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Turmeric or haldi is ‘all in one ingredient’ in your kitchen that holds a remedy for almost every illness you are likely to suffer.
We need to start adding a pinch of turmeric to almost everything we eat in our diet. There are various health benefits of turmeric as it includes iron, manganese and phytosterols. It also contains impressive amounts of fibber, potassium and vitamin B6.
Here are some detailed benefits of turmeric:
- Prevents Cancer: Haldi or Turmeric is known to contain chemo-protective properties and can save you from a number of cancers like colon cancer, cancer of the prostate, radiation induced tumours and breast cancers.
- Controls diabetes: Even medical experts advised you to add a little bit of turmeric in your meal as it balances the sugar level.
- Protect liver: To get rid of liver related health problems start adding turmeric to your food.
- Relieves gas, diarrhoea: Turmeric is a very useful intestinal antiseptic. The juice or dry powder of its rhizome mixed in buttermilk or plain water is beneficial in intestinal problems, especially chronic diarrhoea, mentioned in health site website.
- Skin Care: It contains anti-inflammatory and anti oxidative properties which helps to reduce the signs of ageing, wrinkles and fine lines, reduces burn or redness and stretch marks, reduces acne spots and takes care of cracked heels.
- Lower Cholesterol: If your cholesterol level goes up then you need to exercise and make a diet chart plan. While making a diet plan add turmeric ingredients into it for better results.
Here are some food items in which turmeric can enhance flavours:
- Eggs – Scrambled eggs or omelette. Do add a pinch of haldi as it will give a taste.
- Chicken – In the making of chicken, food experts always add haldi as an important element of food.
- Rice – To get a flavour in the plain rice add some haldi and onion in it.
- Use it in soups- Even in soups also turmeric is added especially for the patients.
- Boil milk and add a pinch of turmeric in it. Boil it properly so that the ingredients get mixed up. Drink this milk before sleep.
