This ‘miracle’ spice has some amazing health benefits
Could a spice and herb used in Mexican food help prevent Alzheimer’s disease?
Researchers have found that cilantro, commonly called “Mexican parsley,” was able to help rats not only learn things faster, but to counteract the effects of drug-induced amnesia.
The more cilantro the rats were given, the less the amnesia drugs affected them. And the ones on the highest dose of cilantro had almost no loss of memory at all!
But as good as that sounds, there’s even more research about another part of this herb showing how it can help the brain.
Several years ago researchers in Egypt did an experiment. They “gave” rats Alzheimer’s disease by feeding them aluminum chloride. They then gave some of the rats an additional treatment, one that restored damaged brain cells to “nearly normal.”
That “additional treatment” came from the seeds that develop after the “parsley” part of the plant has flowered and “gone to seed,” called coriander.
The Egyptian researchers found coriander “improves blood circulation to the head, imparts mental concentration and memory.” The spice also is a potent antioxidant, is antibacterial and antifungal with “low or no side effects.”
Coriander has also been studied as a way to control blood sugar and for its antibacterial properties. Its use goes so far back, it’s even mentioned in the Bible!
There are tons of recipes online for ways to use this miracle spice in your cooking. Many people also use it medicinally by making a tea out of the dried seeds. And if you’re making salsa, don’t hold back on the “parsley” part of the plant, either.
