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Popular Asian spice can cure Alzheimer's disease
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Posted on 09/17/2010 6:58:35 AM PDT by Scythian

(NaturalNews) Nature is full of various herbs and spices that protect against disease and even treat and cure it. And according to Chris Kilham, an ethnobotanist and Fox News' "Medicine Hunter", turmeric root -- also known in its extract form as curcumin -- is one such powerful spice that appears to both prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and even cure it.

"People who develop Alzheimer's disease get a sticky plaque in the brain called amyloid beta," explained Kilham to Dr. Manny Alvarez in a recent Fox News interview. Such plaques either develop as a result of Alzheimer's, or they are the direct cause of it. But either way, they are directly related to the degenerative process.

However studies show that turmeric actually eliminates these plaques, both when they are first starting to form and even during the late stages of their advancement.

"What we have in turmeric is something that appears to inhibit the development of Alzheimer's disease…and actually help to reduce the occurrence of plaque in the brain if you have it," noted Kilham. "We know in animal studies, when animals actually have amyloid beta plaque in their brains and they're given turmeric root…that plaque is reduced."

Observational studies have also shown that people groups who eat large amounts of turmeric virtually never get Alzheimer's.

"In countries where people consume a lot of [turmeric], there's a very low incidence of Alzheimer's disease," emphasized Kilham. "In India and Southeast Asia, it's a rare disease. And [in the U.S.] it's very, very common."

According to Kilham, drug companies are hard at work trying to develop drug versions of turmeric, but he recommends eating real turmeric whenever possible, and taking turmeric extract supplements if eating the spice in food is not an option.

"A challenge that we face is that drug companies…can't patent turmeric root," he said. "So they will continue to try to develop something else. [But] eating turmeric, eating its extracts…appears to be protective against one of the most horrific and debilitating diseases we know."

Sources for this story include:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4337733/...

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...


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KEYWORDS: alzheimers; curcumin; ethnobotany; health; osteoporosis; tumeric; turmeric
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Yes, cumin is a seed. I buy it whole and whirl it in a spice grinder.

Turmeric is a root. I can buy it fresh here in Los Angeles. It looks like ginger but orangish.


81 posted on 09/17/2010 8:17:36 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
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To: ComputerGuy

Just enjoyed a great salad with asparugus last night for dinner.

Spinich raw
Red leaf lettuce
or a mix of baby greens w/cilantro
a bit of red onion
sliced strawberries
asparugus
gargonzola and or whiney goat cheese
Raspberry dressing or close to it
top with pecans and coconut/lime salt (I am big on flavored non kosher salts)


82 posted on 09/17/2010 8:19:04 AM PDT by Global2010
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To: steve86

I agree,

My tummy is what it is and so my diet is in accordance to keep it running well.


83 posted on 09/17/2010 8:24:04 AM PDT by Global2010
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To: steve86

The staff in the Pakistani grocery I used thought it was great that I had a large family (only five or six, then) and would give the kids red-pepper flavored chickpea nibbles.


84 posted on 09/17/2010 8:25:11 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A litte plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
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To: Global2010

I’ll be trying that.


85 posted on 09/17/2010 8:26:06 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN '66-'67)
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To: ComputerGuy
As for me, the only things I’m allergic to are eggplant and Brussels Sprouts :)

Me too. Of course, I've never really consumed either to verify, but I'm pretty certain I am. ;-)

86 posted on 09/17/2010 8:28:00 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (Liberalism can be summed up thusly: someone craps their pants and we all have to wear diapers)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Sometimes I can taste with my eyes.


87 posted on 09/17/2010 8:32:27 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN '66-'67)
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To: wildbill

Hence the to each his own.

I prefer blended concotions.

Cilantro/cucumber/avacado and a lil olive oil plus a few other light seasonings make a nice raw veggie salad dressing.

My fruit smoothies are wonderful to me but have I tend to gulp them down which can screw up the body (an old body) BG count.

I used to when younger do allot of raw juice ing.

Now that I am aging my system can’t process all that power at once so I have to chop and chew. Not the same burst of flavor IMO as blended or juiced.


88 posted on 09/17/2010 8:33:06 AM PDT by Global2010
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To: steve86

Don’t get me wrong I am all for man made pharma’s.

Yet I try diet and simple measures, as my first line of attack.

When I was young I was all about going to a doc and getting a pill for what needed a cure.

Then as I aged and have very limited time I started with diet about 15 yrs ago.

Not one one taking capsules for nutrition other than Vit D (PNW neighbor) I eat what I crave right now it is foods high in Vit K.

I have taken man made thyroid for most my life and that is a blessing else I would not be here (no thyroid gland) but boy that is such a huge hormonal and how the body processes everything else that I just don’t mess with it by mixing up to much.

If God willing I can do it via diet first then so be it.

I don’t have to cook/make meals for anyone other than myself so if I want to say drink dark cherry juice and do a fast for the occasional gout attack to lower those uric acid levels I am free to do so.

Perks to being single for life.
Downside finding someone you trust to drive you home from that colonoscopy.


89 posted on 09/17/2010 8:44:27 AM PDT by Global2010
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To: Judith Anne
Back in the day, when “oleo” came in a white color, my mother said her family mixed it with turmeric to get the normal “butter” color.

At the time, it was unlawful in many places to sell oleomargarine already colored yellow. It often came with a little packet of coloring instead.

As you might guess, this was the doing of the dairy lobby.

ps.: Another powerful yellow food colorant is beta carotene in small concentrations.

90 posted on 09/17/2010 8:47:42 AM PDT by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: OldDeckHand
Western countries have higher rates of behavior, or mental illnesses not because they "have higher rates", but because their health reporting systems are more robust and distributed, and the stigma that is associated with mental illness (or illnesses like Alz. that diminish mental capacity) doesn't exist.

Which, unfortunately, explains why we have the Left.

91 posted on 09/17/2010 8:51:29 AM PDT by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: Global2010
Downside finding someone you trust to drive you home from that colonoscopy.LOL! I have that coming up. Can't have anesthesia because I'm still nursing the baby, so the doctor said I could drive myself home.
92 posted on 09/17/2010 8:54:31 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("A litte plain food, and a philosophic temperament, are the only necessities of life."~W. Churchill)
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To: Pessimist

“Q: Is their life span shorter, hence less chance of occurence of Alzheimers?”

Not really, they just have a higher infant mortality rate. The Bible promises 3 score and 10 (70), and if you can make beyond infancy, most people will reach it. On the other hand, living 70 years in India might not be all that fun. Wearing diapers your whole life and eating curry at every meal might get tiresome.


93 posted on 09/17/2010 8:58:23 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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Cool! A homeopathy thread!

This may be a little off-topic, but who was the Freeper who always touted coffee enema's?

Just askin'

94 posted on 09/17/2010 9:15:49 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: Temple Owl

ping


95 posted on 09/17/2010 9:18:55 AM PDT by Tribune7 (The Democrat Party is not a political organization but a religious cult.)
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To: equalitybeforethelaw

“Wearing diapers your whole life and eating curry at every meal might get tiresome.”

Is curry known for having that effect on people?


96 posted on 09/17/2010 9:25:05 AM PDT by PastorBooks
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To: Scythian
Why use a pharmaceutical poison when you can use simple black pepper which is sitting in your kitchen right now?

I do have several bottles of (Bio)piperine.

Ordinary black pepper has no measurable effect on curcumin absorption.

The gout drug is not an elective thing. I wouldn't exactly call it a poison.

97 posted on 09/17/2010 9:31:44 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: BunnySlippers

Anybody know if “curcumin” mentioned in the article is the same as “cumin”? I can get cumin and turmeric as powdered spices anywhere and they don’t taste the same.


98 posted on 09/17/2010 9:37:18 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: jiggyboy

No relation.

“Cumin (pronounced “comein”) is the pale green seed of Cuminum cyminum, a small herb in the parsley family. “

Turmeric is ginger family.

Curmumins are the chemicals in turmeric that make it bio-effective for various things.


99 posted on 09/17/2010 9:44:32 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
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To: jiggyboy

They are apparently related:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcumin


100 posted on 09/17/2010 9:46:35 AM PDT by BunnySlippers
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