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Turmeric Kills Cancer Cells: Use it everyday in everyday dishes!
A new study shows that turmeric kills cancer cells, include it in your diet today.
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According to the BBC, "an extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric kills cancer cells." Tests released by a team at the Cork Cancer Research Centre show turmeric can destroy gullet cancer cells in the lab within 24 hours. That's no small deal. Now the question is, are you getting your fill?
Turmeric is a wonderful spice that shows up in a host of ethnic dishes. I use it mostly for curries but it does show up in other recipes. Make sure that your turmeric has not gone bad as can often unfortunately be the case for our lesser used spices.
Great Ways To Include Turmeric
1. Turmeric Seared Pears with Arugula, Goat Cheese, Goji Berries, and Pine Nuts
This recipe for seared pears from Akasha Richmond is a great way to show turmeric in a new light. Serve the pears atop a beautiful bed of arugula or leave the greens out and have as a dessert. Seared pears are especially great if you're looking for something sweet that you won't kick yourself for eating later.
2. Turmeric Curry Chicken
Kelly wrote in her series on Foods that Fight Cancer about the benefits of turmeric and ginger. In her piece she included a wonderful recipe for Turmeric Curry Chicken. According to her piece, "turmeric must be stabilized in oil before it can be absorbed into the body. So add it to onions, garlic, or ginger, while sautéing in oil, before you add any other ingredients."
3. Coconut Thai Rice Curry
The original recipe was not vegetarian, but I decided to leave the meat out. The dish just doesn't need it. This dish also highlights the season by including loads of root vegetables that add a sense of warmth. The miso paste is so important to this recipe because it makes it come together like it would in a restaurant.
10 1/2 oz brown basmati rice
1/4 cup organic coconut milk
2 cups roasted root vegetables, cut into 1-inch cubes (sweet potatoes, rutabaga, beets, etc.)
1 shallot, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tbsp finely chopped fresh ginger
1 bay leaf
1 cinnamon stick
1 tbsp curry powder
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
3 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp organic miso paste
1 tsp cardamom
Method
1. Cook the rice based on directions in the rice cooker.
2. After about 15 minutes, start cooking the rest of the meal. Warm up the coconut milk along with root vegetables, shallot, garlic, ginger, bay leaf, and cinnamon stick in a medium to large-size pot over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes.
3. Add curry powder and turmeric and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cook 3 more minutes.
4. Add cooked rice along with soy sauce, miso, and cardamom and combine. Simmer for five more minutes. Remove the cinnamon stick and bay leaf and serve.
Curry spice 'kills cancer cells' | BBC News
The yellow spice gives curries their bright colourAn extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.
The chemical - curcumin - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia.
Now tests by a team at the Cork Cancer Research Centre show it can destroy gullet cancer cells in the lab.
Cancer experts said the findings in the British Journal of Cancer could help doctors find new treatments.
Dr Sharon McKenna and her team found that curcumin started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours.
'Natural' remedy
The cells also began to digest themselves, after the curcumin triggered lethal cell death signals.
Dr McKenna said: "Scientists have known for a long time that natural compounds have the potential to treat faulty cells that have become cancerous and we suspected that curcumin might have therapeutic value."
Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said: "This is interesting research which opens up the possibility that natural chemicals found in turmeric could be developed into new treatments for oesophageal cancer.
"Rates of oesophageal cancer have gone up by more than a half since the 70s and this is thought to be linked to rising rates of obesity, alcohol intake and reflux disease so finding ways to prevent this disease is important too."
Each year around 7,800 people are diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in the UK. It is the sixth most common cause of cancer death and accounts for around five percent of all UK cancer deaths.
via news.bbc.co.uk
What more excuse do you need?
What’s in my Bah Kut Teh (pork rib soup, 肉骨茶)?
I was making BKT last night and my hubby asked me what's inside so I went to take a closer of look of what chinese herbs and spices are inside the BKT spices mix i bought in Singapore, I can understand if he thinks it's a bit exotic for him. This is the 3rd time I made and it's perfect this time.
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