Turmeric Efficacious to Protect Your Brain

Turmeric is commonly used as a spice in various cuisines favorite in the homeland, it also has the benefit of protecting your brain
 Not only the spice turmeric and bring the aroma of delicious cuisine and seductive colors. The new findings reveal the benefits of turmeric to the brain.
 Turmeric not only adds flavor to food, but also beneficial for brain health. The researchers found that the spices that are commonly used as a spice it may contain compounds that may help prevent nerve disease.
 Lots of drugs derived from nature. For example, aspirin and quinine, both derived from the bark of trees, while digitalis, the heart drug, comes from flowers. Researcher Dave Schubert of the Salk Institute in San Diego examined turmeric, spices commonly used, especially in South Asia and Southeast Asia, including Indonesia.
 "If you look at the epidemiology of Alzheimer's in India, and compared with other countries, India has a rate of Alzheimer's which is much lower compared with other countries," said Schubert.
 Curcumin is believed to give protection to the brain. Curcumin is believed to give protection to the brain.
 He and other researchers believe one reason is to consume turmeric may have a protective effect on the brain and nervous system. This conjecture is not easy to prove, but Schubert begin by researching several compounds of spices. He found that at least one compound, curcumin, has the effect protect the brain cells of laboratory animals with neurological injury.
 Curcumin did not directly work on the brain, but rather to protect some parts of the body, how typical of medicines derived from nature.
 "Turmeric is an antioxidant, works to prevent inflammation," said Schubert. "So, maybe turmeric does not necessarily indicate the effect, but are additive or indirect impact."
 Schubert believes may curcumin and other compounds from turmeric can be used to actually protect the brain from traumatic brain injury, stroke or even Alzheimer's.
 "The idea is to give drugs such as curcumin or the other before the people affected by concussion and other injuries, and drugs that may prevent or reduce the effects of those wounds," said Schubert. "Jad, i of course prevention is the key aspect."
 Schubert has worked with a number of scientists in several laboratories, and they have several research papers that have been published. He tried to attract the drug industry and the military to be invited to cooperate in creating the drug from the saffron. Meanwhile, he said, of course it never hurts to keep adding turmeric in your cooking