- Nearly all Wasabi paste in the west is actually horseradish, as real Wasabi is too expensive as well as the logistics of shipping it and keeping it fresh.
- The warming, spiciness of wasabi paste is very energizing and cleansing – it feels like it is fortifying your body. I like to eat it by itself in about pea-sized portions, and always eat whatever wasabi is left after eating sushi all at once as a sort of tradition. It feels so tonifying, like its strengthening my body or I’m absorbing energy & vitality from it, that my body craves it and I feel an insatiable urge to eat it whenever I think about it. Its almost like how your mouth waters and your digestion ignites when you think about the taste and smell of vinegar, or vinegary foods.
- Insulin Sensitivity, improving insulin sensitivity and reducing insulin resistance. It also lowers high blood sugar, like many other herbs or foods.
- Anti-Inflammatory, reducing inflammation all over the body, and another ‘gentle’ food or supplement for resolving chronic inflammation, a driver of many diseases and symptoms.
- Antimicrobial, horseradish’s spiciness and burn mirrors ginger, and their antimicrobial benefits. Horseradish positively modulates the gut microbiome, reducing bad and pathogenic bacteria, whilst promoting good bacteria or probiotics.
- Anticancer Properties, containing some compounds like Glucosinolates and Isothiocyanates which have shown anticancer effects in some studies.
- Antioxidants, like many herbs and produce. Not a major effect of horseradish, but still another passive antioxidant gain which always has benefits.
- Gut Health (potentially), horseradish may help IBS and similar gut issues through its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activity, as well as antioxidants. However, like other spicy and pungent things, too much can easily irritate a sensitive or inflamed stomach, or ‘hurt an already hurting stomach’ just like salt or acid on an open cut.
- Immunity, boosting immunity and also being used as a traditional remedy for colds and general sickness, like ginger.
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