Study confirms
Here’s what you need to know – a group of experts at Iran’s Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences randomly split 88 overweight or obese women into 2 groups. For 3 months, both groups received nutrition counseling and decreased their daily intake of calories by 500. But one group was also eating 3 grams (a little less than 1 teaspoon) of cumin powder daily, swirled into 5 ounces of yogurt (the same amount of yogurt, minus the cumin, was also prescribed to the control group).
Well, at the end of the 3-month trial, members in the cumin group had lost 3 more pounds than those in the non-cumin group for a total of 13 pounds’ weight loss. More impressively, the cumin group members decreased body fat percentage by 15%—almost triple the 5% loss posted by the control group—apparently due to the addition of the fat-burning spice.
Cumin Tea – RECIPE
- 1 tsp. of cumin seeds
- 250 ml. of water
Directions:
- Add the seeds in a small bowl.
- Put it on heat for 10 seconds.
- Pour the water and wait until it starts to boil.
- After it boils, remove it from heat and cover it.
- Leave it for 5 minutes.
- Strain the tea.
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