smells. my mom cooked a lot of indian food in the house, served it to us often with a healthy dose of it's good for you. it turns out mom may have been right. decades of research show the benefits of the spices. take this cumin seeds, that's a distinctive indian flavor, also in mexican food. it can help with digestion and also the active ingredient in some asthma medications as well. something else you see in indian foods, red hot chili peppers, that makes you cringe right away. but even if you don't want the added kick to your food, you can take the active ingredient, calf say sin, they use it in creams to relieve pain. term lynn, that distinctive food. it can help boost brain power, even help ward off alzheimer's disease. one over here i may take home, this is ginger, simple ginger,