Knock Knock
Who’s there?
Curry!
Curry who?
Curry me back home with you!

As the immoral Woody Allen once said, “There’s great wisdom in jokes.” Well, this gag is no different. A new nutrition study has come out, led by Professor Murali Doraiswamy of Duke University, which found that eating a curry meal two or three times a week may lower the risk of a person acquiring dementia in their old age.

The BBC reports that curry has an ingredient called curcumin, a component of turmeric powder, which stops the spread of a certain protein plaque which is thought to cause dementia. These plaque cells leave a person “deprived of mind” (what dementia literally translates to) when they get to the brain and rot the wiring of our grey cells. Curry precludes this from happening by stopping the cells in their tracks early on. Doctors are beginning to study whether the high curry diet many Indian people have has a direct correlation to their very low history of Alzheimer’s disease.

Animal testing has shown that curcumin is very effective in destabilizing the plaque cells before they destabilize us. Several rounds of laboratory testing have been done in mice who have displayed significant improvement when given this breakthrough remedy. Alzheimer’s patients in California are being prepped and readied for testing to see what kind of effects human trials will produce. Doctors are confident that this solution can be translated from animal to human to help reverse the effects of debilitating dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

What is most important is having a good nutrition and exercise habits throughout your life. To pretend that a miracle curry cure can reverse the effects of decades of bad living is to live in a fantasy land that probably resembles dementia. Having a proper diet with a solid balance of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and low fat low cholesterol foods is of utmost importance for long term health and fitness. However, this does not mean the curry cure is not for people already have a great balance. Plaque will be present in the bodies of athletes as well as couch potatoes. When doctors are able to employ curry against enemy plaque cells in the human body, it will simply highlight the good eating and exercising habits a person already has. Dr. Susanne Sorensen of the Alzheimer’s Society said a “cheap, accessible and safe treatment could transform the quality of life of thousands of people with the condition.”

Learning about nutrition is of prime importance in this health conscious day and age. Science is coming out with more and more breakthroughs that help people of all ages have healthier and more productive lives. Maybe it’s time you took the next step in learning about nutrition. If you don’t, the joke could be on you.