Posted on 03/02/2011 12:58:30 PM PST by decimon
TAU says turmeric might be "the right spice" to fight colon cancer
Turmeric, a bright yellow spice from south Asia belonging to the ginger family, is the main ingredient in curries — and ancient wisdom suggests that it's also good for your health. Taking this wisdom to the laboratory, Tel Aviv University researchers have discovered that turmeric's active ingredient called curcumin amplifies the therapeutic activity of highly toxic anti-inflammatory drugs used to fight colon cancer when used at high doses.
Dr. Shahar Lev-Ari of Tel Aviv University's School of Public Health at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and his colleagues have found that curcumin can fight cancer when used in combination with a popular anti-inflammatory drug, alleviating the inflammatory response caused when cancer takes root in the body. A treatment based on this finding has already had promising results in human clinical trials.
"Although more testing will be needed before a possible new drug treatment is developed," says Dr. Lev-Ari, "one could combine curcumin with a lower dose of a cancer anti-inflammatory drug, to better fight colon cancer." The results of the new study have been published in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology.
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The “powerful anti-inflammatory cancer drug” they are combining it with is none other than our friend celecoxib or Celebrex. It might help your cancer, but you’ll die of a heart attack or bleed to death from an ulcer.
Oops! My fingers goofed on my B’Berry!
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It tastes just ok but I can’t see eating it very often. I had it in a lentil soup a few times but much prefer the Italian way of making it.
They're saying the dosage of celecoxib can be reduced with the addition of curcumin.
Yes, there is a really good article in the current issue of “Life Extension” magazine. Lots of searchable footnotes appended to the article.
Fortunately, I got good news today from a colonoscopy this morning. Have been pigging out on chocolate this afternoon!!
Glad the test results were good.
Used to buy from LEF but they are expensive.
Concur on the LEF purchase costs. Still, the info is good and I try to find their recommendations elsewhere and cheaper.
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