Let's see your favourite ways to add turmeric to your daily diet...

I am looking for ways to ingest more turmeric....

The active ingredient in turmeric (curcumin) is a natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
Turmeric is known (or at the least, suspected) to help with following:

-it aids in the prevention of heart disease and cancers,
-it helps to manage inflammation (such as joint pain and arthritis),
-it's a digestive aid, and can even promote weight loss,
-regulates HBP and hyperlipidemia,
-promotes good liver and kidney health,
-suspected to help relieve degenerative eye conditions

As well, the high levels of phytonutrients in turmeric are said to protect the body from free radicals (pollution, sunlight) and shield the cells from damage.

I am currently putting turmeric in a morning smoothie, and I will make a couple cups of turmeric/ginger/lemon tea in the afternoon/evenings...
Willing to share some of your ways to use turmeric with me?? Whether they are your own recipes you've created, or something passed down throughout your family's lineage....I am up for any suggestions!!

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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

I don’t use much of the spice because some of it has been found to have lead in it. I do take supplements, the ones with high levels of cucurmin also known as Meriva turmeric, are 29 times more bioavailable than the cooking spice. This is the type that has been recommended for cancer patients and those with inflammatory related chronic diseases. Another great anti-inflammatory is Boswellia, also known as Indian Frankincense. It quickly stopped the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis when I started taking it in April. Within days I was able to weed a flower bed without my joints being achy and swollen for a week. And I noticed that my joints rarely pop now, they’d pop with every cold or rainy front that came through.