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Day in Health
by Lisa Collier Cool
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Curcumin, found in the yellow Indian spice turmeric, has amazing health benefits, including elevating mood and combatting depressive symptoms as effectively as
the prescription drug Prozac, suggests a recent study published in Phytotherapy Research. Used as an herbal medicine and food for nearly 4,000 years, turmeric is a welldocumented treatment for a wide range of disorders, inspiring researchers to dub it the golden spice of life in a scientific review. Indeed, over the past 25 years, more than 3,000 papers have explored the savory flavorings medicinal properties in lab tests, animal studies, and human trials.
psychotic disorders. However, further research, including large clinical studies, is needed to rigorously evaluate if the golden spice is an effective therapy over the long term. Patients taking antidepressants should not stop or change their treatment without consulting their healthcare provider. Also talk to your doctor before taking any type of supplement to make sure its appropriate for you. Turmeric may slow blood clotting. Taking it along with medications that also slow clotting, such as aspirin, heparin, or other blood thinners, may increase the risk of bruising and bleeding. Curcumin and its colorful compounds are found in many foods, including mustard, curry powder, some cereals, cheeses, butter, baked goods, sauces, and many other yellow foods. It is on the FDAs generally recognized as safe list as a food ingredient.
enema) achieved remission after eight weeks, compared to only 36.4 percent of patients given a placebo treatment. The research was published this month in the Journal of Crohns and Colitis, with the study authors recommending that the golden spice be investigated as a novel therapy for ulcerative colitis. Earlier studies and trials suggest that curcumin and turmeric may also be helpful for the following problems, according to the research review cited above: Healing peptic ulcers, according to a clinical trial with 45 patients. After 4 weeks of treatment with turmeric capsules (300 mg each, twice a day), the ulcers disappeared in 48 percent of cases, with ulcer-free cases increasing to 76 percent after 12 weeks. Another trial found the spice to be beneficial for people suffering from indigestion or stomach or intestinal ulcers, but not as effective as antacids. Fighting respiratory symptoms. In some studies, turmeric oil was helpful in relieving cough, congestion, and asthma. Improves wound healing in animal studies. May reduce joint pain and inflammation from arthritis. Enhances heart health by lowering blood pressure and making cholesterol less likely to clump into artery-clogging plaque, in animal studies. Turmeric oil repels mosquitoes.