Curry may keep elderly minds sharp

[Celebration]

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2006-10-26T161104Z_01_COL657892_RTRUKOC_0_US-CURRY-MINDS.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-healthNews-3

In their study, Dr. Tze-Pin Ng from National University of Singapore and colleagues compared scores on the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) for three categories of regular curry consumption in 1,010 nondemented Asians who were between 60 and 93 years old in 2003.

Most of the study subjects consumed curry at least occasionally (once every 6 months), 43 percent ate curry at least often or very often (between monthly and daily) while 16 percent said they never or rarely ate curry.

After taking into account factors that could impact test results, they found that people who consumed curry "occasionally" and "often or very often" had significantly better MMSE scores than did those who "never or rarely" consumed curry.

"Even with the low and moderate levels of curry consumption reported by the respondents, better cognitive performance was observed," Ng and colleagues report.]

These results, they note, provide "the first epidemiologic evidence supporting a link between curry consumption and cognitive performance that has been suggested by a large volume of earlier experimental evidence."

I keep a (Parmesan) cheese shaker filled with turmeric on my stove. Well, I had a grandma with Alzheimer's disease.

[pecwae]

1. I've been taking it

for well over a year now; 800mg twice a day. I'm doing so to assist with cancer prevention. It's cheap and if it doesn't help I haven't done any harm to myself.

[flordehinojos]

2. my hsuband loves curry. he eats curry i'd say frequently.

i don't know where he leaves his brain sometimes--althoug he has a good sense of humor about it and has a key chain which says, "of all the things i've lost, i miss my brain the most."

[Mr. McD]

3. They claim turmeric will help the inflammation of arthritis

I tried it for awhile but didn't notice any change plus I did not like the way it made me feel in large doses. I do love curries though and have them often.

[FernBell]

4. interesting read