Don’t you just love it when you find out something you enjoy is doing you good?
I’m always fascinated by the research that comes out every now and then to tell us that things like red wine and dark chocolate are good for your health. I fully embrace those findings.
I’ve had the privilege of visiting India a couple of times and have developed a great love of great curries but is curry good for us?
As you know, I spent all last week cycling for cancer on our ride from Perth to Albany. (By the way, you can still sponsor the ride with your donation to Cancer Council WA by going to the secure donations page.) Now a BBC News report is now telling us that curry can be a weapon in the fight against cancer.
An 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.
I know that curry isn’t the complete answer …. but until a complete answer is found I will dedicate the rest of my life to eating as much curry as I can.
Maybe our next ride for cancer can be in India.
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Fantastic.. Many foods we have contain many beneficial anti-disease agents but are don’t know about all of them. Hopefully the scientists will be able to get a vaccine or something for cancer using turmeric
I’m not sure what to make of all these ‘findings’. I’m forever getting forwarded emails telling me to stop microwaving my food in plastic containers, for example, because I could get cancer. Then, a little while later, I’ll be told something different.
My mum was torn about whether to stop having Hormone Replacement Therapy because of cancer risks.
Somehow we need find a balance between being discerning and paranoid. I’m not sure where that balance is yet but I guess being told we need to eat more broccoli can’t hurt at all.
Yay, yummy curry does have benefits!