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Health benefits of some common indian spices

Posted by Aparna_Tandon on Wed, 26 Jan 2011

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Several spices common to Indian cooking can contribute to health and weight loss. Black pepper has great healing properties and can help with weight loss. It improves digestion, frees nutrients for absorption and can help stimulate the metabolism, the body's mechanism for burning calories. The component in black pepper that makes it taste pungent is called piperine. It stimulates receptors in the brain and nervous system. Researchers suggest this effect increases food's thermogenic effect (the a... Read More

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