And while she'd like to see double - blind
studies on curcumin in the future, she says the compound still holds a lot of promise.
Dr. William LaValley from Austin Texas, is one of the top natural medicine cancer physicians I know and he recently shared this important
information on curcumin which has the most evidence based literature for as a cancer support than any other nutrient.
Overall, the research casts
doubt on curcumin's usefulness as a stand - alone supplement and its potential for future drug discoveries.
That reputation, however, may have just gone down a notch: A new review of scientific
literature on curcumin, the most well - known chemical in turmeric, suggests that the compound has limited, if any, actual health benefits.
This study
centers on curcumin, a main ingredient in turmeric that has been made use of in «Ayurvedic» or traditional Indian medicine for centuries as an anti-inflammatory and treatment for symptoms associated with irritable bowel syndrome and other ailments.
By switching them to high doses of Curcuma100 ® they were able to reduce their pharmaceutic pain meds and often totally
rely on curcumin to manage their pain.
A study on rats found that it is possible to
overdose on curcumin, and that this can cause «oxidative stress, inflammation, and metabolic disorders» (25).
«Much effort and funding has been
wasted on curcumin research,» says Gunda Georg, co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health counts 135 registered trials of curcumin in the last 15 years, according to the study authors, but not one double - blind, placebo - controlled clinical
trial on curcumin can support all of the benefits we've been attributing to it, and when it comes to research that seemed to prove curcumin's effects on pancreatic and colon cancers, Alzheimer's disease, and radiation - induced rashes, it seems that the supposed benefits are all cracked up.
Since curcumin is a fat - soluble vitamin, it's important to take it with a meal that contains fat — which should be the case for all of your meals on a
In a recent trial for ulcerative colitis, a multicenter, randomized, placebo - controlled, double - blind study found that more than 50 percent of patients achieved remission within just one
month on curcumin compared to none of the patients who received the placebo.
In short, we are delighted to see great studies on the health benefits of curcumin, yet since we are most interested in the spice itself (turmeric) and the potential benefits of this spice in recipes, we also realize that some of the research
on curcumin doesn't easily translate into these more practical kitchen and recipe applications.
Thanks for the
tip on Curcumin, mu husband has shoulder issues because of all the tennis he plays, will definitely try it!
After sorting through the incredibly impressive body of
research on curcumin that exists to date, trust me when I say that curcumin's spot on the pedestal is much deserved.
But when the reviewers looked at several recent clinical trials and epidemiological studies
on curcumin, they noticed that research findings often weren't translated correctly in the media.
Not surprisingly, hundreds of studies
on curcumin and brain health soon followed, as brain health specialists worldwide stood astonished.
In fact, many experts maintain that the single most important health discovery to come from the extensive research
on curcumin is its ability to disrupt painful and health - damaging chronic inflammation.
I started after reading about a very small (double blind placebo study)
on curcumin's effect on depression and was interested to read in the article it seemed to have a very good effect for atypical depression.