magine going to your doctor with joint pain and leaving with a prescription for ginger.
Before the advent of synthetic drugs, that might have happened. Herbs and spices have a long history as folk medicine, and not without merit.
Today, researchers are working to quantify their health benefits.
"We don't have enough evidence to say herbs and spices are 100-percent disease-preventing, but several have positive outlooks," says Milton Stokes, R.D., a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association.
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