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green_amber ([personal profile] green_amber) wrote2008-06-22 12:24 pm

For BlueCondition - curry makes you thin!!

Curry vs. obesity and diabetes (in mice, anyway)

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/317276257/curry-vs-obesity-and.html

Findings presented to ENDO 2008, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in San Francisco this week, show that a spice found in curries has remarkable properties when administered to obese and diabetic mice: (It's turmeric. I guess you can eat unlimited amouns of turmeric cos it doesn't taste of ANYTHING!!)
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[identity profile] perlmonger.livejournal.com 2008-06-22 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Fresh turmeric tastes, as does freshly ground dried root turmeric. OTOH, the yellow powder that comes in packets and jars is only of use for dying clothing or worktops.

[identity profile] blue-condition.livejournal.com 2008-06-22 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
> of use for dying clothing

Indeed. It's killed many of my shirts.

[identity profile] nmg.livejournal.com 2008-06-22 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
The yellow powder in packets always tastes of earth to me...
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[identity profile] intelligentrix.livejournal.com 2008-06-22 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, wouldn't you know it. Turmeric is the one spice I have a violent physical reaction to (nausea). Damn.

[identity profile] ninox.livejournal.com 2008-06-23 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Spicy foods increase your metabolism and have a small contributing effect to weight lose. Pity most recipes also contain things like cream for that uneven balance.