CURRY ANYONE?

I try to stay aware of the right foods to prepare for David. Foods that might possibly help to stave off Alzheimer's a little bit longer (every little bit counts). So far he's drinking grape juice, apple juice and orange juice. I try to prepare a lot of fresh vegetables and buy fresh fruit for us to eat. Our meat of choice is baked or broiled salmon or tuna. I try anything I read that might possibly help.

I read in our newspaper that curry might keep dementia at bay. The article from London said that a new study suggests eating curry once or twice a week could prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. The key ingredient in curry is curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric. The ingredient appears to prevent the spread of amyloid protein plaques in the brain which are believed to cause dementia.

The article said, "Researchers from Duke University in North Carolina are testing the impact of higher doses --the equivalent of going on a curry binge for a week -- to see if they can maximize the effect. Professor Murali Doraiswamy says there is evidence from animal test that a curcumin-rich diet can dissolve the plaques in the brain in older mice and prevent them from occurring in younger mice. Doraiswamy says the next step is to test curcumin on human amyloid plaque formation using new brain scans. Those plans are already in the works.

Right now the only time I use curry, is when I make chicken salad. I plan on buying a fresh supply and sprinkling it on more than chicken salad.....what can it hurt?

And I say, "thank you God for fresh fruits, vegetables, fish, for people doing research on Alzheimer's, and for summer (I love spring and summer)."

P.S.

..... David had vegetable soup tonight with curry powder..... he loved it! Yea!