Turmeric Health Benefits

Turmeric has a peppery, warm and bitter flavor and a mild fragrance slightly reminiscent of orange and ginger, and while it is best known as one of the ingredients used to make curry, it also gives ballpark mustard its bright yellow color.

Turmeric comes from the root of the Curcuma longa plant and has a tough brown skin and a deep orange flesh. Turmeric has long been used as a powerful anti-inflammatory in both the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine. Turmeric was traditionally called “Indian saffron” because of its deep yellow-orange color and has been used throughout history as a condiment, healing remedy and textile dye.

Turmeric (Curcuma longa), the bright yellow of the spice rainbow, is a powerful medicine that has long been used in the Chinese and Indian systems of medicine as an anti-inflammatory agent to treat a wide variety of conditions, including flatulence, jaundice, menstrual difficulties, bloody urine, hemorrhage, toothache, bruises, chest pain, and colic. The following are some of the health benefits of Turmeric:

* A Potent, Yet Safe Anti-Inflammatory
* An Effective Treatment for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
* Help for Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers
* Cancer Prevention
* Inhibits Cancer Cell Growth and Metastases
* Turmeric and Onions May Help Prevent Colon Cancer
* Turmeric Teams Up with Cauliflower to Halt Prostate Cancer
* Reduce Risk of Childhood Leukemia
* Cardiovascular Protection
* Turmeric Boosts Amyloid Plaque Clearance in Human Alzheimer’s Patients

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