“Let food be your medicine.” Hippocrates
This flower is one of the most beautiful flowers that you can see in North of Thailand. It is not a tulip, but it belongs to ginger family. When I was in Thailand, a good friend of mine took me to Siam tulip festival in Royal Flora Ratchaphruek, which I enjoyed it so much. The scenery was breath taking. This plant is used in Thai massage and of course it is a tropical food ingredient as well as a potent medicine. If you want to have a high quality turmeric, you can boil the roots, dry them, and grind them. It has been over 5000 years that turmeric is used in Asian countries such as China and India. It went to Europe and Middle East hundreds of years ago and recently it found its way to the West because of the result of the studies that they did and they revealed the health benefits of this amazing spice. Turmeric contains manganese, iron, vitamin B6, fiber, and potassium. It not only adds to the taste of any cuisine, but also it has numerous health benefits such as being a strong anti-inflammatory agent (as strong as Motrin, but without any side effects, which is suggested for Inflammatory bowel disease and rheumatoid arthritis patients), and anticancer agent, specially for colon cancer . You can add it to cauliflower and there you go, you have an anti prostate cancer side dish :). Turmeric is known for its benefits for both heart and brain as well as for gastrointestinal syatem. It lowers blood cholesterol and protects the health of cardiovascular system. It improves the function of liver and prevents brain from developing alzheimer’s disease. I am pleased that there are very few Persian cuisines that don’t contain turmeric. I hope you use this spice as a regular basis, but as always in moderation 🙂
“Let’s always eat and drink healthful food and beverages and do it in moderation.” Dr. Sii
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