Turmeric, Cabbage & Health / was RECIPE: Vegetable and Tofu Curry

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Hi Piers,

You write:

> Researchers have discovered that turmeric combined with

> certain kinds

> of vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli etc.) could

> be

> beneficial to men's health.

 

Turmeric has long been known in Asia as spice beneficial to health as well as

adding great flavour to food, so isn't it nice that western research has finally

come to recognize it! It's supposedly helpful for arthritis too - being a

natural anti-inflammatory - and is even good against some forms of salmonella

among other things.

 

>I used cabbage but any of the other vegetables

> would do

> (don't know about brussels sprouts, though).

 

If you're looking for the cruciferous vegetables that boost the immune system,

are anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer, brussels sprouts would indeed be

included, along with a most remarkable list of others (including my fave: kale -

which fortuitously is supposed to be good against cataracts too). Perhaps,

however, the research to which you refer had more specific vegetables in mind?

In any case, Wikipedia lists the very valuable crucifers - a larger group that

one tends to think:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruciferous_vegetables

 

For more on turmeric, have a peek at 'The Amazing Health Benefit of Turmeric'

 

http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Amazing-Health-Benefits-of-Turmeric & id=589242

 

I'm also interested in this one, which shows beneficial effects for those with

Alzheimers:

 

http://www.bhopal.org/issues/archives/2006/10/chemical_found.html

 

And we wonder why we love to eat curried dishes, eh? Good for us, that's what

- good for us!!!! (And oh yes, taste wunnnnnnnderful too.)

 

Thanks for the recipe, Piers. Saving it to File and also my desktop for personal

use!

 

Love and hugs, Pat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Pat,

 

Thanks for all those interesting links - I'm impressed

at the assortment of cruciferous vegetables mentioned

in the Wikipedia article. Must admit kale is not one

of my favourites but I especially like Chinese cabbage

and paksoi (bok choi) - and most of the others in

fact. Truly amazing to read the health benefits of

vegetables and spices!

 

If I may add another link which mentions the specific

relationship between turmeric and the vegetables - it

seems they contain phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC)

which reacts favourably with the turmeric. In this

report it mentions tests with mice (sorry, mice) but

there's no reason to assume it wouldn't work on us.

 

http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Turmeric-And-Cabbage-effective-against\

-prostate-cancer-7184-1/

 

Piers

 

 

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Piers said:

> I'm impressed

> at the assortment of cruciferous vegetables mentioned

> in the Wikipedia article. Must admit kale is not one

> of my favourites but I especially like Chinese cabbage

> and paksoi (bok choi) - and most of the others in

> fact. Truly amazing to read the health benefits of

> vegetables and spices!

 

I know - it blew me away too. I thought I knew about these veggies and their

effects, but it seems that the memory was faulty - there are SOOOO many and

there are always one or two veggies there that will suit almost anyone, if they

pick and choose of course

 

> If I may add another link which mentions the specific

> relationship between turmeric and the vegetables

 

This is a really useful link for us all to have - thanks a bunch. I'm

bookmarking it.

 

Love and hugs, River

 

 

 

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