A spice used in curry -- turmeric -- contains curcumin, which is a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. It's proven helpful in rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer's, and many other illnesses and conditions, so many inflammation based conditions may be helped by the properties of curcumin.
Turmeric is related to ginger and comes from the roots of curcuma longa. Besides its anti-inflammatory properties. curcumin is able to prevent mutations to DNA and therefore help your body to maintain healthier and younger cells. This spice also holds much promise in preventing cancer, as well as being a helper to the medicines currently being used in that treatment. Several types of cancers, such as colon, oral, skin and intestinal are fought off by curcumin's properties. It does this by blocking cell growth in cancer, and this eventually leads to the cancer's death. It also reduces free radicals (this is its anti-oxidant properties), and free radicals can lead to cancer causing cell mutations.
Studies have also shown that curcumin can help protect your liver against toxins. In studies, it was able to help those suffering from liver diseases, because it reduced damage to the liver from toxic chemicals and excess iron. Curcumin is likely to be helpful with many chronic degenerative diseases, as inflammation is the underpinning of those conditions. Curcumin also helps in diabetic retinopathy, lung disorders, and skin problems such as psoriasis.
Turmeric has been used as a spice for at least two millennia. It was used in Assyria, by the ancient Greeks, and is native to India and other areas of Southeast Asia. Hence its common usage in curries of all types. It is safe in large quantities, but tastes better as any spice would, used to season a dish rather than overpower it. For shrimp curry you can either make up your own individual curry powder mixture or buy it complete at the store. All that's needed for this simple and healthy dish is cooked rice, shrimp of any size, coconut milk, vegetables and of course, curry powder.
The easy steps are: Cook your rice separately, fry up some finely diced vegetables such as bell peppers, green onion etc (it's your choice) add coconut milk until it simmers, add curry powder to taste, and then add the shrimps (raw and peeled and deveined) for the last few minutes of cooking time. If you like your curry a little thicker you can add a little corn starch. Curries are extremely flexible and can contain almost any ingredient you like, and they are such a tasty way to "take" your anti-inflammatory medicine.
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Fay Porinsky is an expert in the alternative health field with more than 20 years of experience. She has particular knowledge and experience with the herbal vaporizer, including the 2003 Dr. Rudolf-Eberle-Prize innovation award winning Volcano Vaporizer. http://www.vapeworld.com/
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