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C URCUMIN AND D IGESTIVE D ISORDERS
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Herbalists consider curcumin to be a digestive and a bitter,
which means it helps ease digestion and aids liver function.
It also stimulates bile production in the liver and gallbladder
and improves the ability to digest fats.
Here’s a listing of various digestive disorders and how curcum-
in can help:
Ulcerative colitis: A Japanese
study, which involved human
subjects, a rarity in curcum-
in research to this point, sug-
gests curcumin supplements
are a safe way of preventing
recurrences of the disease
and reducing the side effects,
which include severe bleed-
ing, ruptured colon, dehy-
dration and liver disease in
the small intestine.
Crohn’s disease: Researchers
at the MD Anderson Cancer
Center in Houston recom-
mend we “get back to our
roots” and take advantage of
the anti-inflammatory effects The human liver (top) and digestive system.
of curcumin for many dis-
eases, including Crohn’s, an inflammatory disease usually affecting
the large and small intestines. Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis are
sometimes called inflammatory bowel disease.
Colon cancer: We’ve already examined curcumin’s anticancer prop-
erties in Chapter 3, but it’s worth mentioning it again here. A land-
mark study from the American Health Foundation shows that
curcumin interferes with the process by which malignant colon
tumors develop, stopping them before they become dangerous.