Amazing Turmeric

Many years ago when I was very young(18) I married and moved to Amarillo Texas. For a reason I can't remember, I went to a health food store there. I met a man who changed my life. During our visit, I found out he was an ex doctor who wanted to educate people about preventing illness rather than getting sick and having to take drugs. I told him I was concerned about inheriting my folks health problems, mom had osteo arthritis, dad had rheumatoid, and there was cancer and other stuff too. He introduced me to two herbs, that are now being studied more and more as wonder herbs. Turmeric and Ginger. I started taking a capsule of each a day and to date have had no achy joints or other major health problems. It's a cheap way to stay healthy, as they cost about $3.00 a month for both ginger and turmeric capsules. Much less than any medicines out there, and no side effects. Turmeric or Curcumin has been used for centuries in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. It has been proven to work as an anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial , anti-diabetic, anti-cancer agent, and much more. It is what makes mustard yellow. Because it lowers bad cholesterol, it prevent blood clots . Taken before bypass surgery it can lower the risk of heart attacks after the surgery. I like to add the powdered herbs of both turmeric and ginger to soups, vegetables and anything else I can put them in, like the taste although that may be an acquired thing. Generally, the root of both herbs is dried, and ground into a powder to get what's needed. We had a beautiful fall week and the deck is now finished except for a few minor touch ups. I have some plants to repot and some things that need clipping, but the forecast this am said some more warm weather is due next week, yea. It's pumpkin and fall squash time, eat as much as you can, they are so good for you and tasty too. Just finished a batch of Pine Tree Salve, love the stuff, it helps both aches and itches. Takes a while, has been brewing on the cupboard for 6 weeks. I will get into more on Turmeric next time, there is so much to know, I wish young folk knew to start this early on and prevent so many aches and pains later. Have a great week, enjoy this lovely weather

Simply Amazing Turmeric

Many years ago when I was very young(18) and newly married, had just moved to my first home in Texas, I went to a Health food store in Amarillo. I do not remember why, but I met a man who changed my life. An ex doctor who was trying to teach folk to prevent illness, rather than struggle with drugs after getting ill. We got to talking and I told him I worried about inheriting my folks health problems, mom had osteo-arthritis, and dad had rheumatoid, and there was cancer and other stuff too. He introduced me to two anti-inflammatory herbs, ginger and turmeric. Now turmeric is being proven to be nearly a miracle herb, it can do so much. I have never had any joint aches or pains and have avoided most old age problems so far. Today I will tell you a little about this amazing herb. All this information comes from the new issue of Mother Earth Living, a truly wonderful magazine Studies have now confirmed that turmeric can ward off brain disease, cancer, digestive disorders and much more. Turmeric, or Curcumin is the most important herb in your medicine cabinet. It has many benefits, it protects the nervous system , is an anti inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-cancer and anti Alzheimer's protector. It ameliorates arthritis better than the drug Voltaren without the drug interactions. It discourages blood clots, by lowering levels of bad cholesterol. There are many ways to get this product into your diet, the easiest is a capsule a day, they are very inexpensive compared to drugs, about $3.00 a month. I take the capsules, plus most everything I cook has powdered turmeric and ginger added to it, I like the taste in soups and vegetables. If you wonder, turmeric is the yellow color in mustard, so eating that instead of sugar laced ketchup is a good thing for your health. There is so much more, I will continue next week to give you information. It has been a wonderful weather week, and the deck finishing is done, have a couple of spots to touch up, but it looks so nice, and is the one big job I am happy to get behind me. Still have some clipping, repotting etc. to finish up before the cold weather arrives, but reports this am say next week will have more warm days, near 80. Yea. Made a batch of Pine Tree salve yesterday, it has been brewing on my cupboard for 8 weeks now. Looking at some other products to get made up as Christmas gifts, nice to be home and have the time to spend creating again. Hope this finds you in good health, eat pumpkin and fall squashes, they are so good for you. See you next week.