The world's first research article on the medicinal value of curry was published in 1970. Up to now, there are 1700 research articles in the medical literature retrieval system. It can be said that the medicinal value of curry attracts worldwide attention.

Last winter, a large-scale influenza broke out in Europe and America. An epidemiologist in Britain has prescribed a unique prescription: curry food. He explained that spicy food can increase the secretion of nasal mucus, and the more nasal mucus, the easier it is for patients to recover. An Indian doctor said that the flu is difficult to spread in India because people eat curry every day to nip the flu in the bud.

Scientists have found that curry powder contains an ingredient called curcumin, which can inhibit the growth of cancer cells in some parts of the human body. Curcumin combined with chemotherapy can effectively inhibit the spread of cancer cells such as breast cancer. In addition, the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in India is much lower than that in other countries, which is also closely related to Curry. From June 5438 to June 2006 10, a study by the National University of Singapore found that eating curry can prevent the mental deterioration of the elderly. An Indian doctor told reporters that Indian women are beautiful and have a lot to do with eating curry; Men who regularly eat curry can reduce the risk of prostatitis; Children often eat curry, which can improve their memory. ...

At the annual meeting of the Society of Epidemiology held in London, scientists believed that giving babies fruits such as oranges and bananas could reduce the risk of leukemia by half, and adding curry seasoning to their diet could also protect them. This is the conclusion reached by scientists after comparing the proportion of children suffering from leukemia in East and West.

Indian scientists working at loyola university chicago Medical Center in the United States said that yellow curry seasoning also has the effect of fighting hematologic cancer. He said that this research has been going on for many years. In western countries, the proportion of children suffering from leukemia is 1 to 100000, while that of Indian children is only one tenth. He said that his research found that curry seasoning is also effective in preventing other cancers.

Researchers at the National University of Singapore have found that curcumin in curry can effectively prevent plaque formation leading to Alzheimer's disease. According to Hong Kong Wen Wei Po, eating curry can reduce the chance of developing Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers published an article in the British magazine New Scientist, pointing out that even eating curry once every six months is less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than people who never eat curry. Scientists recruited 1, 0 10 Asian elderly people aged between 60 and 93, who did not have Alzheimer's disease, and asked them to have a brain agility test. The results show that the elderly who eat curry every month perform significantly better than those who don't.

Researchers found that curcumin in curry has antioxidant effect, which can inhibit the formation of amyloid plaques in the brain, thus reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease. This may explain why the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in India is lower than that in the west.

But don't eat too much. It's better to eat in moderation.

Medical experts here remind parents that children should not eat more of the following 20 kinds of food often, otherwise, it will be harmful.

1. Oranges: Oranges contain phytochrome. Eating too much can easily lead to "phytochrome dermatosis", abdominal pain and diarrhea, and even bone diseases.

2. Spinach: Spinach contains a lot of oxalic acid. When oxalic acid meets calcium and zinc in human body, it will produce calcium oxalate and zinc oxalate, which is not easy to be absorbed and excreted.

3. Eggs: Eating too many eggs will increase the cholesterol content in the body and easily lead to overnutrition.

4, strong tea: strong tea contains a lot of tannic acid, tannic acid in the human body will generate iron tannic acid, which is difficult to be absorbed by the human body, which is easy to cause iron deficiency in the human body.

5. Jelly: Jelly is made of thickener, essence, colorant and sweetener. Eating too much or too much will affect children's growth and mental health.

6. Salted fish: All kinds of salted fish contain a lot of dimethyl nitrite, which will be converted into dimethyl nitrosamine with strong carcinogenicity after entering the human body.

7. Bubble gum: The plasticizer in bubble gum is slightly toxic, and its metabolite phenol is also harmful to human body.

8. Saccharin: A large amount of saccharin can cause diseases of blood, heart, lungs and peripheral nerves, and damage organs such as stomach, kidney, gallbladder and bladder.

9. Beans: Beans contain a factor that can cause goiter and promote the excretion of thyroxine. As a result, the body lacks thyroxine, and the body increases the volume of thyroid gland to meet this need.

10, Ginseng: The participation of children eaters leads to precocious puberty.

1 1, canned food: additives in canned food have a great influence on developing children and are easy to cause chronic poisoning.

12, popcorn: popcorn contains a lot of lead, which will damage the nervous system, digestive system and hematopoietic function after entering the human body.

13. Instant noodles: Instant noodles contain food pigments and preservatives harmful to human body.

14. Sunflower seeds: Sunflower seeds contain unsaturated fatty acids, which will affect the function of liver cells if children eat too much.

15, cola drinks: Caffeine in cola drinks is harmful to immature tissues and organs of children.

Animal fat: Children often eat or eat more animal fat, which will not only cause obesity, but also affect the absorption and utilization of calcium.

17, kebabs: kebabs and other baked and smoked foods have strong carcinogens.

18, chocolate: Children eating too much chocolate will make the central nervous system in an abnormal state of excitement, causing anxiety, muscle twitching, rapid heartbeat and affecting appetite.

19, salt: children who eat too much salt are prone to hypertension, coronary heart disease, gastric cancer and other diseases in adulthood.

20, pig liver: pig liver contains a lot of cholesterol, children often eat or eat pig liver, it will increase the cholesterol content in the body, and it is easy to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases in adulthood.