{"id":57652,"date":"2024-10-19T13:03:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T02:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=57652"},"modified":"2024-10-19T13:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T02:03:52","slug":"just-one-teaspoon-of-this-spice-boosts-weight-loss-by-50-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57652","title":{"rendered":"Just one teaspoon of this spice boosts weight loss by 50 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cumin_Seeds.jpg\" alt=\"Cumin Seeds\" width=\"794\" height=\"603\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cumin_Seeds.jpg 794w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cumin_Seeds-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cumin_Seeds-768x583.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A recent study shows\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/greenmedinfo.com\/substance\/cumin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cumin<\/a><\/strong> may also help you finally burn off those extra pounds.\u00a0Researchers in Iran wanted to know the effect of this ancient spice on body composition as well as blood fat levels.<\/p>\n<p>They randomly assigned 88 overweight or obese women to one of two groups.\u00a0 Both groups followed a reduced calorie diet and received nutrition counseling.\u00a0 But one group ate yogurt with three grams of cumin twice a day. \u00a0The other group ate plain yogurt.<\/p>\n<p>After just three months, the cumin group members on average lost almost 50% more weight than the control group.\u00a0 They also decreased their body fat percentage by 14.64% or almost three times the control group&#8217;s loss.<\/p>\n<p>The cumin group also lowered their body mass index and waist circumference significantly more than the control group.<\/p>\n<p>The authors speculated that cumin&#8217;s weight loss benefits may come from its heat.\u00a0 It may temporarily increase metabolic rate.<\/p>\n<p>Cumin also significantly reduced blood lipid levels.\u00a0 Triglycerides dropped 23 points compared to only five points in the control group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/food-cooking\/just-one-teaspoon-of-this-spice-boosts-weight-loss-by-50-percent\/\">https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/food-cooking\/just-one-teaspoon-of-this-spice-boosts-weight-loss-by-50-percent\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent study shows\u00a0cumin may also help you finally burn off those extra pounds.\u00a0Researchers in Iran wanted to know the effect of this ancient spice on body composition as well as blood fat levels. They randomly assigned 88 overweight or obese women to one of two groups.\u00a0 Both groups followed a reduced calorie diet and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=57652\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Just one teaspoon of this spice boosts weight loss by 50 percent&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57652"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57654,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57652\/revisions\/57654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=57652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=57652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}