Turmeric component disrupts cancer cells - Organic Consumers Asso

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Thanks, Madhava Gosh. I had forgotten the article you cited. It is

certainly worth seeing again. It appears that its message is now

vibrating through the popular sphere.

 

And speaking of one of Srila Prabhupada's many blessing upon his

followers, I wonder how many followers of other religious leaders can

make the claim that their spiritual leader taught them to cook and eat

(after offering to Krsna) the best food on earth?

 

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Mark Middle Mountain wrote:

 

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>>... Another great argument for dahl and subji and gauranga potatoes! It

>>would have been interesting to find out if cancer rates are lower in

>>countries where turmeric is widely used, such as India.

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>An article I submitted to Chakra about a week ago:

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>Potent Spice Works To Block Growth Of Melanoma

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>by Madhava Gosh

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>Curcumin, the pungent yellow spice found in both turmeric and curry powders,

>blocks a key biological pathway needed for development of melanoma and other

>cancers, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer

>Center.

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>The study, to be published in the August 15, 2005 issue of the journal

>Cancer, but available on line at 12:01 a.m. (EDT) on Monday, July 11,

>demonstrates how curcumin stops laboratory strains of melanoma from

>proliferating and pushes the cancer cells to commit suicide.

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>It does this, researchers say, by shutting down nuclear factor-kappa B

>(NF-kB), a powerful protein known to promote an abnormal inflammatory

>response that leads to a variety of disorders, including arthritis and

>cancer.

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>Full Article at:

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>http://www.bio.com/newsfeatures/newsfeatures_research.jhtml?cid=12400037

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