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C URCUMIN —T HE 21 ST C ENTURY C URE
naproxen plus a handful of prescription drugs like Celebrex,
Anaprox, Feldene and Voltaren can cause serious toxicity problems
that require hospitalization for as many as 200,000 Americans each
year and kill over 20,000 people annually. Yet 60 million of us use
them regularly and doctors still happily prescribe them.
Exciting new human research confirms that curcumin is as
effective as some of the most popular non-steroidal anti-inflamma-
tory (NSAID) arthritis drugs, including Voltaren and Celebrex,
without the potentially life-threatening side effects. A combination
formula of BCM-95 ® Curcumin and a special form of the herb
boswellia called BosPure™ was found to be more effective in pain
relief and provided better mobility and longer walking times with-
out pain for people with knee osteoarthritis, than the prescription
drug celecoxib (generic form of Celebrex), the number one pre-
scribed osteoarthritis drug. This study was just published in Decem-
ber of 2011 in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.
NSAIDs relieve inflammation by inhibiting the activity of an
inflammation-causing enzyme called COX-2. That’s all well and
good, but they also inhibit a companion enzyme called COX-1,
which protects the lining of the digestive tract and blood vessels.
Therefore, without adequate COX-1 protection, you may have
ulcers and leaking of the blood vessels.
THE GOLDEN KNIGHT RIDES AGAIN
It shouldn’t surprise you that curcumin and its formidable anti-
inflammatory powers offer an effective and safe alternative to these
dangerous NSAIDs. Curcumin inhibits the COX-2 enzyme but does
not affect healthy levels of COX-1.
Inflammation causes pain, so if you relieve inflammation, you
relieve pain. Not only does curcumin relieve inflammation and
pain, it can actually help rebuild worn cartilage, restoring joints
to their youthful flexibility. Curcumin is also such a potent anti -
oxidant that it can actually help repair the oxidative damage caused
by inflammation.