Curcumin slays cancer cells in their tracks

Curcumin slays cancer cells in their tracks

(NaturalNews) Curcumin is the active anti-inflammatory ingredient of
turmeric. It has been used traditionally for centuries by Ayurveda and
Chinese medicine. Currently, it may be western medicine's most
researched ancient medicinal herb.

Curcumin has been under
scrutiny in clinical and epidemiological (statistical survey) studies by
several researchers for arthritis relief, cardiac conditions, and other
inflammatory based diseases. It's even getting serious consideration
for curing cancer these days.


Outstanding discoveries by even mainstream cancer researchers

On April 21, 2011, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,
top Western medicine abandoned it's normal research for new toxic chemo
solutions for cancer to release a surprising paper on their curcumin
research.

The researchers were amazed at curcumin's ability to
differentiate cancer cells from normal cells and create apoptosis (cell
death) in cancer cells only, while actually promoting better cellular
health in non-cancerous cells.

The MD Anderson Cancer Center
was very interested in how curcumin and other natural compounds
affected adverse epigenetic influences from free radical damage due to
pollutants and other sources.

When adverse epigenetic influences
begin, DNA damage occurs more rapidly than it can heal itself resulting
in a chain reaction of gene activation or inactivation that create cell
mutations - or cancer cells.

The researchers concluded that curcumin (diferuloylmethane)
exerts its biological influence through epigenetic modulation, a
process that continues downstream staying one step ahead of adverse
genetic influences. Very heady stuff indeed.

More recently, a study from Zheijian Provincial People's Hospital in Zheijiang, China indicates that curcumin
is capable of inducing apoptosis (cell death) within triple negative
breast cancer cells. Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a type of
cancer that defies conventional therapy.

A breast cancer
chemotherapy drug, Tamoxifen, targets estrogen receptors. This makes the
toxic drug less invasive to surrounding healthier cells. But TNBC
doesn't have estrogen and progesterone receptors to target, thus
requiring non-targeting and more toxic chemo drugs.

The Triple Breast Cancer Foundation flashes pink like their sister charity Susan G. Koman and raises money that pays their solid salaries with some trickle down cash for dead-end research to Big Pharma's never ending quest for high priced toxic ineffective chemicals.

Meanwhile,
they ignore real prevention and natural, safe and inexpensive solutions
for cancer. Here's a reference for a list of several research papers on
curcumin, many on cancer. (http://www.greenmedinfo.com/substance/curcumin)

There
have been many positive studies on curcumin for cancer and other
diseases. The good news is a lot has been from mainstream researchers.
The two focused on here are simply the most recent and spectacular
discoveries.

Even PubMed acknowledges curcumin's anti-cancer capabilities for several different types of cancer.

Natural
foods rich in flavanols, especially epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG)
found in green tea, has also been explored to be used in tandem with
curcumin's diferuloylmethane as a one-two punch for cancer. EGCG
inhibits excessive angeogenesis, or excessive blood vessel creation.

We all have some free floating cancer cells. When excess angeogenesis occurs, it helps coagulate cancer cell colonies to use the new blood vessels and thrive as tumors.

Using curcumin properly

Heating
turmeric powder in milk and coconut oil with a dash of black pepper
will give you a healthy tonic that you can use daily to mollify chronic
inflammation and help prevent cancer. This combination mimics
traditional Indian cuisine and is necessary to get maximum absorption of
turmeric's curcumin.

For more acute issues, high dose curcumin
is also available in enteric coated capsules with piperine, the active
ingredient of black pepper that enhances nutritional absorption.

Enteric
coating keeps the capsules from breaking apart and exposing their
fragile curcumin to stomach acids. This allows the curcumin to get into
the small intestines and into the blood. If you Google bioperine
(piperine) enteric coated curcumin, you'll find several suppliers.


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