I may just have to rethink my dislike of curry dishes with this new research on the benefits of turmeric for Alzheimer’s patients. Maybe eating more curry makes the taste buds fonder?

US researchers have isolated a compound in turmeric - commonly used in the UK’s national dish chicken tikka masala and other more deadly curry concoctions - which “may help stimulate immune system cells that gobble up the brain-clogging proteins that mark Alzheimer’s disease”, Reuters reports.

I know my friend from India cooks a lot of curry dishes and she says what we call Indian food is just awful. Maybe I can get some recipe suggestions from her. If you have a favorite recipe that uses turmeric, I’d love to hear about it!

Posted by on 07.17.2007 • Alzheimers Health News