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Health Benefits of Turmeric apart from being used in the Kitchen

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Are you aware about the colourful and delicious dishes of India? Do you have any idea, what are the ingredients used to bring that colour? If you are familiar with cooking, this is not a difficult task for you. Among all the ingredients used in the kitchen for bringing colour and taste in the dishes, turmeric is very common. Yes, you are right; turmeric is the ingredient that gives yellow colour. This is the most used spices and has several medicinal benefits also. The medicinal benefits are believed to be due to the curcuminoids compound, the important part of which is known as curcumin. This is the compound that is present in the spice. Which turmeric variety is full of curcumins? The Lakadong variety of turmeric consists of curcumin. The variety is grown in the north eastern state of Meghalaya in India. Mainly in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya, the Lakadong variety is grown. In most of the turmeric varieties commonly available in the market, the content of curcumi