What is the value of eating spicy food ?

Question

do spices just add flavor to food or do they have a value healthwise ?

Answer 1

Spices often have antimicrobial activity, which helps keep food from spoiling. It's one of the reasons tropical countries tend to have spicy food.

Answer 2

great answers above.

I wanna add that red hot chillies help fastening the digesting of food in the summer.

&

curry , has great benefits in fighting cancer.

:o)

Answer 3

adding to that food is spicy you get many benefits

watch green apple program on mbc on fridayeve"s it gives so much about this

Answer 4

dear moon

if i wanted to answerer your question

i will need days and write books about it

yes spices has tons of benefits

capsicum,ginger,clove,nut meg are aphrodisiac ie sexual tonics for men and anti bacterial

but take care nut meg is also hallucinogenic in hi dose(ya3ny beye3mel dema3')

but moderate dose improves the mood

peppermint,cinnamon,cumen,are anti spasmodic and anti flatulence and spastic colon

foenugreek

is energetic and has lots of vitamins

anise,guava leaves and thyme

are cough sedative

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da takhassos fe elsadala fe magester we doctorah

Answer 5

Some spices are good for health, here is what I know about this subject:

cinnamon is good for diabetics, it controls blood sugar to a certain extent if one teaspoonful of it is taken with food or as a drink.

ginger is good for joints, it is anti inflammatory.

turmeric= korkom is also anti inflammatory.

cumin is good as deodorant when eaten with food especially if the food has garlic.

pepper encourages the stomach to produce acids that help in digesting food.

mint calms down and is good for upset stomach.

thyme= za3tar is good for cough especially if you prepare a drink of thyme and Annis.

Annis is good for the nerves, it calms down and can be a nice drink with thyme for coughs.

karkadaih calms down, lowers blood pressure, and is diuretic.

Answer 6

spices is very important in hot countries coz it help the body to carry hot weather

and it give the body energy in winter and warming the blod

also its clean the walls of our stmach of some kind of bakteria

but any thing must have with right dosages not more coz may be ll make proplems for the body more than benefit it

Answer 7

i think they are like mini toxins, they have some benefits of course, but their disadvantages (hemorrhoids for example) outweighs their advantages (they taste so good)!

Answer 8

Yes spices do add additional health benefits. There are too many examples to give right now but I'll cover just a few to give examples: Ginger and cinnamon is excellent to inflammation, salt helps your heart, Cayenne pepper helps your immune system and helps you be happy too and ginger is good for cleansing the blood.  Hope this helps, i use these regularly to help me stay happy, healthy and tasty . :0)