A ridiculous headline? Well we are about to find out as trials begin in a hospital in Leicester about the positive benefits of the chemical Curcumin which is found in turmeric.
Turmeric is part of the ginger family and like ginger, it is a rhizome; a horizontal stem of a plant that grows underground. Generally speaking, it is valued more for its colour than its flavour (turmeric is the oldest natural food dye in the world) but it is used extensively…