Guest guest Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 A Weekly Curry May Fight Dementia Source: news.bbc.co.uk UK, June 3, 2009: Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, a US researcher suggested in a presentation at the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ annual meeting. Curcumin, a component of the spice turmeric, appears to prevent the spread of amyloid protein plaques in the brain–formations which are thought to contribute to the development of dementia. Professor Murali Doraiswamy of Duke University, North Carolina, said there is evidence that people who eat a curry meal two or three times a week have a lower risk of dementia. Prof. Doraiswami said also that a curcumin-rich diet has been demonstrated to dissolve amyloid plaques in the brains of laboratory animals and to prevent younger mice from forming new plaques. “The next step is to test curcumin on human amyloid plaque formation using newer brain scans, and there are plans for that.†Some UK experts, however, have been skeptical. Rebecca Wood, of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust, stressed that people would need to eat a lot of curry - over 100g of turmeric curry powder - to get a clinical dose of curcumin and cautioned that Prof. Doraiswamy’s hypothesis has not been confirmed in human clinical trials. Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Chairman : Yoganjali Natyalayam and ICYER Hon General Secretary, Pondicherry Yogasana Association 25, 2nd Cross,Iyyanar Nagar, Pondicherry, South India-605 013 Tel: +91-413 - 2622902 / +91-413 -3203314/+91-413 -2241561 Mobile: 9842311433 Website: www.icyer.com www.geocities.com/yognat2001/anandahttp://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=yognat2001 & p=r Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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