"… cumin is like 1% aspirin by weight. Eating a teaspoon of cumin is like taking a baby aspirin."

"The population in rural India has one of the lowest rates of colorectal cancer in the world, and a diet that could be extremely rich in salicylic acid given the substantial amounts of plant foods with large quantities of herbs and spices. Some have proposed it's the curcumin in the spice turmeric; but maybe it's the salicylic acid in cumin. And, the spicier, the better."