"Curcumin - A Powerful Antioxidant and Anti-Cancer Agent"

Your body is made up of many different types of cells, which are made from molecules, which are one or more cells joined by chemical bonds.

Going back to your high school chemistry class, I'm sure you remember that atoms contain a nucleus, neutrons, and protons and electrons.

From a chemical perspective, free radicals are missing an electron in their outer shells, and are always looking to 'steal' an electron from another molecule. The process of losing an electron from an atom is called oxidation.

After stealing an electron from another molecule, they become stable, leaving the second molecule without an electron in its outer shell, and a second free radical is created.

• Aging
• Alzheimer's
• Arthritis
• Autoimmune Diseases
• Cancers
• Cataracts
• Coronary Heart Disease
• Parkinson's Disease

By adding the spice turmeric, which contains curcumin, to the foods you eat, you neutralize the damaging effects of these free radicals.

In the 1980s, scientists learned that the risk of developing certain cancers, including breast, colon, and other cancers with 15 times greater in the United States than in India.

It was also learned that Americans are at a four times greater risk of developing Alzheimer's than individuals living in India.

Additionally, scientists think that it may be able to stop the blood cancer multiple myeloma.

Researchers from the University of Texas in Houston report on a study indicating that it was able to stop cancerous multiple myeloma cells from replicating, while killing off any remaining cancer cells.

Individuals that have high levels of homocysteine in their blood have been found to have endothelial cells that do not function correctly. Endothelial cells are the cells that line the inside of your blood vessels, and help prevent blood from clotting and plaque from accumulating.

A diet rich in the turmeric can prevent this dysfunction.

In laboratory animals fed a high fat, high cholesterol diet that were given it, it was noted there was a significant decrease in atherosclerotic lesions, along with a reduction of their LDL cholesterol levels.

It can also inhibit the effect of C-reactive protein (CRP) on the arterial system. Scientific research has learned that higher levels of C-reactive protein put you at greater risk of having a heart attack.

When your heart becomes inflamed, there will be an increase of plaque lining the arterial walls. CRP levels will increase also. When your CRP levels are high, individuals with a history of recurrent coronary events, such as a myocardial infarction, are at a greater risk for dying, so it is important that these individuals keep their CRP levels as low as possible.

Turmeric has become a popular spice in the United States, with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimating that its annual use is approximately 2400 metric tons. There have been over 800 studies done on curcumin and the last four years alone.

But, in order for it to be properly absorbed into the bloodstream, make sure you buy a supplement that is enterically coated, so that it will make it through the stomach without being destroyed. An enterically coded supplement will remain intact in the stomach, allowing it to pass into the intestines where it can be absorbed.