Spice Nixes Pain, Inflammation, Brain Disease

If you’ve ever eaten an Indian curry, you’re probably familiar with turmeric. It is the yellowish spice commonly used in Indian cuisine. While it adds delicious flavor to your meals, it also offers many benefits to your health. Curcumin, the primary active ingredient in turmeric prevents the development of plaque in the brain and also has anti-pain and anti-inflammatory properties.

Protects against Brain Plaques

Research conducted by a medical team at a graduate school at Kanazawa University, Japan, demonstrated that curcumin found in turmeric prevents the development of a substance called amyloid beta (AB)–a type of plaque in the brain. This substance is linked as a causative factor for Alzheimer’s disease.

Anti-Pain

One of turmeric’s many properties is its ability to suppress pain through a similar mechanism as the pain-killing COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitor drugs primarily used for arthritis. However, turmeric lends its potent anti-pain properties without the harmful side-effects linked to the drugs. Research also shows that turmeric depletes nerve endings of substance P, a pain neurotransmitter, thereby reducing pain.

Anti-inflammatory

Turmeric also has powerful anti-inflammatory properties. Recent research indicates that ingesting 1200 mg of curcumin, the main therapeutic constituent of the spice turmeric, had the same effect as taking 300 mg of the potent anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone. Unlike phenylbutazone which is highly toxic, turmeric is safe for use.

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Susan S.

9:01AM PDT on May 26, 2012

Thank you.

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Donna H.

7:25AM PDT on May 26, 2012

Thanks for the info.

Kath R.

5:02AM PDT on May 26, 2012

Dale O. makes a good point about identifying how many teaspoons 1200 mgs as buying turmeric in supplemental form is very expensive.

Carmen F.

4:24AM PDT on May 26, 2012

It worked for me

Turid K.

4:21AM PDT on May 26, 2012

Here is my experience with turmeric:

If I get an infection, like hurting sinuses I eat as much turmeric as I can.
Swallowed down with a glass of water.

The next morning I am healed.

Tumeric is a fantastic fantiatic spice,and cost close to "nothing"
It is also said to prevent dementia!!

Patty B.

7:27PM PDT on May 25, 2012

I think I will buy the pills..I do not like tumeric OR curry .

Dee D.

6:22PM PDT on May 25, 2012

thank you for posting

Janine K.

5:46PM PDT on May 25, 2012

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