Every time my mother cooks rice, she adds at least a spoon or two of turmeric.  Turmeric has no taste but it adds color to the rice or meal. I honestly wasn’t aware of all the benefits that turmeric brings to your body. I remember few months back when I talked about a study that suggested that turmeric reduces your risk of getting a stroke. But A new study just published this week says that a molecule found in a curry ingredient kills esophageal cancer cells.

Scientists in at the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland used Curcumin – the chemical compound found in turmeric spice – to kills esophageal cancer cells. The researchers reported that turmeric started to kill cancer cells within only 24 hours.

The lead author of the study Dr. Sharon McKenna said that they might use Curcumin as anti-cancer treatment for esophageal cancer.

The new study showed curcumin caused the cancer cells to die “using an unexpected system of cell messages,” McKenna said.

Via – RedOrbit.com