Indian food tonight to prevent flu?

How Turmeric and Curcumin Provide Antioxidant Nutrients

These spices are commonly found in Indian food but you can incorporate them into countless recipes.

Antioxidants are the nutrients your body uses to neutralize free radicals and help you potentially slow down the signs of normal aging.

Oxidation by free radicals can damage cells and organs -- and thus impact your aging process -- something I’m sure you’d rather put the brakes on.

Antioxidants are also key nutrients in:

• Supporting your memory function
• Promoting your heart health
• Boosting your immune system (PS—it’s cold and flu season)

The antioxidant content within turmeric comes from active compounds called curcuminoids. These curcuminoids deliver antioxidants that may be:

• 5 to 8 times stronger than vitamin E -- and also stronger than vitamin C
• 3 times more powerful than grape seed or pine bark extract
• Strong enough to scavenge the hydroxyl radical -- considered by many to be the most reactive of all oxidants

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