Image: Sarina’s Coconut Rice With Lentils and Cashews (recipe here)
Not that I need any encouragement, nor am I sure do many of my regular readers, but the BBC ran an article last year touting the benefits of regular curry consumption. Among one of the findings was that a key component in curries (curcumin) can help to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease or dementia.
Excerpts:.
Curcumin appears to prevent the spread of amyloid protein plaques – thought to cause dementia – in the brain.
Professor Murali Doraiswamy, of Duke University in North Carolina, said there was evidence that people who eat a curry meal two or three times a week have a lower risk of dementia.
Dr Susanne Sorensen, of the Alzheimer’s Society, said: “Indian communities that regularly eat curcumin have a surprisingly low incidence of Alzheimer’s disease but we don’t yet know why.
“Alzheimer’s Society is keen to explore the potential benefits of curcumin in protecting the brain and we are conducting our own research into this area.
Read the whole article here.
Curcumin is also being studied for its properties in battling arthritis and cancer, looks like another serving of curried pumpkin and rice may be just what the doctor ordered!
Last month I was invited to participate in the blogging collective “Kwanzaa Culinarians“. Linking writers throughout the African diaspora it includes such heavyweights as Chef Bryant Terry, as well as known foodies like Sanura of “My Life Runs On Food“, ...
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this doesn't relate to the article, but i don't know any other way to submit general question. i know dasheen leaves are used as callaloo in trinidad. i live in southeast Florida and dasheen doesn't grow well here. However, malanga or cocos grow very well. can i subsitute malanga leaves for dasheen in recipes calling for callaloo?
Dont know about malanga or cocos but Ive used spinach as a good substitute
this doesn't relate to the article, but i don't know any other way to submit general question. i know dasheen leaves are used as callaloo in trinidad. i live in southeast Florida and dasheen doesn't grow well here. However, malanga or cocos grow very well. can i subsitute malanga leaves for dasheen in recipes calling for callaloo?
Dont know about malanga or cocos but Ive used spinach as a good substitute