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Heritage Spiced Beverages:
Their Health Wonders
Mohamad Nazri Zayapor & Aminah Abdullah
Flavouring foods with spices are common to our culinary experiences but when infused in
drinks, they gastronomically tantalizing our tastes buds and may provide healing wonders
to our body systems. This book introduces the use of natural ingredients in the preparation
of the refreshments, comprising of culinary spices, natural colourants, low-calories
botanical sweeteners, varieties of palm sugars and honey.
Their health values are presented and supported by recent scientific studies. The
knowledge of pharmaceutical from the ancient Ayurveda and Unani medicinal system
is applied in formulating refreshments that not only to impart invigorating flavour but at
the same time explicit its therapeutic values. The combination of local culinary cultures
and those medicinal practices enriched heritage spiced drinks are being enjoyed not only
ISBN: 978-967-15024-0-2 during hot weather but to warmth the body during chilly night.
Year: 2017
Publisher: UIM Press People that lived along the spice trading routes are keen to incorporate spices in their drink.
Price: RM57.00 In this book, authors enlisted myriad of heritage spiced drink that are being consumed to
Category: Food & Beverages enhance wellness. Heritage Spiced Beverages: Their Health Wonders encompasses a brief
history of non-fermented spiced refreshments, its natural ingredients and their therapeutic
values, highlighting its applications in metabolic disorders (cardiovascular diseases,
diabetes, cancer and other inflammatory associated diseases) and some socio-economic
strategies to ensure sustainable wellness legacy.
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