Turmeric has been prized for millennia as a culinary spice and for treatment of rheumatism, respiratory ailments like asthma, liver disease, abdominal pain, diabetic wounds, and sinusitis as well as other common health problems. But research studies of turmeric and curcumin have yielded conflicting findings, so how is a consumer supposed to make healthy choices? In this article reviewing current research investigating the health benefits of turmeric and curcumin, it is my goal to lend my expertise as a neuroscientist to review and explain those findings in understandable terms to help you make healthy choices.
