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Eating a diet rich in spices, like turmeric and cinnamon, reduces the body's negative responses to eating high-fat meals, according to Penn State researchers. "Normally, when you eat a high-fat meal, you end up with high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat, in your blood," said Sheila West, associate professor of biobehavioral health, Penn State, who led the study. "If this happens too frequently, or if triglyceride levels are raised too much, your risk of heart disease is increased. We found that adding spices to a high-fat meal reduced triglyceride response by about 30 percent, compared to a similar...

MADURAI: For once, starving weavers in the State seemed to have enjoyed the limelight: They had the choice of satiating their appetite with either gruel or biriyani, offered by the two `warring' political parties. But, the `grueling' politics associated with the `kanji thotti' and biriyani distribution functions have certainly put the Madurai police in the soup.To make matters worse, the cops have had to contend with the violence that `broke out' between DMK and AIADMK functionaries in Sellur. And now, they have to bear the repercussions arising out of their actions in lathicharging and later arresting the DMK men. The...