{"id":15454,"date":"2014-07-28T20:42:52","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T00:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2014\/07\/spice-up-your-plate-for-health-recent-highlights-on-food-as-medicine.html"},"modified":"2017-11-28T13:11:12","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:11:12","slug":"spice-up-your-plate-for-health-recent-highlights-on-food-as-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2014\/07\/spice-up-your-plate-for-health-recent-highlights-on-food-as-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Spice Up Your Plate for Health-Recent Highlights on Food as Medicine!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The top
\nholistic, wellness, nutrition, nutrigenomics, and integrative medicine health
\nnews for July is posted on my homepage.<\/a> <\/p>\n

Some of
\nthe highlights include:<\/u><\/p>\n

Quinoa- is
\nit okay for celiacs?<\/p>\n

Why
\nwatermelon has health uses beyond its childhood game of spitting seeds<\/p>\n

Can coffee
\nbe used for boosting athletic performance?<\/p>\n

Junk food
\nnation ramifications<\/p>\n

Vitamin D
\nupdates<\/p>\n

Fish oil
\nand brain health- another study<\/p>\n

Updates in
\nmammography and pelvic screenings for women<\/p>\n

How air
\npollution hurts the brain and how scientists are trying to get the message out<\/p>\n

How your
\nelectronic device could be making you break out in a rash<\/p>\n

Updates on
\nmedications including:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

How
\nincreased cardiovascular risk is linked to stimulants in children and
\nanti-inflammatory drug use in women<\/p>\n

How
\nsperm health is affected by statin drug use in men<\/p>\n

Now, let’s
\nmove on to more exciting health news on powerful, natural, and tasty solutions to some common ailments.
\nBelow are additional news updates from this month on how spices and herbs can
\nhelp keep you healthy.<\/p>\n

Ginger for PMS<\/b><\/p>\n

A clinical,
\nrandomized, double-blinded trial of 70 participants sought to determine if
\nginger capsules taken twice daily would assist with women suffering from PMS if
\ntaken 7 days prior to and 3 days after menstruation for three cycles. At the start of the trial there were no
\ndifferences between the mean scores of PMS symptoms in the two groups, but
\nafter 1, 2, and 3 months of treatment, the ginger imbibers fared significantly
\nbetter! (3)<\/p>\n

Ginger for Migraines TOO<\/b><\/p>\n

According
\nto another trial of 100 participants, a 250-mg dose of powdered ginger can be
\njust as effective as the medication sumatriptan in decreasing the severity of
\nacute migraines, according to a new study of 100 adult migraine patients. (4, 5)<\/p>\n

Cinnamon Oil to Combat Food Borne
\nIllness<\/b><\/p>\n

According to MedicalXpress.com:<\/p>\n

Recent
\nfindings published in Food Control
\njournal online suggest Cinnamomum cassia oil can work effectively as a natural
\nantibacterial agent in the food industry. The study results add to a body of
\nknowledge that will help improve food safety and reduce or eliminate cases of food
\npoisoning and related deaths. (6, 7)<\/i><\/p>\n

Garlic Cures Warts in Study<\/b><\/p>\n

Greenmedinfo.com,
\nan amazing website for science-based evidence in integrative medicine recently
\nreport on a clinical study published in the International Journal of Dermatology. The author, Sayer Ji,
\nreports on its findings that compared garlic to chloroform: methanol (control
\ngroup), which showed no improvement in comparison to herb power! (8)<\/p>\n