Turmeric Benefits for the WHOLE Family

Aug 13

As I rummaged around in our First Aid cabinet for the first time in what seemed like decades it suddenly dawned on me – this was the first time my child had been really sick for months…….

When you live in a household with young kids, I discovered, viruses and all those other FUN stuff (bruises, cuts etc etc) seem to be an everyday event. They were at any rate for our family during those early years.One of my girlfriends (whom had 3 kids close together) had an ongoing weekly appointment at the nearby medical centre – she found it was easier to cancel them than trying to book them in when the kids (or her) came down with something, yet again….. :O

**Keeping our Family Healthy is important to us**

Of course, as the kids grew their immunity levels increased, thanks to all the interesting ailments they bought back to our household in the early years. Cold, flues and other strange spots and sores gradually fell by the wayside.

But still, you could almost guarantee a few days, or weeks even, in a school term when one of our children would come down with something. Josh even had a case of whooping cough (thankfully a mild case) in Grade 2 of all things…… AND he’s been vaccinated (Grrrrr)!

SO, what’s changed in our household that’s suddenly meant we’re healthier when everybody else seems to be struck down with another virus that’s been passed around?

TURMERIC!!!!

I have to seriously consider this fact. Over the last 6 months I have FINALLY discovered a way to ‘feed’ my children turmeric AND I really believe this has made ALL the difference.

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Over the last 4 years I have been feeding this seemingly ‘miracle’ spice to my dog to fix his itchy skin issues, and it seriously has worked wonders for him. AND even though he’s ‘officially’ a senior dog he still zooms around like a puppy - people are always comment that they can’t believe he’s a 7+ year-old dog. You can read more about why you should feed your dog Turmeric by clicking HERE.

Scooter is now a pin up model for 'Turmericle' Watching my dog’s health improve made me more determined to work out how I could ADD turmeric to my own diet. The only way I could ‘stomach’ the taste of turmeric was to make the Golden Paste and add a teaspoon of paste to a BIG dollop of Greek Yoghurt after every meal.

**Golden Paste with natural yoghurt is how I take my Turmeric**

After a year of holding the title ‘Healthiest in the Family’ my partner Rob decided to join my daily ritual too. It wasn’t long before he noticed the turmeric benefits – mainly that he wasn’t catching all the colds and flues that were being passed around in his workplace. It was then that I wondered how to get the kids to eat turmeric.

Here were some options:

Tumeric Golden Milk – no way!
Curries – you’ve got to be kidding!!
Turmeric and Fruit Juice – Hahahahaha….think again!!!

Finally, I dabbed the ‘tiniest’ speck of Turmeric Golden Paste on a spoon and filled the rest of the dessertspoon up with Golden Syrup. SUCCESS!!! The explosion of pure sugar overrode the strong taste of Turmeric.

**Golden Paste & Golden Syrup worked for my kids**

NOW let me make this clear, Doug English, the vet that first introduced me to turmeric, doesn’t agree with ‘dosing’ children up with sugar BUT as time went by, the turmeric to Golden Syrup ratio changed – it became 1:2 and my kids rarely have deserts after dinner SO they actually looked forward to their turmeric ;) . Thankfully though, we have NOW discovered Organic Turmeric capsules and the kids happily take these morning and night after meals (minus a HUGE fuss!).

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AND NOW I’m very happy with the fact that my kids are rarely struck down with the dreaded ‘lurgy’ when every man and his dog in our neighbourhood are seemingly sick. A weekend rummaging around in the medicine cabinet has become a real rarity these days.

Both my kids picked up some bug recently that caused them to be full of snot (don’t you love that) and coughing severely both morning and night BUT surprisingly, they still slept really well through the nights. AND it took them only one weekend to shake the cold/flu and they were fine for school again come Monday – compare this to 6 months prior when Josh ended up having TWO whole weeks off school for something very similar.

**Have you ever noticed you get sick on OR just after a holiday??**

Even Rob and I noticed it when we had a week off from the Turmeric Golden Paste and flew to the US for a holiday with his family (now we would just take the Organic Turmeric capsules with us). As soon as we arrived back in Australia, we were straight back on the turmeric because we both felt the nagging symptoms (sore throats) of a cold on its way. Later we found out that the rest of the family had been struck down with the dreaded flu after the long haul plane flight home – thankfully it seemed to give us a miss AND I truly think the turmeric helped boost our immunity levels again once we got back on home soil.

PLUS, not so long ago both the boys in our family received a few ‘hand’ injuries. Rob had an operation to stitch the top of his pinky finger back on, which thankfully was a success (apologies for the gory pic below). The Doctor was super impressed with the level of healing he saw in the finger after only a week and the physio at the hand clinic still can’t believe the amount of movement he can get after an injury so severe (the bone was completely snapped at the tip).

**Pinky Finger before & after shots (3 months after injury)**

My son ALSO decided to give the emergency section of the hospital a visit (only a week after Rob’s incident), after slamming his hand against a pole at school and YES, the hospital nurses remembered me ;) . When he first returned home with the injury I was amazed at the difference a small dose of Turmeric Golden Paste (taken orally) had on the swelling and bruising on his hand only 2 hours later. The next day however, after a full day of school activities (and NO turmeric during the day) it had swollen right back up again. That’s when we took him to the hospital.

**Josh’s bruising went down soon after eating some Turmeric Golden Paste**

AND, as a side experiment, I started feeding turmeric to our chooks, which we’ve had for about a year now. In the last month, since they’ve been taking turmeric in their feed (I just add the powder into their seed) their egg size has increased…..SERIOUSLY!! I now have to add another minute to the boiling time to get them to the right consistency for the kids in the mornings.

**Our ‘average’ size eggs are HEAPS BIGGER than the ‘Free Range Large’ eggs’ that are available at the store**

So I honestly believe that if you want your household to be healthier - ie. enjoy greater immunity levels and healing benefits - you NEED to embrace Turmeric, and that’s for EVERYONE in your household. In our family the adults, kids, dog, chooks, budgie AND the cockatiel are now on it. I feed Golden Paste to the adults (because we can ‘stomach’ the taste), Organic Turmeric Capsules to the kids and just add the Turmeric Powder to the food of the feathered and furred section of the family.

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Good Things To Know:

For a list the Best Turmeric Benefits click HERE.
For the recipe of Turmeric Golden Paste click HERE.
Turmeric can stain so take care around kitchen benches etc etc – see Turmeric FAQs for tips
Turmeric isn’t recommended for women that are pregnant (unless you’ve been taking it regularly in your diet prior), people with gallstones, or if you are taking certain chemo drugs.

Is any of your Household on Turmeric? How do you like to take it? Have you noticed any Turmeric Benefits?

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