The spice of Life
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Curry may keep elderly minds sharp
October 26, 2006 09:10:54 AM PST
A diet containing curry may help protect the aging brain, according a study of elderly Asians in which increased curry consumption was associated with better cognitive performance on standard tests.
Curcumin, found in the curry spice turmeric, possesses potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
It's known that long-term users of anti-inflammatory drugs have a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, although these agents can have harmful effects in the stomach, liver and kidney, limiting their use in the elderly.
Antioxidants, such as vitamin E, have been shown to protect neurons in lab experiments but have had limited success in alleviating cognitive decline in patients with mild-to-moderate dementia.
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."
Curry is used widely by people in India and "interestingly," the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease among India's elderly ranks is fourfold less than that seen in the United States.
"In view of its efficacy and remarkably low toxicity," curry shows promise for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease, the researchers conclude.
SOURCE: American Journal of Epidemiology, November 1, 2006.
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Gives me an excuse to indulge in my fav chicken curry
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Hmmm I guess everyone is too young here about aging
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*wonders if force-feeding some of his coworkers curry will make them any smarter*
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curry helps the aging brain....mine needs all the help it can get.
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i eat curry!
My mum loves cooking curry! -
are you sure you want them smarter??Originally posted by av98m:*wonders if force-feeding some of his coworkers curry will make them any smarter*
wait they take over your position and kick you out -
i...misss...prata!
oh thanks eli for suggesting those eating places - back in singapore in 21 days!!! so cant wait. im starving. -
i love curry.
with all the instant recipes available now it is no trouble at all.
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i think force-feeding some of my coworkers cyanide will actually make them smarter...Originally posted by av98m:*wonders if force-feeding some of his coworkers curry will make them any smarter*
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I have a craving for my SO's chicken curry
Maybe I'll go 'tei' at him to cook dinner -
i got 35cents till friday, stale bread, and 2 tins of tuna.
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don't do anything rash okOriginally posted by thinger:i got 35cents till friday, stale bread, and 2 tins of tuna.
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indian gd at cooking curry ahOriginally posted by elindra:I have a craving for my SO's chicken curry
Maybe I'll go 'tei' at him to cook dinner 
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i oso wan eat chicken curry
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His curry is nonya styleOriginally posted by Chelzea:indian gd at cooking curry ah -
so does he have a glib tongue or superb cooking to charm u?Originally posted by elindra:His curry is nonya style -
No glib tongue. I'm much more talkative than he isOriginally posted by Chelzea:so does he have a glib tongue or superb cooking to charm u?
His cooking is not too bad, cooks mostly chinese or western
What charmed me was his sincerity
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i'm going to slack off until it's time to go for my physio.. can't start a new piece of work and i've finished whatever i have to do for the day
i haven't cooked curry in... sheesh! over 10 years!
last time i cooked curry was to show how it is supposed to be done to my roomies
their version of curry got apple and dunno what floating inside.. so i made the traditional chicken curry with potatoes, using a santan-based curry...
they ate it, and then the next day, they complained their ass hurt after going to the toilet
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Huh??? Curried fruit?Originally posted by the Bear:i'm going to slack off until it's time to go for my physio.. can't start a new piece of work and i've finished whatever i have to do for the day
i haven't cooked curry in... sheesh! over 10 years!
last time i cooked curry was to show how it is supposed to be done to my roomies
their version of curry got apple and dunno what floating inside.. so i made the traditional chicken curry with potatoes, using a santan-based curry...
they ate it, and then the next day, they complained their ass hurt after going to the toilet
My boss loves curry and can eat lots
His fav are the Indian Curry Resturants in UK
Or to his fav Muthu's here in SG
I was watching him eat curry -
I buey jiak hiam leh. -
buey jiak hiam can still eat the north indian food... very nice to eat and some not spicy one
and pinkybear, yah.. that's the angmoh version of curry...
i mean, hey.. the japanese version is sweet
i was my room's chief cook, usually doing most of the cooking, no matter what it was we were trying to make
it has its privileges.. i drank half the bottle of red which we were using for the spaghetti -
My fav is still the classic chicken curryOriginally posted by the Bear:buey jiak hiam can still eat the north indian food... very nice to eat and some not spicy one
and pinkybear, yah.. that's the angmoh version of curry...
i mean, hey.. the japanese version is sweet
i was my room's chief cook, usually doing most of the cooking, no matter what it was we were trying to make
it has its privileges.. i drank half the bottle of red which we were using for the spaghetti
That is pure comfort food man. Chicken and fluffy melt-in-the-mouth potatoes
Japanese curry have a few versions. Some are not sweet at all. -
oh.. talking about spicy.. i had the chilli prawn noodles with pork ribs at Golden Mile Hawker Centre a while ago...
still feeling kinda sick from eating so much
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The last time I ate Chicken Penyat near my office I never ordered it with chilli again because I nearly died eating that chilliOriginally posted by the Bear:oh.. talking about spicy.. i had the chilli prawn noodles with pork ribs at Golden Mile Hawker Centre a while ago...
still feeling kinda sick from eating so much
Was so spicy it gave me a gastric attack -
smashed chicken
what a concept
i always wondered about people and spicy stuff... there should be enough to enhance the taste, not become the taste and kill off everything else.. could be eating cardboard and superpotent chilli for all you know, right?Originally posted by elindra:The last time I ate Chicken Penyat near my office I never ordered it with chilli again because I nearly died eating that chilli
Was so spicy it gave me a gastric attack