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Yellow curry kills cancer cells. I KNEW it was good for me!

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8328377.stm

An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.  The chemical - curcumin - has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia.  Now tests by a team at the Cork Cancer Research Centre show it can destroy gullet cancer cells in the lab.  Cancer experts said the findings in the British Journal of Cancer could help doctors find new treatments. Dr Sharon McKenna and her team found that curcumin started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours.

I honestly would cook and eat yellow curry every day if given the chance.  Now I'm officially being healthy.  Sup now, justification?

-Mark
 
Added Bonus.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1668932.stm

Good for the brain too
 
yeah, but it's all the other stuff in curry that'll give you stomach cancer :laughing7:  Whenever i see these kind of reports on the news/web I just have to laugh...like the one they were pulling over on people a few years back about making sure you drank a glass of wine every day because of some health benifit. I laugh

Brian
 
You were right the first time with "bottle".... 

The French scientist who showed the world that wine is good for the heart has a new discovery: two to three glasses of wine a day reduces death rates from all ailments by up to 30 percent.

"I've always suspected this," said Dr. Serge Renaud, whose findings appeared in the journal Epidemiology . "Wine protects not only against heart disease but also most cancers."

Renaud's study of 34,000 middle-aged men living in eastern France supports what has become known as "the French paradox": Frenchmen who eat lots of saturated fat but still live a long time.

Results were the same for smokers, nonsmokers and former smokers, he said, and there were no differences between white collar and blue collar drinkers.

Recent studies in the United States found that a drink of almost any type of alcohol can lower death rates by reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Renaud, however, maintains that wine also acts against other heart ailments and cancers because of the antioxidant action of polyphenol compounds in grapes.

"Wine is a more diluted form of alcohol, which is important to the body and, if taken moderately at mealtime, it is easily absorbed," he explained.

Renaud set off a California wine boom in 1991 when he outlined his French-paradox theory in an interview on CBS' 60 Minutes . "It started a huge controversy," the 70-year-old researcher recalled, chuckling"The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms challenged me to show numbers. Well, here they are." In fact, he had already made his case in a 1992 article in Lancet . He reported that 20-30 grams of alcohol daily could reduce the risk of coronary heart disease by at least 40 percent.

Alcohol protects the heart mainly by acting on platelets in the blood to prevent clotting, he found. Subsequent studies elsewhere supported these findings.

In the Epidemiology article, Renaud reported a 30 percent reduction in death rates from all ailments from 2-3 glasses of wine a day, a 35 percent reduction from cardiovascular disease, and an 18-24 percent reduction from cancer.

He plans a second article later this year with a more detailed analysis of his sampling. He is a strong advocate of the Mediterranean diet, based heavily on wheat, olive oil and vegetables, with more fish than red meat. And, of course, Renaud adds, a healthy amount of wine.

Renaud laments a steady drop in wine consumption among many Frenchmen, who these days take less time for meals and relaxation.

"The Italians still drink a lot of wine," he said. "Maybe in time we will have to call it 'the Italian paradox'."
 
You guys don't know what you are talking about.

A box of wine a day, not a bottle or a glass.
:blob7:
 
AprioriMark said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8328377.stm

I honestly would cook and eat yellow curry every day if given the chance.  Now I'm officially being healthy.  Sup now, justification?

-Mark

Yup.  Ever have curry eggs for breakfast?  Yummy!!  My Saturday morning ritual....
 
Wyliee said:
AprioriMark said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8328377.stm

I honestly would cook and eat yellow curry every day if given the chance.  Now I'm officially being healthy.  Sup now, justification?

-Mark

Yup.  Ever have curry eggs for breakfast?  Yummy!!  My Saturday morning ritual....

That sounds... awesome.  How do you prepare it? 

I make a twisted version of Indian curry that my wife loves that's essentially a thicker rue with a combination of a couple curry brands that I also put crushed, dried jalapenos into.  I use 2% milk and chicken stock as the liquids.  The milk helps thicken it, but i also use some corn starch.  Here's the weird part:  We put chopped peanuts, dried (unsweetened) coconut, very sharp white cheddar and mango chutney on it over brown rice.  I serve it with tons of whatever fresh fruits we have around.  My grandfather spent 8 years in Saudi Arabia when I was a small child, and he brought back a love for curries of all sorts.  I've been making curried meals since I was about 10.  Here's hoping it kills any cancer I might get~

-Mark
 
bpmorton777 said:
yeah, but it's all the other stuff in curry that'll give you stomach cancer :laughing7:  Whenever i see these kind of reports on the news/web I just have to laugh...like the one they were pulling over on people a few years back about making sure you drank a glass of wine every day because of some health benifit. I laugh

Brian

It may be a scam but I'm just not prepared to risk it!!
 
bpmorton777 said:
.like the one they were pulling over on people a few years back about making sure you drank a glass of wine every day because of some health benifit. I laugh

Brian

Like, drinking a glass of wine each day is a bad thing?  :icon_scratch:Could think of a lot of things that are far worse!

I love the taste of curries but really have to be careful for the after effects.  :sad:

I'm not a fan of experiencing really hot/spicy food, & I cannot understand the near-masochistic approach of some people towards spicy foods. I've seen people eat curries that break them out in a sweat in near zero temperatures, and the next morning ain't too pleasant for them either..... :evil4:
 
I went on tour with Jethro Tull as a substitute bass player (their normal bassist was in drug rehab) and Ian Anderson literally knows about the finest Indian restaurants in every city in North America because he's a major Indian cuisine aficionado . So we (the band and road crew) have to stop for Indian cuisine whenever the opportunity presented itself.  :sad1:  Of course the road crew and band had the choice of dining there or some other nearby restaurant, but ole Ian has to have his (almost) daily fix of Indian Cuisine...ok I'm lying about playing bass for Jethro Tull but Ian Anderson is said to be a huge Indian cuisine aficionado. And I have nothing better to do today than type BS on the Warmoth forum.
 
Isn't there something also going on with blue food coloring or some such? I think it is supposed to help make repairs in the spinal column.

You may ending up looking like the blue girl from Willy Wonka, but you could walk again!
 
TexxasJam said:
ok I'm lying about playing bass for Jethro Tull but Ian Anderson is said to be a huge Indian cuisine aficionado. And I have nothing better to do today than type BS on the Warmoth forum.

Damn - you had me going for a minute there!
 
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