Good Herb Snippets

Here are some good things about a few herbs.

Cinnamon can help in numerous ways. Cinnamon lowers cholesterol, but more importantly it reduces blood sugar and slow the proliferation of cancerous cells in people with leukemia.

Sage was studied at the University of Georgia and they suggest that sage can prevent tissue damage caused by high blood sugar and offers some protection against cardiovascular disease.

Parsley contains Vitamin C, iron and is a good source of flavonoids, which help protect cells from cancer.

Sage

With Thanksgiving coming upon us this week, I was thinking about the herbs that we traditionally use. Sage is probably the most common one used in dressing. Have you ever thought about the benefits of sage or did you think there might not be any? Well there are medicinal benefits of sage as with most of our herbs.

Sage is probably best known for it's estrogenic effect. What this means is that if you are perimenopausal having hot flashes, sage will help to diminish that effect. Now I am not advocating that you go out and load up on sage. A little goes a long way. But the nice thing is that if you use sage in your dressing on Thanksgiving and you have been having hot flashes you may have a "cooler" Thanksgiving!