Researchers: To Boost Metabolism, Eat Spicier Food

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 18, 2011
You might do better to eat an Indian curry today than you would those chicken nuggets…and not for the obvious reasons. Researchers at Penn State have reported in the Journal of Nutrition that including turmeric, cinnamon, rosemary, oregano, garlic...
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