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...known sources for these health-promoting compounds, but the list got a lot longer this year when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its most comprehensive study yet of the antioxidant content of common foods. Among the new entrants: red beans, kidney beans, pecans, walnuts, ground cloves and cinnamon. Of course, the USDA can't guarantee that eating more of these foods will make you healthier, but its researchers are working on guidelines to help consumers decide how much antioxidant they need in their daily diet...
...CINNAMON...
This aromatic spice may be good for more than stirring a hot toddy or sprinkling on a cappuccino. Cinnamon, it turns out, contains a molecule with insulin-like properties that may help people with Type 2 diabetes. A small study in Pakistan showed that 30 patients with diabetes had significantly lower blood levels of glucose, triglycerides and cholesterol after taking cinnamon for 40 days. In a separate study, however, scientists at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the Sansum Medical Research Institute found that not all cinnamon is created equal. While some varieties had no impact, others lowered...
More uniformly appealing are the potato and celery root pancakes, served with a shmear of sour cream. These were unexpectedly sweet and managed to achieve an ideal crispiness while remaining tender inside, as good as the best latke, but also distinctly its own delicacy. Cubes of cinnamon-spiced pears piled on either side of the plate make a pretty garnish, certainly, but add a bit too much sugar to the already dulcet discs...
...15th century Hammam was once the private, wood-fired bathhouse of a fabulously wealthy family, and still looks like something straight out of the pages of A Thousand and One Nights. Lit by star-shape skylights and flickering candles, its waters are perfumed with a heady blend of cinnamon, rosemary and mint oils. Water in the marble fountains trickles and flows from one steamy room to another; a traditional teahouse, complete with belly dancers, awaits upstairs...