Posted on 02/22/2008 11:19:18 AM PST by blam
Have a look.
Turmeric ping!
If you happen to develop a taste for Indian pickles, they are loaded with all this good stuff. They do go well with American food, imo.
Yup. Me too... and alzheimer's.
Curry is the most popular dish in the UK presently.
I understand that most of the major pharma companies are frantically working to come up with a patentable version of the active molecule. The same is true for the grape extract, resveratrol. The human and animal test results for these two herbs are quite remarkable.
I think you might be thinking of tamarind.
Gotta be careful with that advice. What is commonly sold as Indian food in restaurants is usually Mughal fare, a form of cuisine once consumed by royalty, especially ones who were physically active. Average Indian food is not as rich:
We live near at least three Indian buffets (for lunch). We LOVE this food!
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Turmeric has also been linked to the prvention of Alzheimer’s. Indians have one of the lowest incidences of Alzheimer’s and that has been linked to the use of Turmeric in their diet.
I’ve been taking Tumeric 500mg for months for the curcuminoids (anti0xidants), who knew?
There's a recipe for turmeric tea at this guy's web site: www.iskcon.net.au/kurma/2008/01/11. It sounds pretty weird. I'll have to try it and see if the ginger and maple syrup tame the turmeric and lemon juice.
Tamarind fruit comes in seed pods that look like big castor beans. They're kind of like dates, I would think (I don't eat dates, so not sure, taste-wise.)
When I want to use it for something, I buy a puree or paste of it in frozen concentrated form at the grocery. I've had a drink of it in Mexico and in the Caribbean, which is why I think they have this concentrate here in Houston.
I really never thought of it being in Worcestershire sauce until you brought it up! And I can drink W'shire by the gallon, lol.
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Well, ugh! I did that turmeric thing I found online by other FReepers’ recommendation, in trying to cure the recurring rash I have/had on the tops of my hands.
Bleeccch! It said to drink 1 Tbsp in a glass of water, every so many hours or several times per day. Aaacck, I can still taste it!
It was CLAY, like you would make a mud mask out of for your face! And it tasted like dirt - BAD dirt. Or burning plastic! Not only that, it didn’t work - and I endured that grossness for at least a month, I was so desperate.
I eat curry all the time - at least several times per week - and love it. So I am ingesting turmeric in small amounts, anyway, but never again with the “intense turmeric therapy”! Ptooey! *spit spit*
Thanks, its going in my saved file.
I’ve found that turmeric supplements help my arthritis significantly.
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