There are many good foods we don’t eat enough of. Turmeric is high on the list.

Whenever we enjoy curries, our bodies enjoy the boost of turmeric to its pain-fighting arsenal. Turmeric may even be more effective than pharmaceuticals in the battle against several chronic diseases. It also has no side effects and is delicious in curries.

Here’s Why Turmeric Works:

The many benefits of eating turmeric trace back to its anti-inflammatory properties. Turmeric has two dozen of them! 2,000mg of turmeric can even be equal to 800mg of ibuprofen, an active ingredient in painkillers.

The Health Benefits of Eating Turmeric

1. Beat that inflammation

Beating inflammation is the key reason why turmeric is so beneficial to us.

Anti-inflammatory drugs can be useful and even necessary, but they can cause dramatic effects that derail the healing system. This is where nutrition comes in; foods and nutrients can reduce inflammation and the number of free radicals while leaving the healing part of the inflammatory process intact.

2. Prevent Alzheimer’s

Studies indicate that turmeric contains ingredients that prevent the build-up of beta-amyloid, the agent that causes the degrading of brain function in Alzheimer’s patients. Turmeric has also been recently shown to help our brain make new nerve cells.

3. Manage arthritis

Turmeric’s two dozen anti-inflammatory compounds have shown positive impact on arthritic symptoms.

4. Reduce the pain of surgery

Research is showing that turmeric around he time of surgery reduces how many pain killers patients need after surgery. This also reduces the stomach problems like nausea and constipation that are caused by those drugs.

5. Prevent certain types of cancer

Turmeric was shown to either prevent or help treat colon cancer, mammary cancer, prostate cancer, esophageal cancer, and oral cancer. The results are not yet clinically significant, but the initial results are promising.

Chew on this

I often make simple curries and add extra turmeric. I also enjoy turmeric tea by adding some turmeric to hot water with a dollop of honey. Treating our bodies well can be simple!