HEALTH BENEFITS OF ROSEMARY


Since its primordial Mediterranean origins, the woodsy-citruslike fragrance of rosemary has graced gardens, kitchens, and apothecaries throughout the world. A lovely herb with tags like "Dew of the Sea" and "Old Man," rosemary is related to mint and resembles lavender, with leaves like flat pine needles touched with silver.



Rosemary is one of those herbs with a thousand uses. It's extremely hardy and therefore easy to grow and maintain inside or out. Indoors, it requires lots of light but not too much heat and humid
air. Add an entire sprig to vegetable soups for a bright, unique flavor.

Health Benefits of Rosemary
For centuries, one of the most common medicinal uses for rosemary has involved improving memory, not just for the flavor it adds to food. This herb, especially the flower tops, contains antibacterial and
antioxidant rosmarinic acid, plus several essential oils such as cineol, camphene, borneol, bornyl acetate, and pinene that are known to have anti-inflammatory, antifungal, and antiseptic properties.

Rosemary also contains iron (part of the hemoglobin inside red blood cells, determining how much oxygen the blood will carry) and potassium (a component in cell and body fluids which helps control
heart rate and blood pressure). There's also fiber, copper, calcium, and magnesium, a n d an abundance of B vitamins, such as pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, riboflavin, folates, useful for DNA
synthesis and for women just prior to conception, which helps prevent neural tube defects in newborns. 

Being concentrated, the dried version of rosemary provides a bit more of everything: 93 calories, 12 grams of fiber and 45% of the daily value in iron, 35% of the calcium, 29% of the vitamin C and 18% of the vitamin A needed each day.

Rosemary Fun Facts
During Medieval times, rosemary was believed to grow only in the gardens of the righteous. Sixteenth century Europeans also carried it in the heads of walking sticks to ward off the plague.