Review: Power of medicinal herbs and spices...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2013
Green tea, flaxseed, fennel, and cinnamon. The author covers more herbs and spices but these immediately caught my attention.The author tells how cinnamon can help diabetics and high cholesterol sufferers. I did much research for my best-selling book "Get Down to 150" and found cinnamon to be an excellent piece to add to your eating plan. One caveat...get real cinnamon not the fake stuff masquerading as cinnamon that you see on grocery store shelves. Real cinnamon comes from the tropical evergreen tree Cinnamomum zeylanicum. Real cinnamon is native only to Sri Lanka. The fake cassia varieties are in China, Vietnam and Indonesia.Author tells of research behind green tea's anti-cancer properties, fennel's gut and bowel benefits, and flax seeds cancer, heart disease and stroke fighting qualities. Flax seed is also one of the most complete plant sources of amino acids and healthy omega-3's so you'd benefit from eating it.