CULINARY HERBS AND SPICES by REBECCA P. DEARLOVE (Under the Direction of James L. Hargrove, Ph.D.) ABSTRACT Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency and/or absence of insulin that is associated with chronic pathology including retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy and atherosclerosis. These diabetic complications are caused in part by the build-up of advanced glyca...

After the second world war Marshall Aid funds were used to establish a cooperative organisation for growing, drying, and selling Digitalis lanata (and other medicinal, aromatic, and culinary herbs) in the Netherlands. The crop is sown in mid April and the fully mechanised harvest of the leaves takes place from September to late November. The leaves are dried for 10-12 hours at 50 degrees C maxi...

The aim of this article was to systematically review literature on clinical trials investigating the effects culinary herbs and spices obesity in adults. Relevant articles were searched through electronic databases using predefined search terms. Thirty commonly used for weight loss selected based literature. Out 33 intervention studies that eligible inclusion review, 24 reported statistically s...