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C URCUMIN AND O THER D ISEASES
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action, several studies show that curcumin can result in better
blood sugar control and, therefore, a small but significant decrease
in body weight and fat. Perhaps more important, it also increases
levels of a protein called adiponectin that are usually low in obese
people. By raising adiponectin levels, normal weight can return.
Curcumin also helps cut off blood supply to excess fat cells, reduc-
ing their size and number.
Recent research published in the British Journal of Nutrition in
late 2011 showed that BCM-95 ® Curcumin reduced liver inflam-
mation, neutralizing the risk for a fatty liver associated with obesi-
ty. So, not only does curcumin help keep weight and blood sugar
under control, it can reduce the inflammatory marker for poten-
tially fatal liver disease and lessens the risk for a wide variety of dis-
eases, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
Multiple sclerosis: This progressive neurological disease eventually
leads to complete disability. Researchers theorize that the same
properties in curcumin that protect brain cells may also be helpful
in protecting the muscle fibers that are affected by multiple sclero-
sis (MS). In a Vanderbilt animal study, animals with an MS-like
illness showed no signs of the disease after being treated with cur-
cumin while those that did not get curcumin became paralyzed.
Immune system: In particular, studies on HIV show that curcumin
slows the ability of the virus to duplicate itself and spread, reduc-
ing the viral load on people whose immune systems are already
severely compromised. This human study reduced the viral load in
57.8% of the participants. In addition, a Kenyan epidemiological
study of people of Indian descent (who eat curry) and those of
African descent (who don’t eat curry) showed that those of African
descent were far more likely to contract HIV.
CONCLUSION
This chapter demonstrates the scope of the potential for curcumin
to create profound biological changes and enormous benefits to