Dr Pete's Health Secrets

               Turmeric , the yellow spice with a slight peppery taste. It is touted as the healthiest spice on Earth and has been used 4000 years in the Vedic region of India , to treat a wide range of ailments.  Tumeric contains over 200 ingredients but the active medicinal  component is the polyphenol curcumin .  From  detoxing the body and improving digestion, to fighting chronic inflammation and cancer. One teaspoon a day is all you need. Turmeric, whose scientific name is Curcuma longa , is one of the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today .  Its medicinal properties and components, primarily curcumin have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies. The intestinal absorption of Tumeric is greatly enhance when combined with small amounts of black pepper - Piperine, in a ratio of about 95 : 5. Tumeric has over 600 potential preventive and therapeutic app...