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♥ Saturday, June 21, 2008

Mustard is known to be very helpful for digestion, and can help to speed up your metabolism.
Mustard produces such a tiny seed yet it yields many health benefits. Mustard is one of the most popular spices in the entire world and is used in every country as a favorite spice. Part of the cabbage family, mustard can be used in its whole seed form, as a ground powder or combined with wine, vinegar or some other liquid to create a loose paste.Just a few of mustard’s possible healthy benefits include:
- Speeds up metabolism
- Stimulates digestion, increasing saliva as much as eight times more than normal
- Inhibits cancer cell growth and possibly prevents other types of cancer as well
- Treatment of skin diseases through the application of sulfur found in mustard
- Reduces in the severity of asthma
- Decreases symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis
- Lowering of high blood pressure
- Prevention of migraines
- Facilitation of gastric juices which aids digestive problems and gives digestive aid
- Soothing of sore throats, bronchitis, asthma and pneumonia
- Disinfectant qualities it provides
BEST THING! LOW IN CALORIES.
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