Junk Food Found to Deteriorate Pleasure Center of Brain & Turmeric Super Spice

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Junk Food Found to Deteriorate Pleasure Center of Brain

http://www.naturalnews.com/028555_junk_food_brain_function.html

 

 

A new study just found that a diet with unlimited junk food desensitizes the

pleasure centers of the brain. As a consequence, more and more junk foods were

required to feel the same level of pleasure. The study used rats, but since rats

and humans are wired pretty similarly in this region of the brain, the

researchers think this might be the underlying cause of obesity and binge

eating. In fact, the rats did keep eating until they became obese. But what's

really interesting is that by witnessing the desensitizing of the pleasure

centers of the rats' brains, we're actually witnessing the deterioration of

their brains - and these researchers were able to pinpoint the brain's

deterioration to eating large amounts of junk food.

 

It shouldn't come as any surprise that junk foods deteriorate the brain because

they actually deteriorate the entire body. In fact, processed foods,

particularly junk foods, are at the root of a great deal of aging and disease.

In addition, they overwork the liver and cause an accumulation of chemicals in

the body - because junk and processed foods are often full of unnatural

chemicals. Eating them also deprives our bodies of the whole foods from nature

that we're meant to be eating. And these researchers found that this was enough

to desensitize us to pleasure by deteriorating the brain.

 

However, there's more to this than just health implications. With desensitized

pleasure centers, it's likely that folks eating large amounts of junk food in

their diet will be desensitized to pleasure in all areas of their lives. At some

level, it means these folks won't be as happy or fulfilled by the joys that life

routinely brings. In which case, the constant stream of pleasures that the

universe provides for each of us will go unappreciated and possibly

unrecognized. In fact, having this area of the brain malfunctioning is often

implicated in feeling depressed.

 

Another recent study from Oxford University tells us that in the U.K. 80 percent

of men and almost 70 percent of women will be overweight or obese by 2020. Since

many weight problems can be traced to eating large amounts of junk and processed

foods, that's a whole lot of pleasure desensitization and brain deterioration

going on - and it might add up to a whole bunch of depressed people. At least

now more people will better understand one of the primary causes of feeling blue

and unsatisfied in their lives - and can change their behavior accordingly.

 

More:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...

http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal...

http://www.ktradionetwork.com/tag/n...

http://www.entelechyjournal.com/pul...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2...

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Turmeric is the Anti-Aging, Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory Super Spice

 

http://www.naturalnews.com/028556_turmeric_anti-inflammatory.html

 

Curcumin's anti-inflammatory properties have been known in Chinese and Ayurvedic

Medicines for thousands of years. It is the active ingredient of turmeric, which

is a component of the curry preparations used daily in Indian and other South

Asian cuisines. Since those cuisines have infiltrated the west, modern science

has also been investigating the health benefits of turmeric and curcumin.

 

Curcumin/Turmeric Health Benefits

 

Don't confuse curry powder with turmeric. Turmeric is the substance that gives

curry its yellowish color, while curcumin is the active ingredient of turmeric

that offers the health benefits known in earlier medical traditions and that is

being discovered now in western nutritional medicine. Curcumin comprises five

percent of turmeric.

 

Curcumin is both an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. Epidemiological studies

of people who have a high dietary intake of turmeric show a lower incidence of

cancer among them.

 

Dr. Russell Blaylock included curcumin extract supplements in his post

vaccination first aid kit to minimize the possibility of inflammation and

cytokine storm from a vaccination. Curcumin has proven even better for relieving

arthritis pains and stiffness than expensive pharmaceuticals, without side

effects. It has also been proven to protect the liver and gallbladder.

 

Many other tests with curcumin extracts have been documented with in vitro

(petri dish/test tube) and in vivo (living organisms) trials that show how

amyloid plaque, considered a cause of Alzheimer's, is suppressed by curcumin.

There have also been many trials, mostly in vitro, that indicate curcumin helps

impede cancer cells' growth.

 

Curcumin extracts have been used as an adjunct with orthodox cancer treatments

to reduce dosages of toxic cancer drugs.

 

Curcumin is considered non-toxic. Up to six grams of curcumin daily for extreme

cases, such as cancer, has shown no toxic side effects. Since only five percent

of turmeric is curcumin, this allows for consuming a good deal of turmeric.

 

How to Take Curcumin

 

Curcumin as part of turmeric powder is very beneficial as a daily regimen if

taken properly. The problem with curcumin is similar to that of resveratrol: The

stomach won't let it pass through to the small intestines enough to appear

significantly in blood serum, where it has to be for cellular nourishment.

 

That's easily resolved with turmeric by combining it with fats. Cold pressed

oils, coconut oil, organic butter, ghee, raw milk, and organic cottage cheese

are optimum choices. It has also been discovered that heat helps absorption

without decomposing the curcumin in turmeric. Some users mix turmeric in warm

milk. After all, curry involves cooking with some sort of fat.

 

The curcumin extract capsules, used for extreme conditions or by those who can

afford the convenience, pose the same absorption problems with a different set

of solutions. This extract is usually in capsules. Enteric coating needs to be

used to keep the capsule intact in the stomach yet to allow it to break down in

the small intestines, allowing for immediate absorption into the blood.

 

Enteric coatings are used commonly by Big Pharma, but not by natural supplement

providers. So you need to look for that on the label or you're wasting your

money and time.

 

Some curcumin extract providers insert piperine, an extract of black pepper, to

help absorb the curcumin. But curcumin supplements using piperine can cause

problems with pharmaceutical medications. So if you are on pharmaceuticals,

avoid curcumin extracts with piperine.

 

Unless your situation warrants higher supplementation, consuming turmeric at one

to three teaspoons full per day with fats to get the curcumin into your

bloodstream provides an inexpensive, safe,* and efficacious anti-inflammatory,

anti-aging boost to your health.

 

*Those afflicted with hepatitis or gallbladder stones need to use caution.

 

Sources for more information include:

 

Ray Sahelian, M.D. Curcumin's Role in cancer, Alzheimer's disease and

inflammation

http://www.raysahelian.com/curcumin...

 

The Benefits of Taking Curcumin Daily

http://www.articlesbase.com/medicin...

 

The World's Healthiest Foods - Tumeric

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?...

 

Byron Richards - Curcumin Protects Against Liver and Gallbladder Damage

http://www.wellnessresources.com/he...

 

Healthy Source - Consumers Guide to Turmeric - Curcumin

http://curcumin-turmeric.net/#compo...

 

Margaret's Personal Blog RE Curcumin for Multiple Myeloma (Bone Marrow Cancer)

ttp://margaret.healthblogs.org/life-with-myeloma/discovery-of-curcumin/