10 Reasons Why You Should Eat Turmeric Everyday

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It fights inflammation

Short-term inflammation is  necessary to protect the body against infection (think of the phlegm and mucus created when you get a cold), but chronic inflammation is seriously bad news for the body. So what's the good news? Curcumin contained in turmeric is found to be as effective in fighting inflammation as specially formulated drugs... without nasty side effects. In a study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a common disease involving inflammation of the joints, treatment by curcumin was even more effective than the prescribed drugs.