Eating Indian Curry can help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and Dementia

A US researcher suggests that eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

The Indian curry contains the key ingredient i.e Curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric that appears to prevent the spread of amyloid protein plaques - thought to cause dementia - in the brain.

Professor Murali Doraiswamy, of Duke University in North Carolina, said there was evidence that people who eat a curry meal two or three times a week have a lower risk of dementia" "If you have a good diet and take plenty of exercise, eating curry regularly could help prevent dementia", he said.

Dr Susanne Sorensen, of the Alzheimer's Society, said: "Indian communities that regularly eat curcumin have a surprisingly low incidence of Alzheimer's disease but we don't yet know why

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