7 Tricks to Add Flavor and Cut Fat and Calories (Page 8)

Spice Things Up

Pictured Recipe: Indian Wok-Seared Chicken & Vegetables

7. Spice Things Up

Don’t bank on the spice turmeric as a magic bullet for weight loss yet. But go ahead and try it in your cooking—it adds flavor without any calories. In one study, when mice were fed high-fat diets with added curcumin (an active ingredient in the spice turmeric), they gained less weight than a similar group whose diets had no added curcumin.

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