Curcumin (Turmeric) has been used for more than 5000 years in traditional medicine and has been written about in more than 3000 research and review articles.
It turns out that the turmeric (Curcumin) that folks eat in their curries has some incredible health benefits. In fact, recent reports estimate nearly 150 powerful and beneficial uses of this special organic herbal compound.
Not only does Curcumin help clear out the amyloid plaques that are common in Alzheimer’s disease. It also reduces oxidation, inflammation and clears out heavy metals like cadmium and lead – all of which contribute to Alzheimer’s and dementia.
Curcumin also shows great promise in the fight against cancer. It works in three ways to slash your risk of many different forms of cancer such as breast, prostate, bowel, stomach and more. This herb actually kills cancer cells and it can stop more cancer cells from growing. In laboratory studies the curcumin herb reduced the growth of cancerous cells and inhibited the growth of tumors in laboratory test animals.4
Just to cite one study involving 44 men who had lesions in the colon that sometimes turn cancerous, 4 grams of curcumin herb per day for 30 days reduced the number of lesions by 40%. 5
Even many people who suffer from depression found that by supplementing their diet with curcumin for only six weeks it was just as effective as taking Prozac, but without the nasty side-effects.
The curcumin herb provides natural antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities, thus making it a powerful weapon against diabetes, allergies, arthritis and other chronic illnesses. It even improves symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and can help cut your chances of developing gallstones.
The Curcumin herb may provide the most effective health benefits in existence. Researchers are even calling it the powerful natural herb that holds the solution to the basic cause of most diseases.
Most people notice improvements within just 14 days and pain reduced in 3 to 4 days.
Regular Curcumin Does Not Absorb Very Well
Regular Curcumin does not dissolve in water, therefore, it is very poorly absorbed into the bloodstream and is of very little benefit if it’s obtained by just swallowing a few curcumin food supplements or using it in our food. Until now very little of the outstanding benefits of curcumin were obtainable. However, a private European laboratory has produced Curcuma 100® which is a unique product that makes the curcumin 100% bio-available to the body. This is a major break-through in health restoration.
Curcuma 100® works 24/7 renewing and repairing our cells, enhancing our immune system, as well as recharging our energy, making it an indispensable food to consume daily for the recovery of our health or disease prevention.
Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy, Medical Director of the Center for New Medicine in Orange County, California, stated “this natural substance is a superhero when it comes to the root cause of today’s most common health challenges. Study after study reveals it’s amazing healing powers.”
Curcuma 100® is a unique blend of curcumin concentrate and natural pure frequency enhanced mineral water from the deep aquifers of Germany.
Countless studies show just how incredibly beneficial curcumin is for our health as it contains many natural medical properties.1 The US Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health stated:
Therapeutic Roles of Curcumin: Lessons Learned from Clinical Trials
“Extensive research over the past half century has shown that curcumin (diferuloylmethane), a component of the golden spice turmeric (Curcuma longa), can modulate multiple cell signaling pathways. Extensive clinical trials over the past quarter century have addressed the pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of this nutraceutical against numerous diseases in humans. Some promising effects have been observed in patients with various pro-inflammatory diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, uveitis, ulcerative proctitis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel disease, tropical pancreatitis, peptic ulcer, gastric ulcer, idiopathic orbital inflammatory pseudotumor, oral lichen planus, gastric inflammation, vitiligo, psoriasis, acute coronary syndrome, atherosclerosis, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, diabetic microangiopathy, lupus nephritis, renal conditions, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, β-thalassemia, biliary dyskinesia, Dejerine-Sottas disease, cholecystitis, and chronic bacterial prostatitis. Curcumin has also shown protection against hepatic conditions, chronic arsenic exposure, and alcohol intoxication.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23143785
Here are the benefits of Curcuma 100®
Curcuma 100® Helps Fight Cancer in All Its Form
Although Curcuma 100® is very new, some twenty people with different forms of cancer who consumed it have reported that their tumors have begun shrinking and that they are experiencing a general overall improvement in less than a month by taking only a few teaspoons daily. A man named Peter has been using pain killers for some 10 years now and has finally had to resort to morphine to deal with his severe pain. After just 3 days on Curcuma 100® he has periods of no pain or very low pain.
Even though regular curcumin is not very easily absorbed on its own it still appears to have been effective in fighting all types of cancer.2
Therefore, we are very excited to see how effective this new Curcuma 100® will prove to be in the fight against cancer. Anyone with cancer will want to add this natural remedy to their daily routine as studies have shown that curcumin can reduce angiogenesis (growth of new blood vessels in tumors), metastasis (spread of cancer), as well as contribute to the death of cancerous cells.3
In laboratory studies the curcumin herb reduced the growth of cancerous cells and inhibited the growth of tumors in laboratory test animals.4
Just to cite one study involving 44 men who had lesions in the colon that sometimes turn cancerous, 4 grams of curcumin herb per day for 30 days reduced the number of lesions by 40%.5
Now that concentrated, highly bio-available curcumin in the form of Curcuma 100® is available, we are confident we will be getting reports back of even more dramatic health benefits over the next few months.
Curcuma 100® is sold for USA and Canada at www.LifeIntegrativeMed.com
For the rest of the world go to www.budwigcenterstore.com/
Natural Anti-Inflammatory Compound
Short-term inflammation is a necessary function of the body to control harmful pathogens. However, when it becomes chronic (long-term) the body starts to attack itself and that causes a host of horrible health problems. It is now believed that many of the chronic Western diseases such as heart disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, Alzheimers and various degenerative conditions are due to long-term, inflammation. 6
The good news is that curcumin is a strong anti-inflammatory and in many cases can even match the effectiveness of some anti-inflammatory drugs (7). Curcumin blocks NF-kB, a molecule that travels into the nuclei of cells and turns on genes related to inflammation. NF-kB is believed to play a major role in many chronic diseases.7 In several studies, its potency has been compared favorably to anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical drugs except without the side effects.8
However, due to the body’s inability to absorb curcumin, no dramatic results were obtained in giving curcumin to patients suffering from these conditions. Thus, the need for a more absorbable product such as Curcuma 100®
Curcuma 100® Increases the Antioxidant Capacity of the Body
Studies indicate that aging and many diseases are triggered by free radicals or oxidation. Free radicals are highly reactive molecules with unpaired electrons. This natural herb happens to be a potent antioxidant that can neutralize free radicals due to its chemical structure. And, more than that, it also boosts the activity of the body’s own antioxidant enzymes.9
So you might say that Curcuma 100® delivers a one-two punch against free radicals. It blocks them directly, then stimulates the body’s own antioxidant mechanisms.
Curcuma 100® Helps for Heart Disease
Cancer is fast becoming the number one killer, but heart disease is still the biggest killer in the world.10 There are many things that contribute to heart disease and once again curcumin may help reverse some of these contributing factors.
How curcumin helps with heart disease, is by improving the function of the endothelium, which is the lining of the blood vessels. If you do research you will discover that endothelial dysfunction is a major driver of heart disease and involves an inability of the endothelium to regulate blood pressure, blood clotting and various other factors.11
We know exercise is good for maintaining a healthy heart and interestingly one study shows that curcumin is as effective as exercise. Also, another study showed that it works as well as the drug Atorvastatin.12
Probably one of the ways curcumin is important in fighting heart disease is because it also reduces inflammation and oxidation as already mentioned.
Just to emphasize this, in one study, involving 121 patients who were undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery were randomized to placebo or 4 grams of curcumin per day, a few days before and after the surgery. Believe it or not, the curcumin group had a 65% decreased risk of experiencing a heart attack in the hospital.13
If regular curcumin can produce those benefits it is safe to conclude that a more bio-available form of curcumin, Curcuma 100® should result in even more noticeable health improvements.
Curcuma 100® Improves Brain Function and Reduces Risks of Brain Diseases
Curcumin is one of the only natural substances known to have such a profound protective effect on the brain. The reason for this is because Curcumin is one of the only natural substances that can cross from the blood into the brain, to impart such powerful support and protection.
The neurons in our brain are capable of forming new connections, and in certain areas of the brain, they can also multiply and increase in number.
What drives this process? BDNF (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor), which is a type of growth hormone that functions in the brain. Apparently, many common brain disorders such as depression and Alzheimer’s disease are caused by a decrease in this BDNF hormone.14
The good news is that this humble curcumin herb can increase brain levels of BDNF.15 Now that we have the potent bio-available Curcuma 100® we may be able to delay and/or even reverse many brain diseases and age-related decreases in brain function.
It would then also no doubt help improve memory and make you smarter as well, due to the positive effects on BDNF levels.
Curcuma 100® is sold for USA and Canada at www.LifeIntegrativeMed.com
For the rest of the world go to www.budwigcenterstore.com
Curcuma 100® Helps Combat Alzheimer’s
Research indicates that inflammation and oxidative damage play a major role in Alzheimer’s disease. As already stated, curcumin has beneficial effects on both.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease in the world and a leading cause of dementia. Unfortunately, there is currently no effective drug available to combat Alzheimer’s.
Therefore, preventing it in the first place is of utmost importance and the wisest approach.
Once again our humble curcumin herb has been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier where Alzheimer’s causes the most damage.16 Curcuma 100® will be a very effective tool for people suffering from brain cancer as very few anti-cancer remedies can pass the brain barrier.
Amyloid plaques protein is the main feature of Alzheimer’s disease and studies show that curcumin can help clear these plaques .
With a more concentrated and highly bio-available form of curcumin as in Curcuma 100® now available it will be exciting to see how people with Alzheimer’s respond.
Arthritis Patients Respond Very Well to Curcuma 100®
In a study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, curcumin was even more effective than an anti-inflammatory drug.16 There are several different types of Arthritis, but most involve some sort of inflammation in the joints. Arthritis being a common disorder characterized by joint inflammation, therefore curcumin is ideal.
As we already established that curcumin is a potent anti-inflammatory, we are not at surprised to find that it could help with arthritis. Several studies have supported this statement.
Study after study has seen the tangible benefits curcumin has in treating arthritis without any of the harmful side-effects of drugs.
Curcuma 100® Helps With Depression
Just when you thought that there was nothing else curcumin could help with, studies show it even helps in treating depression. In a controlled trial, 60 patients were randomized into three groups.16
One group took Prozac, another group took a gram of curcumin and the third group took both Prozac and curcumin. After 6 weeks, curcumin had led to improvements that were similar to Prozac. The group that took both Prozac and curcumin achieved the best results. So according to this study, curcumin is as effective as an antidepressant.
This totally makes sense because depression is also linked to reduced levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and a shrinking hippocampus, a brain area with a role in learning and memory. Because curcumin boosts BNDF levels, it potentially reverses some of these changes.
Another added bonus is that curcumin can boost the brain neurotransmitters serotonin and dopamine which make us feel good.
Delay Aging and Age-Related Chronic Diseases
The icing on the cake is that Curcumin can also help slow down aging and many of the horrible diseases that come with age. As curcumin helps prevent major illnesses that are very common as we age, such as heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s…it’s a very popular anti-aging supplement.
As already mentioned, oxidation and inflammation are believed to play a major role in aging. Therefore, curcumin may have effects that go way beyond just prevention of disease.17
Because curcumin is not very easily absorbed by the digestive system, it is very important to consume Curcuma 100 that is 100% bioavailable otherwise most of the curcumin just passes through your digestive tract.
IMPORTANT: Although Curcumin is offering some very impressive results with cancer, always keep in mind that when treating cancer there does not exist a single magic remedy. Curcuma 100® should always be used in conjunction with the full Dr. Budwig anti-cancer program for better results and in the shortest time possible.
Curcuma 100® is sold for USA and Canada at www.LifeIntegrativeMed.com
For the rest of the world go to www.budwigcenterstore.com
References
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