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“When the herb is given orally, it can actually prevent and
reverse hypertrophy, restore heart function and reduce scar forma-
tion,” researchers wrote.
PREVENT STROKE AND STOP STROKE DAMAGE
Strokes have two major causes. The most common is a blood clot
that travels to the brain and the second is a ruptured blood vessel
in the brain. As we learned earlier in this chapter, the buildup of
cholesterol, elevated homocysteine and CRP levels and even con-
gestive heart failure are risk factors for stroke as well as heart
attack. Since stroke is a cardiovascular disease, a stroke is a “brain
attack,” if you will, similar to a heart attack. We already know that
curcumin has powerful preventive and healing properties for all of
these conditions.
Strokes almost inevitably damage brain cells. But exciting new
research shows that curcumin, given intravenously, can minimize
brain damage while a stroke is in progress because it can cross the
blood-brain barrier, protecting the mechanisms that help regener-
ate brain cells. This is effective if it is administered in an emergency
room within three hours of a stroke.
SUPER ANTIOXIDANT
Curcumin’s antioxidant properties are one of its most potent
weapons against all of the diseases commonly linked with the aging
process, most notably cardiovascular disease. I like to think of
antioxidants as “rust removers” of the body because they literally
remove the “rust” or the foundational causes of the diseases of
aging connected to excessive free-radical oxygen molecules.
Cholesterol or even excessive cholesterol in itself does not clog
arteries. It is the oxidized cholesterol that clogs arteries, restricts
blood flow to vital organs and eventually breaks away to cause
heart attacks and strokes.