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Yum Alert: 10 Healthy Facts about Turmeric

14 years ago
by Ashley
Written by Ashley

Skip the salad for once, this healthy side dish give you all the nutrients & flavor you’ll ever need.

This recipe for Tumeric Roasted Cauliflower on Tastespotting.com , paired with heart healthy quinoa? You’ve got a not so outwardly healthy side dish, that’s not so bad on the eyes, sure to please everyone’s pallets. I hadn’t been to keen on turmeric until trying this recipe, and finding out some of the real legit benefits of the spice.

According to HealthDiaries.com, turmeric is a(n):

  1. Liver detoxification
  2. Tool in Alzheimer’s prevention
  3. Natural Painkiller
  4. When combined with Cauliflower, a preventative of prostate cancer
  5. Aid in boosting metabolism & weight management
  6. Healing tool for wounds
  7. Antiseptic & antibacterial agent topically & internally
  8. Boosting agent for the effects of Chemotherapy
  9. Aid in healing of psoriasis
  10. Chinese healing aid for depression.

So, pick up some Turmeric… it could spice up your dinner, and your health.

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Ashley

a fun-loving, twenty-something living in Brooklyn. She spends most of her time absorbing all the life, tofu and whiskey that NYC has to offer. Her current obsessions? BDG High-waisted leggings, vintage boot shopping in Williamsburg, Katherine Kwei's sling bag and Melanie Marie's two-finger horn ring.

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