More on Curcumin and Cancer By Mrs Vera West

     Today’s writing  has been devoted to aspects of cancer. First up is more good news about the wonders of a god curry, for curcumin, the active ingredient in curry, has been found to suppress head and neck cancers:
  https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-07-24-curcumin-suppresses-growth-of-head-and-neck-cancers.html

“peer-reviewed studies have found that there are natural ways to fight cancer – including cancers of the head and neck. One such study, conducted by researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and published in Clinical Cancer Research, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Association of Cancer Research back in 2011, found that curcumin – the main component of the spice turmeric – can suppress a cell signaling pathway implicated in the growth of head and neck cancers. the researchers obtained saliva samples from 21 patients both before and after chewing two tablets containing a total of 1,000 milligrams of curcumin. An hour later, an additional saliva sample was taken, and other tests were conducted. UCLA’s newsroom explained:

Eating the curcumin … puts the chemical in contact not only with the cancer but also with the saliva, and the study found that the curcumin reduced the level of cancer-enhancing cytokines. An independent lab in Maryland was sent blind samples and confirmed the results: The pro-inflammatory cytokines in the saliva that help feed the cancer were reduced in patients who had chewed the curcumin, and the cell signaling pathway driving cancer growth was inhibited. “This study shows that curcumin can work in the mouths of patients with head and neck malignancies and reduce activities that promote cancer growth,” said Dr. Marilene Wang, the study’s senior author. “And it not only affected the cancer by inhibiting a critical cell signaling pathway, it also affected the saliva itself by reducing pro-inflammatory cytokines within the saliva.”

     I use curry whenever I can in meals, adding black pepper which is needed to increase absorption, for there is an absorption problem with curcumin. One can get supplements at the health food shop where bioactive forms of curcumin, but in the case of this study contact with the cancer, say in the mouth or throat was needed. Still, the tablet can be crushed up. And, one can load up, taking the supplements and using the curcumin in food. I swear that my arthritis is not so bad since taking this, and in general, there are not any side effects that I know of, although there is always somebody with an allergy to something.