{"id":3692,"date":"2025-11-18T14:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/curry-could-be-the-key-for-weight-loss-study-suggests\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T14:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T14:34:12","slug":"curry-could-be-the-key-for-weight-loss-study-suggests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/18\/curry-could-be-the-key-for-weight-loss-study-suggests\/","title":{"rendered":"Curry could be the key for weight loss, study suggests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-11-18 14:34:10<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Eating curries could help you lose weight.<BR><br \/>\nBlack cumin &#8211; the tiny, jet-black seeds sprinkled into creamy curries, paneer dishes and naan &#8211; has long been prized for its punchy flavour, but now scientists say it may do far more than liven up dinner. <BR><br \/>\nAccording to a new clinical study, the humble spice appears to block the formation of fat cells and dramatically improve cholesterol levels, making it a potential weapon in the battle against obesity.<BR><br \/>\nResearchers at Osaka Metropolitan University recruited 42 volunteers with high cholesterol and asked half to consume 5g of black cumin powder &#8211; roughly a tablespoon &#8211; every day for eight weeks. <BR><br \/>\nThose who ate the spice saw significant drops in triglycerides, \u201cbad\u201d LDL cholesterol and overall cholesterol, while levels of healthy HDL cholesterol jumped.<BR><br \/>\nLead scientist Professor Akiko Kojima\u2013Yuasa said: \u201cThese findings strongly suggest black cumin seeds could be used as a functional food to prevent obesity and lifestyle-related diseases.<BR><br \/>\n\u201cIt was gratifying to see actual, demonstrable lipid-lowering effects in a human trial.\u201d<BR><br \/>\nThe effects were not just visible in blood tests, as cellular experiments showed extracts from the Nigella sativa plant &#8211; also known as kalonji or black seed &#8211; stopped fat cells from maturing altogether, effectively slowing the body\u2019s ability to store fat.<BR><br \/>\nThe team now hopes to explore whether black cumin could help people with diabetes by improving insulin resistance, and is calling for larger, long-term trials.<BR><br \/>\nThe spice has been used in traditional medicine for centuries for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory powers, but modern science is increasingly catching up.<BR><br \/>\nA major 2021 review even described black cumin as a \u201cmiracle herb\u201d thanks to its effects on metabolism and immunity.<BR><br \/>\nAlongside curries, the seeds are used to flavour breads, soups and rice dishes across Indian, Middle Eastern and North African cuisines &#8211; meaning the key to a slimmer life might already be sitting in your spice cupboard.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-11-18 14:34:10 Eating curries could help you lose weight. Black cumin &#8211; the tiny, jet-black seeds sprinkled into creamy curries, paneer dishes and naan &#8211; has long been prized for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3692"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3693,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3692\/revisions\/3693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}