My BMI in January is probably 80 per cent turmeric. (I needn’t tell you what it was in December).
We loves our turmeric. Inside this root lives a snazzy compound called curcumin. It’s what gives turmeric its psychedelic glow. The same compound plays a role in decommissioning the inflammatory mob. How so? Curcumin has shown to reduce inflammation in our body by interrupting the production of odious leukotrienes. These chaps usually like to pinball through our veins, causing swelling and inflammation along their merry way. Leukotrienes are basically the inflammation mafia. Yeesh.
Many conditions ending in “-itis” relate to inflammation in the body, and might just benefit from a good frolic with turmeric.
Inflammation can also speed up ageing (we all know people who look older than they are) and fuel pain. So recruiting ingredients that help to quell inflammation in the body seems like low-hanging fruit to me. Especially if we eat at least three times a day. That’s a minimum of 1000 opportunities a year to help redress inflammation. Let’s go!
So on to today’s recipe … one sip will have your tonsils tooting and your lips purring.
