Common pollutants include metanil yellow, lead chromate, chalk powder, and even wild turmeric, all of which can pose significant health risks to consumers in both the long term and the short term.

Fresh, raw turmeric will have a stronger flavor and brighter orange color (as opposed to the yellower color of the powder form), and some may claim ... winter staples and have long been associated ...

Trials on rats have shown that extremely high doses of curcumin managed to inhibit the development of several types of cancer, but only about 2-3% of turmeric powder is curcumin, and when we eat ...