Filled with easy-to-understand information and 50 recipes, this is the
first book that shows you how to use and cook with spices for maximum
health and healing.
Breakthrough scientific research is finding that spices-even more than
herbs, fruits, and vegetables-are loaded with antioxidants and other
unique health-enhancing compounds. Studies of dietary patterns around
the world confirm that spice-consuming populations have the lowest
incidence of such life-threatening illnesses as heart disease, cancer,
diabetes, and Alzheimer's.
Bharat B. Aggarwal, the world's foremost expert on the therapeutic use
of culinary spices, takes an in-depth look at 50 different spices and
their curative qualities, and offers spice "prescriptions"--categorized
by health condition--to match the right spice to a specific ailment.