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VEDIC SPICES PREVENT ALZHEIMER

by Tarunyamrta dasanudas

Curry Spice May Reverse Alzheimer's. Bright yellow curry spice not

only may

treat Alzheimer's disease, but also lower your risk of ever getting

it. The

same pigment that makes this spice yellow may help prevent

Alzheimer's by

breaking up the "plaques" that mark the brains of Alzheimer's disease

patients.

If you possessed these traits as a teenager, you may have a lower

risk of

Alzheimer's as a senior citizen.

Scientists from the University of California Los Angeles and the

Greater Los

Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System found that the magic

ingredient is

curcumin, a component of the yellow curry spice turmeric, that

appears to

reduce deposits of beta-amyloid proteins in the brains of elderly lab

mice that

ate curcumin as part of their diets, reports Reuters. Studies have

found that in

India, where curry spice is a dietary staple, the rate of Alzheimer's

disease

among elderly adults is very low.

If you eat these particular foods when you're young, will it prevent

Alzheimer's when you're old? Some doctors think the answer is yes.

It gets more interesting. One of the hallmark signs of Alzheimer's

disease is

the accumulation of beta-amyloid proteins in the brain. When the UCLA

scientists added low doses of curcumin to human beta-amyloid proteins

in a test tube,

the curcumin prevented the proteins from aggregating and actually

blocked the

formation of the amyloid fibers that make up Alzheimer's plaques. Co-

study

author Dr. Gregory M. Cole said that findings suggest that curcumin

could be

capable of both treating Alzheimer's and lowering a person's risk of

developing

the disease.

If you do this every day, you're more likely to keep your mind and

memory

sharp well into old age.

Curcumin is also high in antioxidants, a compound in certain foods

that is

known to help combat fatal illnesses, including Alzheimer's, cancer,

and heart

disease. There are two big questions the researchers have to answer:

How high

are the doses needed to fight Alzheimer's? Is curcumin in high doses

really

safe in elderly patients? A small trial with people who have

Alzheimer's will

begin soon. The study findings were published in the Journal of

Biological

Chemistry.

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