#236 Cloves. Nature's natural medicine? With Dr Rupy Aujla
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
A lot of relatives have told me in the past about chewing cloves everyday. It’s part of a habit for some people and a traditional cure for toothache and gum disease. But, depending on who you speak to, the benefits extend to the digestive system, inflammation and even longevity.
So here at the Doctor’s Kitchen we decided to do a deep dive into this wonderfully strong spice that we use often in recipes such as broths, stews and of course biryani.
Here are the things you need to know
- It’s a potent spice that at the very least, contributes more polyphenols and diversity to your plate. The chemicals found in cloves are particularly interesting
- It is linked to many beneficial properties, especially antioxidant, antiinflammatory, antimicrobial and analgesic benefits but human trials are lacking.
- Whole cloves are generally considered safe but clove oil or supplements need to be used with caution.
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| 0:00.0 | Doctors Kitchen. |
| 0:03.0 | Recipes Health Lifestyle |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | The show about food, lifestyle, medicine and how to improve your health today. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Dr. Rupi, your host. I'm a medical doctor, I study nutrition and I'm a firm believer in the power of food and lifestyle as medicine. |
| 0:32.0 | Join me and my expert guests where we discuss the multiple determinants of what |
| 0:36.6 | allows you to lead your best life. A lot of relatives have told me in the past about chewing clothes every day. |
| 0:50.4 | It is part of a habit for many people and a traditional cure for toothache, gum disease, |
| 0:58.5 | and many other ailments, depending on who you speak to, the benefits can potentially extend to the digestive system, general |
| 1:06.8 | inflammation benefits and even longevity. |
| 1:10.7 | So here at the doctor's kitchen we decided to do a deep dive into this wonderfully strong |
| 1:17.6 | spice that we often use in recipes such as broths, stews and of course biryani one of my personal favorites. |
| 1:26.1 | So here are a few things that you need to know. |
| 1:29.2 | It is a potent spice that is at the very least contributing to more |
| 1:34.8 | polyphenols and diversity on your plate. The chemicals found in |
| 1:39.1 | clothes are particularly interesting. Number two, it is actually linked to many beneficial properties, especially |
| 1:46.5 | antioxidant benefits, anti-inflammatory benefits. It is a recognized antimicrobial, so it does have antibacterial effects |
| 1:55.2 | antifungal effects and it is an analgesic it is a pain reliever and actually when you |
| 2:01.3 | chew on a clove you can feel the numbing effect almost immediately, |
| 2:05.2 | but the human trials for all those potential properties are lacking. |
| 2:11.2 | And the final thing is that whilst whole cloves are generally considered safe, |
| 2:17.2 | clove oil or supplements need to be used with caution. |
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