Spices have by far the highest levels of antioxidants of all food types. Spices help to prevent cancer, heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, slow aging and improve athletic performance.
Five spices (clove, oregano, cinnamon, ginger and turmeric) are at the top of the list of the 50 most antioxidant rich foods. And of those 50 antioxidant packed foods, a staggering 25% are spices! (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2006). Spices not only show high antioxidant activity, they also contain many other important phytonutrients that help to prevent a number of our most prevalent diseases.
"Variety is truly the spice of life. There are hundreds of clinical trials involving spices. From laboratory to kitchen, our findings are the same—there's a synergistic effect when you combine spices. So a little bit of this and a little bit of that makes sense. The true medicinal value of spices is only now beginning to be unveiled." - Prof. Bharat Aggarwal, Professor of Cancer Research, University of Texas.
We should either eat more spices than we do at present or take a balanced spice supplement containing a wide variety of spices.
VIDEO: Spices - A Health Mystery Solved
Prof. Richard Lee of the University of Toronto
and Dr Keith Scott journey to the Kalahari
Desert to examine the healthy, spicy diet of
the hunter/gatherer Ju/'hoansi San community
in northern Namibia.
They discuss the hypothesis that humans evolved eating a diet consisting primarily of strong-tasting, "spicy" plant foods and that, similar to common spices, the phytonutrients in these wild plants provide substantial health benefits and protection against degenerative diseases.
VITASPICE: Antioxidant-rich spice supplement
VitaSpice was formulated to provide a comprehensive spice supplement for those individuals who do not eat a sufficient quantity or variety of spicy food. VitaSpice ,which is suitable for vegans, contains the 22 most important spices that between them provide over 100 different antioxidants and other important phytonutrients! Included in this formulation are cloves, oregano, cinnamon, ginger and turmeric - spices that have the highest antioxidant activity of all foods including fruit and vegetables!
"We have got to a point where supplements are becoming very, very necessary." Dr Paul Clayton (TheRoyal Society of Medicine)
If you do not eat lots of spicy food on a daily basis you are missing out on the health benefits that a spice-rich diet provides. Taking VitaSpice capsules is the best way to ensure that you get sufficient quantities of these important antioxidant and phytonutrient-rich foods.
Read this fascinating book to discover how ordinary spices have the extraordinary ability to slow aging and protect us against serious degenerative diseases.
Medicinal Seasonings gives the historical and scientific reasons why spices should become an integral part of our diet; how they slow the aging process and help to prevent (and even treat) cancer , cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, immune disorders, obesity and other illnesses. find out more
For the past thirty years Keith Scott has worked as a medical doctor in both city and rural practices in Southern Africa, the United Kingdom and New Zealand. During that period he has incorporated complementary medicine into his medical practice and has co-authored two previous books including the best selling, Natural Home Pharmacy. Both books have been translated into several different languages. He has also appeared on numerous TV and radio programs and has written health related articles for newspapers and magazines. read more
