Eating a curry 'can help beat dementia': Ingredient found in turmeric may hold key to repairing brains of people with condition

• Aromatic turmerone encouraged brain stem cells to grow into neurons
• So it could help develop a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases
• But experts urge caution and say research is still at an early stage

Lovers of spicy Indian food could be better equipped to ward off dementia, research suggests.

A compound in the aromatic spice turmeric, a key ingredient in most curries, may hold the key to repairing the brains of people with neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.

In laboratory tests, aromatic turmerone promoted the proliferation of brain stem cells and their development into neurons.

It could now help scientists develop treatments for conditions in which brain cells are lost, including Alzheimer's and stroke.

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