Curry Power
SUMMARY:
Alzheimer's is a well-known disease which causes nerve cells to be damaged. A thought to how the disease comes about is when plaques, a small protein that gathers into toxic clumps, are formed. This causes inflammation form the plaques that kill brain cells. the plaques also produce free radicals causing damage. For patients who get Alzheimer's it is hopeless for a cure. But researchers found a curry or curcumin, found in curry, which can help cure Alzheimer's.
Curcumin is a part of a spice called turmeric. The powder comes from a yellow, white or pink flower. In the old Indian traditions turmeric was used as a healer but mostly for inflammation. Curcumin is used as both an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory. In Alzheimer's case the curcumin was a better antioxidant than vitamin E. Studies have shown that curcumin may have ways to protect the brain. In the laboratories that studied curcumin and its effect they found 80% fewer of the plaques that in normal brains (tests were done on mice). Another result of curcumin was that the amyloid-beta proteins were inhibited into clumping. But a team of researchers, led by Kenjiro Ono, found that it blocks the formation of plaques but also it weakens the existing plaques.
Curcumin is a part of a spice called turmeric. The powder comes from a yellow, white or pink flower. In the old Indian traditions turmeric was used as a healer but mostly for inflammation. Curcumin is used as both an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory. In Alzheimer's case the curcumin was a better antioxidant than vitamin E. Studies have shown that curcumin may have ways to protect the brain. In the laboratories that studied curcumin and its effect they found 80% fewer of the plaques that in normal brains (tests were done on mice). Another result of curcumin was that the amyloid-beta proteins were inhibited into clumping. But a team of researchers, led by Kenjiro Ono, found that it blocks the formation of plaques but also it weakens the existing plaques.
Having curcumin in your diet wouldn't hurt because not only does it have an effect on plaques but also helps lower cholesterol. people with high cholesterol had a higher chance to develop Alzheimer's than those who had normal results. Cholesterol is said to be a part of what causes Alzheimer's.
In India it is recorded that there's a lower rate of Alzheimer's than in the western more industrialized countries. But a difference to why there are fewer cases is possibly because they consume curry, as an eating habit, but also have a shorter life expectancy. Studies are still being done and the final results are not yet known.
RESPONSE:
I find this to be wonderful that we might have a cure for Alzheimer's. It is quite interesting that curry a spice can help cure not only Alzheimer's but inflammation and cholesterol. I find that this would be a great accomplishment in medical science. It is amazing that God can create a spice like curry to have so many functions. It amazes me to think that one spice can change the world. And to know that curry is available to anyone in the world it doesn't limit anyone to having medicine.
posted by mello @ 4:49 PM
3 Comments:
This is so exciting that they found something that might help cure Alzheimer's Disease! It is amazing to think that God gave doctors such amazing knowledge to find out curry could help. It is also wonderful that He created curry as not only just a spice but He also knew that it would help us live better lives.
This was very interesting to me that a spice could be so helpful in the curing of diseases. It will be interesting to see if we will be able to find out more about this and to see if we could combine curry with some other common household product to totally cure diseases such as Alzheimer's.
I think it's incredible that the only known preventor of Alzheimer's is a spice made from a flower! Even with all the modern technology we have today, there has been no discoveries of a cure, and here in nature we find it. This really emphasizes to me that humans don't know everything, but we can find answers in God's creation.
Post a Comment
<< Home