The medicines hiding in your spice rack with Kanchan Koya & Dr. Sarah Berry
In today’s episode we’re uncovering the medicines hiding in your kitchen. Molecular biologist Kanchan Koya joins Jonathan and Sarah to explore the incredible health benefits of spices. From controlling blood sugar to soothing a sore throat, we’ll discover what the latest research says about household favorites including ginger, cinnamon and cloves. Kanchan Koya is a food scientist, founder of the spice-centric food blog Chief Spice Mama and author of the cookbook ‘100 Recipes with Healing Spices for Your Family Table’. She will show us how to get the most out of spices, with simple cooking tips and delicious recipes. Want to make Kanchan’s show stopper spice dish? Find the recipe here.Follow Kanchan on Instagram.If you want to uncover the right foods for your body, head to zoe.com/podcast, and get 10% off your membership.Follow ZOE on Instagram.Timecodes:00:00 Introduction01:26 Quickfire questions03:08 What are spices?03:43 Polyphenols in spices07:25 Spices and your health11:01 Cinnamon and blood sugar control14:49 Anti-inflammatory benefits of spices21:08 A practical guide to using spices31:40 Reviving old spices33:11 The wonders of ginger: from morning sickness to gut health35:56 Spiced cooking tips37:41 Breakfast ideas: add spices to start your day39:44 Simple spicy snacks42:05 Dinner delights: spicing up main meals44:11 Spices for kids46:24 Spiced drinks: from chai to golden milk48:24 The ultimate spice dishStudies related to today’s episode:Safety and efficacy of curcumin versus diclofenac in knee osteoarthritis: a randomized open-label parallel-arm study published in Trials Analgesic effect of the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of clove, published in Avicenna Journal of PhytomedicineEffect of cinnamon spice on continuously monitored glycemic response in adults with prediabetes published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Star anise (Illicium verum): Chemical compounds, antiviral properties, and clinical relevance published in Phytotherapy Research Ginger-Mechanism of action in chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, published by Critical Reviews in Food Science and NutritionIs there a nutrition topic you’d like us to explore? Email us at [email protected], and we’ll do our best to cover it.Episode transcripts are available here.