This spice could help reduce RA symptoms like pain and inflammation, all while upping your seasoning game.
Recipe photo: Heami Lee.
Like many autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be challenging to manage.
Photo:Recipe photo: Heami Lee. EatingWell design.
However, research has shown promise for nutrition interventions such as ananti-inflammatory diet.
One of these spices stands out among them all: turmeric.
Turmeric has been used as a medicine for thousands of years.
The active compound in turmeric is called curcumin, and its where the bulk of turmerics benefits lie.
Curcumin alone can be hard for the body to useit needs help from other compounds to be absorbed well.
Curcuminoids can help calm this cycle of inflammation by inhibiting inflammatory agents created by the body.
It interferes with the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and other molecules that drive the inflammatory process.
However, more research is needed.
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While it has earned its reputation, it is often overlooked.
Adding it to foods you already enjoy is a great way to promote healing while expanding your palate.
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