morning sickness and hangovers. Anti -inflammatory and can help with Osteoarthritis. Helps lower blood sugar drastically and lower cholesterol. Has anti-cancer properties and improves brain function.
• Clove : High in antioxidants, can strengthen the immune, and good if blood clotting. Antibacterial, anticancer, good for bone health and helps regulate blood sugar and prevent constipation.
• Black Peppercorns : Improves digestion, great antioxidant, helps intestinal tract fight bacteria, lower cholesterol, anti- inflammatory, has cancer fighting properties and can regulate blood sugar levels.
• Star Anise : Improves digestion, helps with bloating after meals, gas, indigestion and constipation.
• Fennel : Helps reduce water retention, regulates blood pressure, removes toxins from body and helps with constipation, indigestion, IBS and bloating.

So you see, by just incorporating a nice cuppa into your daily routine has an immense impact on your health and well being!

Get some spice into your life!! 😉