OrangeSoul Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 Turmeric Powder is famous in India Pakistan Bangladesh as its used in Daal, i dont know what its called in English. Desi people would know this. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Turmeric, a yellow spice used widely in Indian cooking, may help stop the spread of cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday. Tests in mice showed that curcumin, an active compound found in turmeric, helped stop the spread of breast cancer tumor cells to the lungs. Tests have already started in people, too, said Bharat Aggarwal of the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, who led the study. "Here you don't need to worry about safety. The only thing we have to worry about is efficacy," Aggarwal said in a telephone interview. "Curcumin, as you know, is very much an essential part of the Indian diet," he added. "What's exciting about this agent is that it seems to have both chemopreventive and therapeutic properties. If we can demonstrate that it is efficacious in humans, it could be of tremendous value, but we're a long way from being able to make any recommendations yet," Aggarwal said. Earlier research showed that curcumin, which acts as an antioxidant, can help prevent tumors from forming in the laboratory. For their study, Aggarwal and colleagues injected mice with human breast cancer cells -- a batch of cells grown from a patient whose cancer had spread to the lungs. The resulting tumors were allowed to grow, and then surgically removed, to simulate a mastectomy, Aggarwal said. Then the mice either got no additional treatment; curcumin alone; the cancer drug paclitaxel, which is sold under the brand name Taxol; or curcumin plus Taxol. Half the mice in the curcumin-only group and 22 percent of those in the curcumin plus Taxol group had evidence of breast cancer that had spread to the lungs, Aggarwal said in a study to be presented to a breast cancer research meeting in Philadelphia. But 75 percent of animals that got Taxol alone and 95 percent of those that got no treatment developed lung tumors. Aggarwal said earlier studies suggest that people who eat diets rich in turmeric have lower rates of breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer and colon cancer. His team would like to try giving curcumin to women who know they have a high risk of breast cancer -- such as those who have a mother or sister with the disease. No drug company is likely to develop a natural product that cannot be patented, he said. "There are no companies behind it so our only source of funding is either the National Institutes of Health or the Department of Defense," he said. This study was funded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Breast Cancer Research Program. Aggarwal's team is also testing curcumin against pancreatic cancer and multiple myeloma http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/n...r_turmeric_dc_1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterious_w Posted June 10, 2005 Share Posted June 10, 2005 My dad uses that a lot of turmeric. Good news for me mam and dad then :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 Hmm, maby i should get some of this stuff. Wonder how it tastes with eggs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOC Veteran Posted June 17, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 17, 2005 Tumeric powder is called "The poor man's saffron" around the globe, and it is fairly well known here in the States, at least most people I know know of it. Amazing, how more and more scientists and doctors are coming to the conclusion that natural (meaning, natural, from the earth, you know, real not chemical based human made crapola) remedies work wonders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eye_see_you Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagerd0g Posted June 17, 2005 Share Posted June 17, 2005 i love indian food. i eat it whenever i get the chance or try to make it at home. yum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordkanin Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 Tumeric powder is called "The poor man's saffron" around the globe, and it is fairly well known here in the States, at least most people I know know of it.Amazing, how more and more scientists and doctors are coming to the conclusion that natural (meaning, natural, from the earth, you know, real not chemical based human made crapola) remedies work wonders. 586078260[/snapback] Until they extract the particular chemical that works said wonders, synthesize it, and put it in a little pill that works much better :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruBD Posted June 18, 2005 Share Posted June 18, 2005 hmm thas good to hear, since i am desi i prob already have alot of it in my system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted June 19, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 19, 2005 It is so depressing that companies aren't backing this because they can't patent it. This my friends is one of the worst things that we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fighter-X Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Does it go good with soup? Never heard of it, but im willing to try new things. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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