| This yellow spice from Asia is rapidly gaining | | | | Ayurvedic medicine in India has used it for thousands |
| popularity in North America and for good reasons, | | | | of years to help in many ailments. These include iron |
| and it's not just about cooking. This is because with | | | | deficiency, common colds, flu and where its antiseptic |
| tumeric, arthritis sufferers can reduce their pain and | | | | qualities are needed - for example to clean the |
| swelling in a natural way. Particularly rheumatoid | | | | digestive tract. The spice is grown throughout Asia |
| arthritis, an auto immune disease, that make the lives | | | | and its healing properties are fully appreciated in India, |
| of millions of North Americans miserable. Joints are | | | | China, Polynesia and even Hawaii where it is known |
| primarily affected and they become inflamed and | | | | under the name of olena. |
| painful and eventually even crippled. You can observe | | | | If you enjoy curry, then you have been eating this |
| this where people's fingers are crooked and can't | | | | spice. It has an intense yellow color and is one of the |
| function properly. This is very painful and even simple | | | | main ingredients in curry. It is sold as a yellow |
| daily tasks like opening doors or doing up buttons | | | | powder. You can buy it in supplement and capsule |
| becomes almost impossible. | | | | form. It is important to buy good quality tumeric. |
| Although tumeric has many benefits, one of the main | | | | 100% certified organic is the way to go, especially if |
| ones for people with arthritis is its anti-inflammatory | | | | you are using it for health concerns. If you buy |
| properties. The Latin name for this spice is curcuma | | | | supplements, be sure to read the label to make sure |
| longa and it is the curcumoids that it contains that is | | | | your supplement is not mostly made up of fillers. The |
| important for arthritis. This spice can generally | | | | same applies to capsules - don't buy ones made of |
| support the health of your joints as well as all your | | | | gelatin but use the ones made of vegetable extracts. |
| bones. Not only that, it has great antioxidant | | | | This attention to details really pays off. |
| properties which means that it helps fight disease in | | | | It's easy to research on the internet or simple visit |
| your body. Another advantage is that it relieves | | | | your health food store. You will find that with the |
| stress and supports your blood health. These are all | | | | help of tumeric, arthritis may be more manageable, |
| really important if you have any form of arthritis. | | | | and that's a great thing. |