Turmeric

[bosphorus]

wonder spice and benefits



wish you fine health

[Monica]

Known to have anti-cancer properties.

Even the American Cancer Society acknowledges it!
http://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatmen...s/turmeric

But the BEST info on turmeric is from lef.org:

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2011/mar2...cer_01.htm <<== Read entire article - excellent!

In contrast to mainstream oncology’s focus on single-agent toxic treatments, curcumin has emerged as a potent multimodal cancer-preventing agent, with 240 published studies appearing in the global scientific literature in the past year alone.

In this article, you will learn of the multiple factors involved in carcinogenesis (cancer development). You will discover up-to-date research demonstrating curcumin’s power to disrupt specific molecular mechanisms that lead to cancer—and to even treat the disease in many cases.

Curcumin is derived from the Indian spice turmeric and possesses several active components, all of which contribute to its anti-inflammatory and chemopreventive power.4-6 In fact, curcumin targets ten causative factors involved in cancer development.

Disrupting any one of these factors gives you a good chance of preventing cancer; disrupting several provides even greater protection, including the prevention of DNA damage.7

By blocking the inflammatory master molecule nuclear factor-kappaB (or NF-kB), curcumin blunts cancer-causing inflammation, slashing levels of inflammatory cytokines throughout the body.8,9 Curcumin also interferes with production of dangerous advanced glycation end products that trigger inflammation which can lead to cancerous mutation.10

Curcumin alters cellular signaling to enhance healthy control over cellular replication, which tightly regulates the cellular reproductive cycle, helping to stop uncontrolled proliferation of new tissue in tumors.11 It promotes apoptosis in rapidly reproducing cancer cells without affecting healthy tissue11-13 and reins in tumor growth by making tumors more vulnerable to pharmacologic cell-killing treatments.11,14

In addition, curcumin regulates tumor suppressor pathways and triggers mitochondrial-mediated death in tumor tissue, thereby increasing the death of cancer cells.11,15

Finally, curcumin interferes with tumor invasiveness and blocks molecules that would otherwise open pathways to penetration of tissue.2 It also helps to starve tumors of their vital blood supply and it can oppose many of the processes that permit metastases to spread.8,16,17 These multi-targeted actions are central to curcumin’s capacity to block multiple forms of cancer before they manifest.

Curcumin has many fans in the fight to beat cancer - UCLA, the MD Anderson Cancer Center, Emory School of Medicine and Tufts to name but four US cancer centres. Why? It is a powerful antioxidant that is also anti-viral and anti-bacterial; and seems to have great potential to fight cancer, especially colorectal cancer.
The anti-cancer action of curcumin, or turmeric?

* Importantly, the spice can stop the action of the enzyme COX-2 known to produce negative, inflammation causing localised enzymes (eicosanoids). Such inflammation is a known precursor to cancer.

* It has also been shown to inhibit vascular epithelial growth factors. Every tumour needs a blood supply - the growth factors build one, but curcumin stops them.

* It has been shown to kill B lymphoma cells.

So curcumin is known to attack at least two of the steps in the cancer process, and even kill cancer cells. As our knowledge increases so there may be more effects discovered.

Professor Bharat Aggarwal Ph. D. in MD Anderson’s Department of Therapeutics has conducted a number of studies, for example showing that in pancreatic cancer patients having no chemotherapy, it reduced tumour size. He believes it is effective against many types of cancer because it suppresses angiogenesis (the growth of blood vessels essential to a tumour).

Indeed he goes further: "No cancer has been found, to my knowledge, which is not affected by curcumin," Aggarwal says. "The reason curcumin is so effective against cancer is that it hits not just a single target or cell signalling pathway but dozens of targets implicated in cancer."

Curcumin supplements may be heavily contaminated – with everything from pesticides to other spices – so you must choose a reliable supplier,

http://www.canceractive.com/cancer-activ...spx?n=1571

List of studies on turmeric anti-cancer:

http://www.greenmedinfo.com/substance/curcumin

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My company offers a concentrated turmeric oil...the only one on the market. It's grown with ionized water, and of course organic. And, each gel-cap is individually-wrapped, to prevent the delicate oils from becoming rancid. There are tons of turmeric products on the market, but none with this much care in protecting the delicate nutrients.

It also has Omega-3 oils from flax seeds, perilla and primrose, + other nutrients.

More info about our processing:

http://www.enagic.com/technology_product...=ukonsigma

To order:

http://www.enagic.com/shop/en/supplements.html

ID# 7127287

[Daydreamin]

Monica, could you please message me a link to your site so I can check it out?


Many thanks!


Chris

[jacrob]

Monica, could you please message me a link to your site so I can check it out?


Many thanks!


Chris

me too...