It is the mission of Freedom Plaza to bring you the good news of remedies and solutions to the things that ail Man or inhibit his survival. This article briefs you on the latest news about Turmeric which is turning out to be a truly magical spice.

by Jon Davy

It is an interesting fact that in India where the spice Turmeric is very widely used, the incidence of four cancers common in the West, colon, breast, prostate and lung, is TEN times lower. Indeed prostate cancer, so common in Western nations, is actually rare in India.

This apparent link between Turmeric and the much low incidence of cancer has attracted a great deal of justified medical attention and there have been numerous studies of it that have produced encouraging results.

For example, they key ingredient of Turmeric, the substance known as Curcumin, has been found to inhibit the proliferation of tumour cells, decrease inflammation and enhance liver function, among many other properties

Turmeric also has a vital role to play in the health of your liver. The liver processes and removes toxins carried in your bloodstream. And when functioning at optimum, it can filter up to two litres of blood per minute and easily breaks up toxic molecules. The liver also plays a vital role in vitamin, mineral, protein, fat, carbohydrate and hormonal metabolism.

Unfortunately a poor diet, allergens, toxins, pollution and stress can impair the liver’s function, causing it to work less efficiently and become sluggish, and this can impair its vital functions. Turmeric has a key role to play in ensuring the health of your liver because studies have shown that it may increase the activity of important detoxification enzymes. It is also a natural cholagogue, which means it promotes the discharge of bile from your system and increased bile flow is key to helping your liver detoxify and to helping your body digest fats.

Turmeric also inhibits the damage done by free radicals to, among many other things, cholesterol. When cholesterol is damaged in this way, it can damage your blood vessels and eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke. Therefore Turmeric’s ability to prevent damage to cholesterol is beneficial for your heart. It is also high in vitamin B6, which is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease.

Not only that, Turmeric appears to be highly protective against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Again, in India the incidence of such diseases is very low. To back this up, studies have shown that Curcumin can slow the progression of Alzheimer’s in mice.

Turmeric has evidently also proven capable of blocking the progression of multiple sclerosis.

Professor Moolky Nagabhushan from the Loyola University Medical Centre, in Chicago, in the United States, has studied Turmeric for the 20 years and he believes it can also protect the body against harmful environmental chemicals and in so doing protects against leukaemia in children. His research showed that Curcumin in Turmeric can, among other things, inhibit the toxicity of cancer-causing chemicals in the environment, inhibit chromosome damage induced by radiation; and inhibit the multiplication of leukaemia cells.

Turmeric's volatile oils help prevent bacterial wound infections and accelerate wound healing, so much so that the company Johnson & Johnson even sells a Band-Aid in India that contains Curcumin.

There may well be further potentials inherent in Turmeric and Curcumin, for example to help with cystic fibrosis, type 2 diabetes, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, cataracts, gallstones, muscle regeneration and inflammatory bowel disease.

As I have pointed out before, the frontiers of knowledge are advancing and we are approaching a Golden Age of human health that has nothing to do with drugs.

Author’s Footnote: The Noble Art of Noshi-do, from English slang, “nosh” (food) and the Japanese “do” (way). Literally: the Way of Nutrition

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