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Curry Chat => Lets Talk Curry => Topic started by: Ashes on October 31, 2006, 04:12 PM
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Everything is explained here!
http://www.physorg.com/news81440227.html (http://www.physorg.com/news81440227.html)
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Thanks Ashes, this is interesting.
I guess you all know that Turmeric is used in vedic medicine as an astringent mainly, but has many healing properties. Most Indians put it on cuts and burns, like we used to use Iodine I guess.
CP
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Very interesting subject.. I suffer from Ankylosing Spondylitis which is a form of arthritis and maybe it will help me... I hope it means i have to eat loads of curry's!!
thankyou for the posting
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My mother suffers from sever arthritis and has done so for many years, my mother in law suffers from fibromyalgie which is a very strange illness vaguely related to arthritis, so i was interested to read the article. I hope this will help you, a lot of people presume curries are bad for your health, and the amount of fat probably doesnt help, but i usually feel pretty damn good after a curry and all those strange and exotic spices must be doing something!
A lot of stuff that makes us healthy is stuff we dont wanna eat, nice to see something that we already like, doing something positive instead of negative. :)
Regards Ashes
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Absolutely both. Pat Chapman wrote a brilliant treatise on the medical benefits of curries in his first book back in the 60's. If anyone is interested I can dig a load of stuff out of home library of herbal remedies etc., which will really enlighten you on all of the ingredients used in curries. A lot of the basic medicines today are based on the extracts of spices.
CP
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;D ;D Wouldn't it be great if we could get spices on perscription {for medical reasons of course } lol
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Even better for us diabetics as we get our scrips for free. :o
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hi all
turmeric is a wonder spice used to contain bleeding of minor cuts, it is an antiseptic, an anaesthetic and it is used in the treatment of some cancers or the property curcimmin is. it also can make food edible that is not. i bouhht an indian recipe book at a bootfair for 50p it gives quite alot about other spices and their medicinal qualities.it also says that an indian chef is taught how to use them in cooking and medically. turmeric also stops you feeling nauseus and reduces inflamation.
i love this spice ;)
regards
gary
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The latest : Very very good for Alzheimer's.
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Strangely I was told by a doctor that ginger is bad for arthritis! (yet the two plants are quite closely related).
Just my 2p worth
KP
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The whole health question and benefits of spices are quite interesting, we know too much saturated fat is bad for your body, but relatively little is known about spices and combination of spices.. there is enough spices in your average curry to have some kind effect :) Apart from the toilet humour effect.
I all ways get a double hit from eating curries. The first is the rush of endorphins (hope i spelt that right) which is very good for the body :)
The second effect is feeling healthier and more energy a few days afterwards. Of course curries can contain huge amounts of calories.. but these are usually used up or turned to extra flesh within a relatively short amount of time; so i doubt that had much bearing in the short term.
These spices must be doing something positive, we know chillies and paprika (bell peppers) contain a lot of vitamin C which boosts the immune system, i would have thought that most of the vitamin C dies through high heat?
Anyway, of course curries arent going to protect you against all illnesses, but it does seem to have a positive effect which may well be revealed in the future??
Im off for some Christmas visiting real soon
So have a nice Christmas folks, see you in the new year
Ashes :)
btw Glad Shane Warne is retiring, give the pommies a chance huh? ::)