It has been known that India has the world’s
lowest rate of Alzheimer’s Disease. To understand their lifestyle and food
intake may reveal the secret.
One of common food ingredients use in every
house of Indian is turmeric, the golden spice which contains powerful
antioxidant – curcumin. Indian people have used turmeric powder for hundreds of
centuries not only in their everyday food but also in wedding ceremony and
daily mask as it is claimed to clear acne and nourish skin either use it
directly on the face or mixed together with milk.
There are
estimates that people in India take about 2 grams of turmeric per day from the
food intake and that provides roughly 100 mg of curcumin. Some scientists think
that the regular ingestion of this spice help reduce rate of Alzheimer's
disease in India. The
prevalence of Alzheimer's among adults in India aged 70 to 79 is among the
world's lowest. It is 4.4 times less than the rate in the United States.
