Curry? Go for Yellow.
If you eat curry, make it yellow.
Accumulating research shows that turmeric — a yellow-orange spice in yellow curried Indian and Asian food — might help prevent and disintegrate plaques in the brain. The plaques are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, with its accompanying dementia and memory loss.
Turmeric’s active ingredient is curcumin, shown in lab and animal tests to be anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and immunity-boosting. UCLA researchers just wrapped up a study on whether Alzheimer’s patients improve from taking curcumin.
This EatSmart column is reprinted from USAWEEKEND Magazine and is copyrighted by Jean Carper. It cannot be reprinted without permission from Jean Carper.
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