Not only seasoning, do you know the function of these common spices?

Garlic, fennel, cinnamon, pepper and turmeric are the spices commonly used in our daily diet, which give the food a better taste experience Besides the dining table, they also have various functions, which play a special role in human health and beauty fitness They are also extracted and processed into nutritional supplements, antioxidants and other applications in the food industry Do you know the special functions of the following common spices? Pepper extract: promote resting energy consumption recently, a study published in the Journal of nutrition showed that pepper extract can increase resting energy consumption by 6% The so-called resting energy consumption refers to the energy consumption of the body after fasting for more than 2 hours and lying down for 30 minutes at a suitable temperature It is mainly used to maintain the normal functions of cells and organs of the body and the awakening state of the body Research shows that resting energy consumption can account for 60% of the daily calorie consumption of the human body, promote resting energy consumption, and contribute to the energy balance and weight management of the human body In the study, which lasted for more than a month, researchers found that giving volunteers 100 milligrams of chili extract a day could help the body burn an extra 3000 calories For the general population, this is enough to balance the burning of calories and maintain a healthy weight Peppermint extract: anti inflammation is better than rosemary Recently, a study published in the Journal of the FASEB Journal compared the anti-inflammatory effect of peppermint extract rich in polyphenols and rosemary acid through animal experiments It is understood that there are more than 50 kinds of polyphenols in the extract of spearmint, including rosmarinic acid The anti-inflammatory effect of these active polyphenols is stronger than that of rosmarinic acid alone The researchers randomly divided a group of mice into seven groups, three of which were given a daily injection of spearmint extract containing 15% rosmarinic acid Finally, the researchers concluded that the polyphenol active components in the extracts of peppermint may have synergistic effect on the resistance verification, and the anti-inflammatory effect is better than that of rosmarinic acid Cinnamon extract: it can prevent obesity Recently, an animal study published in the Journal of oxidative medicine and cell life confirmed that cinnamon supplement can reduce body fat and visceral fat, improve carbohydrate metabolism, improve insulin, free radicals and lipid levels, lipid peroxidation and antioxidant enzymes In this study, the researchers randomly divided the mice into four groups: one group fed with cinnamon supplement, one group fed with placebo, one group fed with high fat feed, and one group fed with mixture of high fat feed and cinnamon supplement The results showed that cinnamon polyphenol extract reduced the body weight, visceral fat and liver weight of the experimental rats In addition, the risk of hypertriglyceridemia and blood lipid level of the experimental rats were also reduced, and the metabolism level of carbohydrate and protein, as well as the antioxidant capacity were significantly improved Curcumin: curcumin has therapeutic effect on melancholia It has been used for more than 4000 years by human beings It has been used for a long time to treat inflammatory diseases, protect liver, skin diseases and trauma After modern medical research, it has also been confirmed that it has two major functions: antioxidant and anti-inflammatory Recently, scientists have found that curcumin can not only fight cancer, treat diabetes and hyperlipidemia, but also treat depression Patients with depression have been increasing year by year in the modern society of stress, and will become a disability disease next to cancer in decades In addition to psychotropic drugs, there are also a variety of known natural prescriptions, and curcumin has been found to be able to treat depression in the research In 2014, a control experiment was published in the Journal of pharmacotherapy research It was found that curcumin and Prozac both had the effect of improving depression symptoms, and they performed better when used In addition, curcumin can improve the production of serotonin and dopamine in the brain, both of which are closely related to the regulation of emotion, and also directly related to depression.