Turmeric Extract May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease -
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Turmeric and Alzheimer’s Disease
In India,
Alzheimer’s disease is relatively uncommon.
People over the age of 65 living in certain rural areas of India have a
less than 1 percent (0.84) chance of developing the disease. In the larger cities and rural areas of India,
the risk is just 2.4 percent.
Compare these findings to people over the age of 65
living in the United States. Again, depending on where we are living, our
chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease range from a little under 5 percent
to an astonishing 17 percent.
So what are people who are living in India doing that we aren’t doing here in the US to account
for these dramatic differences? The
answer seems to be curry, that zesty spice and staple of Indian foods. Research has shown that a compound in curry
not only prevents changes in the brain that lead to Alzheimer’s disease; it
actually reverses some of the damage already present.
Q. How can curry prevent these changes in the
brain? Isn’t that a lot to expect from a
spice?
A. Evidently,
it’s not too much to expect from this spice.
...
Turmeric and Alzheimer’s Disease
In India,
Alzheimer’s disease is relatively uncommon.
People over the age of 65 living in certain rural areas of India have a
less than 1 percent (0.84) chance of developing the disease. In the larger cities and rural areas of India,
the risk is just 2.4 percent.
Compare these findings to people over the age of 65
living in the United States. Again, depending on where we are living, our
chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease range from a little under 5 percent
to an astonishing 17 percent.
So what are people who are living in India doing that we aren’t doing here in the US to account
for these dramatic differences? The
answer seems to be curry, that zesty spice and staple of Indian foods. Research has shown that a compound in curry
not only prevents changes in the brain that lead to Alzheimer’s disease; it
actually reverses some of the damage already present.
Q. How can curry prevent these changes in the
brain? Isn’t that a lot to expect from a
spice?
A. Evidently,
it’s not too much to expect from this spice.
Curry comes from the turmeric plant –
Curcuma longa is the plant’s official name.
Curcumin, a plant compound in turmeric, is the source of curry’s
instantly recognizable bright yellow pigment.
When it comes to the scientific research of Curcuma longa, the terms curcumin and turmeric are both used. Both refer to the same thing- tumeric
extract.
There have been more than 1300 studies on tumeric and its health benefits for humans. Research has shown tumeric is able to help
the body get rid of cancer-causing toxins.
Turmeric also blocks estrogen receptors and enzymes that promote
cancer. And it’s been found to stop the
growth of new blood vessels in cancerous tumors – an important factor in
keeping cancer from getting larger and spreading throughout the body.
But one of turmeric’s ...
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