Cumin is also used in traditional medicine to improve digestive function. A number of contemporary studies confirm that cumin promotes the excretion of pancreatic enzymes, acids, and bile vital for proper digestion. Also, cumin is extremely useful for predigesting food owing to the compound cuminaldehyde, found in the essential oil of the cumin plant, which stimulates salivary glands. Plus, it relieves gas and IBS symptoms and improves appetite.
According to a different study, published in 2010 in the journal Food Chemistry and Toxicology, cumin can reduce blood sugar as effectively as the drug glibenclamide (known as glyburide in the US). Also, cumin proved beneficial for decreasing oxidative stress and preventing the advanced glycated end products (AGE) linked to the pathogenesis of diabetic vascular problems.
A separate animal study concluded that cumin was more efficient in reducing inflammation, cholesterol, triglycerides, free fatty acids, and blood glucose than the drug glibenclamide.
According to preclinical research on cumin effects on cancer, the spice can prevent cervical and colon cancer.
There is also evidence that cumin improves memory function.Last, but not least, cumin is abundant in numerous antimicrobial properties.
HOW TO INCREASE YOUR CUMIN INTAKE
1# Savor your soups, stews, chili, rice, beans, or lentils with some cumin.
2# Add cumin to vegetable sautés; it also blends well with sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, and cauliflower.
3# Savor your marinades, salad dressings and mayonnaise with this spice.
4# Sprinkle on roasted nuts or chickpeas.
5# Use it as an additive in the meat mixture when making meatloaf, meatballs, or hamburgers.
6# Add to scrambled eggs before cooking.
7# Make some cumin seed tea by boiling the seeds in water and then leaving them to steep for about 10 minutes.
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