Curry, new anti-cancer treatment

[joeblow]

Curry, new anti-cancer treatment

http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=1098...ctionid=3510210



Curry had long been thought to have healing powers in certain cultures; a new study finds that the bright yellow curry spice, turmeric, can also kill off cancer cells.

While many studies are assessing the effects of curcumin -- a compound commonly found in curry -- in treating arthritis and dementia; the study published in the British Journal of Cancer reported that the extract can start killing cancer cells within 24 hours.

It, however, loses its anti-cancer properties as soon as it is digested.

Faulty cells normally die through apoptosis or programmed suicide when proteins known as caspases are switched on in these cell; curcumin, however, is believed to use an alternative cell signaling system to make these cells digest themselves.

The extract has shown promising results in killing esophageal cancer cells — one of the leading cancers in the modern world linked to rising rates of obesity, alcohol intake and reflux disease — in the laboratory.

Scientists are optimistic that their findings will help develop new methods to treat cancer.

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[solar]

You're making my mouth water, jb!:)

More on the healing properties of turmeric and curry at this link, and this link, and this link.

Thanks for initiating this thread!;)

[Shinobi]

Nice to know, my favourite dish is Madras:)(not mild!) hot:)
Indian food pretty much what I love to eat really. Ahhh it mentions the good old tumeric too;)
Cheers for those links solar m8 excellent stuff ....

Now I feel really hungry:P

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Tumeric is fantastic!




Aloo tikki, naan and mutter paneer (vindaloo). miss that stuff... don't get so much English stuff in Germany..

There's still a little Pakistani kitchen in Manchester city centre where you can get a three course curry meal for a couple of quid.

This particular timewarp these Muslims are locked in is a beautiful one.

The kitchen has been there since the early seventies -- usually you'd pay about 4-5 times as much for the equivalent scran (food) in an Indian/Pakistani restaurant.

I just remembered I miss their curry.:(