The World's 8 Healthiest Spices

In the article Ginger and Spices for Your Health the author covers common uses for everyday spices. This article focuses on the world's 8 healthiest spices, not herbs, and will provide information about the actual health benefits, quick ideas for recipe inclusion, and nutritional qualities of the world's 8 healthiest spices.

Why Spices?

One of the biggest benefits of cooking with spices, preferably freshly ground, is that they offer delectable flavors without adding fat, cholesterol, sugar or sodium. The calories of spices is minuscule, and some even add an unexpected amount of dietary fiber to your food. Using freshly ground spices in your cooking is an easy way of making healthier dishes and adding flavors that cannot be found in other non-natural and processed ingredients.

The World's 8 Healthiest Spices:

Black Pepper Either purchase a pepper mill and fill it with black peppercorns, white peppercorns or red peppercorns, or a mixture, or buy one of the McCormick pepper mills in the spice aisle. The already-ground pepper that comes in tins tastes like dirty sawdust compared to freshly ground pepper.

Freshly ground pepper adds zest to any dish, especially lean steaks and roasts.

Pepper is one of the world's healthiest spices because it is known for its positive effect on the digestive tract. It also has antibacterial and antioxidant benefits. Pepper also provides Vitamin A, Calcium, Copper, Vitamin K, Iron, Manganese, Magnesium and Potassium.

Cayenne Pepper Cayenne pepper is derived from hot chili peppers. Cayenne pepper is great at fighting inflammation. Cayenne pepper is rich in Vitamin A, and also provides Iron, Manganese, Niacin, Niacin, Magnesium and Potassium, Riboflavin, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K and Vitamin B6, making it one of the world's healthiest spices.