Cooking with Turmeric

Many people are discovering that turmeric is one of the best and most powerful anti inflammatory products available. It is also a powerful natural cancer fighter.

Why is this important? Heart disease and cancer are the two big killers, taking millions of people before their time. Heart disease ruins the life of men and kills many of them, often without warning. Women have some protection until menopause, but after menopause, the women's rate equals that of men.

Cardiologist Dr. Stephen Sinatra in his book Reversing Heart Disease Now comes right out and says--when it comes to heart disease, think inflammation, not cholesterol. 

There are many substances that help the body to fight and better yet prevent inflammation, but there is none better than curcumin an ingredient in turmeric.

Another thing, many people, more and more now--there are reasons I don't have time to discuss now--are getting Alzheimer's Disease. Here is something that most people don't know--women have a much higher rate of death from Altzeimers than men do.

So it is in every one's interest to try to prevent this horrible disease. And guess what? Turmeric is one of the best things you can take to help prevent Alzheimers.

Finally, the C word that no one wants to think about Cancer. It used to be that one in four people will get cancer. Now it is one in three and soon one in two people will get cancer.

Turmeric contains curcumin, which has been found to be very a very potent weapon and preventative against cancer.

Dr. Bharat Aggarwal has been doing cutting edge research on the use of curcumen at the MD

Anderson Cancer Clinic.  

So, like I was saying, people are waking up to the benefits of turmeric. But many people want to know how to cook with turmeric. I personally like the taste and just sprinkle it on avocado or rice.  As for cooking, here is the link to a fun and informative article about cooking with turmeric. The author states that turmeric blends well with other spices such as nutmeg, pepper and ginger.

Turmeric goes well with pumpkin too.

Here is the link to an article about cooking with turmeric

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/blog/how-cook-turmeric

Here are a couple of advanced tips.

Have a little oil, like avocado, chicken, fish or olive oil with the turmeric. Also adding a little ground black pepper helps release the active ingredients in the turmeric.Here is a link