It has been suggested that the major bioactive component of the spice turmeric (extracted from the herb Curcuma longa), aromatic turmerone, may have properties useful in treating neurodegenerative diseases. A recent study in foetal rats (in vitro and in vivo) has found that the compound increases proliferation of neural stem cells, suggesting a new approach for treating diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Aromatic-turmerone induces neural stem cell proliferation in vitro and in vivo (open access.)

This appears to lend some support to the claims made on pages like this:

Why you should eat turmeric

So is eating it beneficial, or do you have to have it injected into your brain?

I knew about it being trialled as a marker for plaques in the retina suggestive of Alzheimers:

http://csironewsblog.com/2014/07/14/the-spice-is-right-how-curry-and-the-cloud-may-improve-alzheimers-testing/

That is oral administration. But I can’t find anything published by that group yet. So don’t hold your breath. And note the word “may” in the headline…

That’s where i’ve been going wrong, snorting green cardamom all these years.

So how would you ingest it? mix it with honey and and eat it with a spoon? how does it taste? will it give you the squitters? what sort of daily intake?

bob(from black rock) said:

So how would you ingest it? mix it with honey and and eat it with a spoon? how does it taste? will it give you the squitters? what sort of daily intake?

Ground turmeric is a standard ingredient in curry powders. You can use it on its own in dishes that would normally use curry powders. Often used in egg dishes.

Plenty of recipes using turmeric on the internets. Here’s a few BBC ones:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/turmeric

Bubblecar said:

bob(from black rock) said:

So how would you ingest it? mix it with honey and and eat it with a spoon? how does it taste? will it give you the squitters? what sort of daily intake?

Ground turmeric is a standard ingredient in curry powders. You can use it on its own in dishes that would normally use curry powders. Often used in egg dishes.

Thankyou Mr Car, beep beep.

Have a home made recipe for a nutritional drink which contains tumeric and ginger.

roughbarked said:

Have a home made recipe for a nutritional drink which contains tumeric and ginger.

Please post it roughy.

bob(from black rock) said:

roughbarked said:

Have a home made recipe for a nutritional drink which contains tumeric and ginger.

Please post it roughy.

Simple and complex and variable depending on what ingredients are available. Say half dozen apples and pears, a handful of strawberries and of black grapes, two or thee carrots and same of celery stalks, a beetroot or two, tumeric and ginger(natural root) a couple of limes for zing and you are away. Put it through a CHAMPIION juicer. :-)

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

roughbarked said:

Have a home made recipe for a nutritional drink which contains tumeric and ginger.

Please post it roughy.

Simple and complex and variable depending on what ingredients are available. Say half dozen apples and pears, a handful of strawberries and of black grapes, two or thee carrots and same of celery stalks, a beetroot or two, tumeric and ginger(natural root) a couple of limes for zing and you are away. Put it through a CHAMPIION juicer. :-)

Or you could just eat them.

Makes enough for a few days. Store in fridge of course.

OCDC said:

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Please post it roughy.

Simple and complex and variable depending on what ingredients are available. Say half dozen apples and pears, a handful of strawberries and of black grapes, two or thee carrots and same of celery stalks, a beetroot or two, tumeric and ginger(natural root) a couple of limes for zing and you are away. Put it through a CHAMPIION juicer. :-)

Or you could just eat them.

Yes indeed so.

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

roughbarked said:

Have a home made recipe for a nutritional drink which contains tumeric and ginger.

Please post it roughy.

Simple and complex and variable depending on what ingredients are available. Say half dozen apples and pears, a handful of strawberries and of black grapes, two or thee carrots and same of celery stalks, a beetroot or two, tumeric and ginger(natural root) a couple of limes for zing and you are away. Put it through a CHAMPIION juicer. :-)

Ta roughy!

Turmeric is often in things such as Sasha’s Blend to reduce inflammation in dogs.

roughbarked said:

Makes enough for a few days. Store in fridge of course.

During which time the goodies will break down. If juice things you must, don’t do it in advance.

OCDC said:

roughbarked said:

Makes enough for a few days. Store in fridge of course.

During which time the goodies will break down. If juice things you must, don’t do it in advance.

Always a salient point. This juice is made for more than one person so it doesn’t really get any time in the fridge.