{"id":997,"date":"2020-03-11T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T11:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/luxuryampersandfrolics.com\/?p=997"},"modified":"2022-10-29T16:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-29T16:27:29","slug":"turmeric-the-golden-spice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/2020\/03\/11\/turmeric-the-golden-spice\/","title":{"rendered":"Turmeric &#8211; the golden spice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4><em>A staple ingredient globally in every kitchen<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Over the last years, turmeric (<em>curcuma)<\/em> has become extremely popular all over the world, Due to the amazing health benefits. First arrived at us in a form of powder, then fresh, and later in spray, tablets and so on.<\/p>\n<p>After the buzz created around this superfood ingredient, words started to spread that to get the best of turmeric this should be used with black pepper and coconut oil.<\/p>\n<h5>Curcumin in Turmeric<\/h5>\n<p>The key compounds in turmeric are called curcuminoids. Curcumin itself is the most active ingredient and appears to be the most important.<\/p>\n<p>As a polyphenol, curcumin has several\u00a0advantages to health. It\u2019s a strong antioxidant and has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and anti-fungal properties<\/p>\n<p>However, one of the greatest downfalls of curcumin is that it\u2019s not well absorbed in the body.<\/p>\n<h5>Piperine in Black Pepper<\/h5>\n<p>Black pepper contains the bioactive compound piperine, which is an alkaloid like capsaicin, the active component found in chili powder and\u00a0cayenne pepper.<\/p>\n<p>Piperine has been shown to help relieve nausea, headaches and poor digestion and also has anti-inflammatory properties.<\/p>\n<p>Still, its most significant benefit may be its ability to boost the absorption of curcumin.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A staple ingredient globally in every kitchen Over the last years, turmeric (curcuma) has become extremely popular all over the world, Due to the amazing health benefits. First arrived at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,59,78],"tags":[85,154,155,131,156,25,157,151,158,136,80,81,159,137,160],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-suryaconcept","category-home-banner","category-q-a","tag-ayurveda","tag-haldi","tag-heal-yourself","tag-health","tag-home-remedies","tag-luxury-ampersand-frolics","tag-natural-healing","tag-naturopathy","tag-self-healing","tag-surya","tag-surya-cafe","tag-surya-concepts","tag-turmeric","tag-wellness","tag-yoga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiacigarclub.com\/journal\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}