Turmeric is a plant in the ginger family. Native to the tropics, turmeric is aromatic like ginger but hotter and spicier. Also like ginger, turmeric is taken from the root (actually the rhizome) of the plant, which is peeled with a knife or the back of a spoon before the herb is used fresh.
The average age of death in the United States for men is 76. The  average age of death for women in the United States is 81.
An annual U.S. rate of 33,000 deaths (which includes 2,700 teenagers) is six times the annual number of deaths to HIV/AIDS, double the annual deaths to murder, and comparable to the casualty rates for the Korean War or World War I. Put another way, using state traffic figures, nine Texans die daily in car crashes, three each week Maine, one daily in Kansas, two per day in Illinois, and so on. And worldwide, the U.S. is actually relatively safe.