In addition to cooking as a seasoning to taste, turmeric turns out to have many benefits for human health. As I quote from the agricultural department of the following sites:
Turmeric to prevent Alzheimer's
Alzheimer disease is a common kind of dementia disease that occurs in humans who started to enter old age (elderly). Naturally, dementia is common in every person because of the physical condition of the brain decreases. However pikunpun may be slow coming by using turmeric in curry-bu bum. Curry spice turmeric as an ingredient that is widely used in various recipes to maintain quality of the brain is felt to old age. One proof is the elderly who are in Asian countries still have a good memory in old age because they are diligent in taking curry spices.
Results of the study Dr. Tze-Pin Ng from National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1010 elderly people aged 60 to 93 in 2003, showed that elderly people who often eat curry spice has a higher recall than those who rarely or never at all. This will probably make us curious and inquisitive. Apparently the secret lies in the yellow dye (curcumin) is contained in turmeric that are used in making the curry spices. Curcumin in turmeric had a very important function in treating various types of diseases because these compounds can serve as anti-tumor promoter, antioxidant, anti-microbial, anti inflammatory and anti virus.Addition of curcumin in turmeric was also instrumental in enhancing the immune system.
Turmeric flour which will be made curry spice blend ingredients can be made from the dried turmeric root. In terms of simplicity, which has been in iris bulbs and dry them, it's easier to be milled flour. In consumer countries like the United States and Britain, turmeric powder is used directly as a spice in food coloring, and the raw material for making oleoresin. In India, turmeric powder is one of the basic material for the manufacture of curry spices (curry powder) which is a homogeneous mixture of different types of turmeric powder.
With curry spices regularly consumed, will be able to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease that can cause dementia because the total physical condition of the brain that continues to decline. But make no mistake, the excessive use even for the elderly could bring undesirable effects of abdominal pain, liver disorders or ginjal.Dari the conclusion of the pe-researcher reported in the American Journal of Epidemiology Issue 1 November 2006, stating that the flavor Curry has the potential to prevent Alzheimer's because the views of the efficacy and not poisonous. The results of this study is the first evidence suggesting a link between curry consumption by the brain's cognitive abilities.
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