Category Archives: Health

Once again curcumin, one of the chemicals in turmeric, has been reported as being able to kill cancer cells. This time a team at an Irish research centre makes the claim and it has been reported on the BBC News … Continue reading →

Hot on the heels of the recent claims that eating a curry can help you lose weight (see Lose Weight Eating Curry) comes a theory that eating curry can help prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia. This theory was presented at the … Continue reading →

The internet is abuzz with stories about the recent announcement that curcumin, a component of turmeric, had caused fat and weight loss in experiments with mice. We wrote an article about this, called “Take Turmeric and Curcumin To Lose Weightâ€?, … Continue reading →

Once again turmeric or, more precisely, the curcumin in turmeric has hit the health headlines. We’ve previously written a couple of articles on the health benefits of turmeric and curcumin – “Is Turmeric a Spice or Medicine?â€? and “Curcumin, Turmeric … Continue reading →

Fenugreek is a spice that is widely used in curries, being an essential spice in five-spice powder and in curry powders. But as well as adding flavour to curries, fenugreek also has medicinal applications. A quick survey of the Internet … Continue reading →

One of the main spices used in Indian cooking is turmeric. But more recently its medicinal uses and applications are being tested. Earlier this month we wrote about how curcumin, one of the components of turmeric, was being investigated for … Continue reading →

This is the second article in a short series about Indian curry spices and your health. The first article was titled “Is Turmeric a Spice or a Medicine?â€? and you can read it here. A fair number of articles have … Continue reading →

One of the main spices used in Indian cooking is turmeric. But more recently its medicinal uses and applications are being looked at. For centuries, turmeric has been used treating a lots of illnesses such as swellings and inflammations, fever, … Continue reading →

Can eating a curry start the process of labour? Just put the words “curry” and “labour” into Google and the results say yes. You’ll see lots of links to web sites that describe the phenomenon. The “Second Nature Childbirth” web … Continue reading →

What is Cayenne Pepper? Cayenne is a hot red fruit that is used to flavour dishes, its name comes from the city Cayenne which is the capital of the french region of French Guiana. The fruit is often pulped into … Continue reading →