{"id":2624,"date":"2017-06-01T15:58:39","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T15:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2017-07-03T18:29:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T18:29:23","slug":"glorias-gems-get-healthy-with-turmeric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/2017\/06\/glorias-gems-get-healthy-with-turmeric","title":{"rendered":"Gloria’s Gems: Get Healthy with Turmeric"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello HH People,<\/p>\n

I was motivated to write about the Turmeric spice after I saw it in a colleagues drawer during the week. Lol.<\/p>\n

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I asked him why he had turmeric spice with him, and he said: \u201cMy wife told me the health benefit and advised me to drink it very often so I drink it like tea in the mornings\u201d.<\/p>\n

Then I thought to myself I should share this with the house! My Mum had also made me buy her turmeric spice and she shared the health benefits with me.<\/p>\n

Turmeric is popular in Asian spice \u00a0and is one of the key ingredients used in making curry powder. It is known for incredible medicinal value.<\/p>\n

It contains a wide range of healthy nutrients such as protein, dietary fiber, niacin, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin K, potassium, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium and zinc.<\/p>\n

It is often used to treat a variety of health problems.<\/p>\n

Here are five of its health benefits:<\/p>\n

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Helps fight cancer<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Several laboratory studies on cancer cells have shown that curcumin powder, the yellow pigment extracted from turmeric, does have anticancer effects.<\/p>\n

It appears to have the ability to kill cancer cells and prevent more from growing.<\/p>\n

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Treatment of diabetes<\/strong><\/h4>\n

It can be used in the treatment of diabetes by helping to moderate insulin levels. It also improves glucose control and increases the effect of medications used to treat diabetes.<\/p>\n

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Reduces cholesterol level<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Using turmeric as a food seasoning can reduce serum cholesterol levels. It is a known fact that high cholesterol can lead to other serious health problems. Maintaining a proper cholesterol level can prevent many cardiovascular diseases.<\/p>\n

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Weight management<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Its powder can be very helpful in maintaining an ideal body weight. A component present in turmeric helps increase the flow of bile, an important component in the breakdown of dietary fat.<\/p>\n

Those who wish to lose weight or treat obesity and other associated diseases can benefit from having one teaspoon of turmeric powder with every meal.<\/p>\n

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Reduces signs of aging<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Being an excellent exfoliating agent, consumption of turmeric can help eliminate the signs of aging. You should include turmeric to your diet. Drink as tea , include in your food or simply put in your juices or smoothies and enjoy amazing health benefits.<\/p>\n

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Hello HH People, I was motivated to write about the Turmeric spice after I saw it in a colleagues drawer during the week. Lol.   I asked him why he had turmeric spice with him, and he said: \u201cMy wife told me the health benefit and advised me to drink it very often so I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2640,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions\/2640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heirsholdings.com\/hhpeople\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}