result #119658 - IS TURMERIC THE CURE TO ALZHEIMER'S?

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advice : IS TURMERIC THE CURE TO ALZHEIMER'S?

[+] serious ballot by Mithrandir
ACTIVE Dec 06,2007 - Fri Dec 05, 08

Turmeric, an ingredient in curry, is said to have the capacity to reduce infection and keep brain cells healthy.

The story that I have heard is that the incidence of Alzheimer's disease is very rare in India, where curry and specifically turmeric is a diet staple. In the countryside, only 1% of the population over 65 is at risk of developing the disease, and the percentage in large urban areas increases only up to 2.4%. In comparison, 5 to 17% of people over 65 in the US (and by extension, western countries who share a similar lifestyle) are at risk of developing the disease.

However, other studies I have researched talk about a genetic disposition, and the lack of a certain gene, Apolipoprotein EÎ4, in the genetic makeup of people in Northern India account for that discrepency.

So what do you think?

Eating more curry can't hurt	86%
It is most probably an urban myth	6%
I don't know	6%

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Voted : Eating more curry can't hurt
I don't know. Certainly wouldn't hurt to eat curry though (if it dosn't help prevent Alzheimers then it probably helps prevent other things). Incidently, they look like they're having a really great time in that picture (especially the 3rd from the left).

by Lemmingstraggler on Thu Dec 06, 07 10:30am [+]

Voted : Eating more curry can't hurt
I read the story on this, and the methodology seems sound enough. But I am just a lowly physicist/mathematician...

by Truthseeker013 on Thu Dec 06, 07 10:47am [+]

Voted : I don't know
I can't remember the question.

by britvic55 on Thu Dec 06, 07 12:54pm [+]

Voted : Eating more curry can't hurt
I gotta research that...lately my memory seems to be slipping...I gotta research that...lately my memory seems to be slipping...it's like carrots and eyesight, it may not improve your vision, but it can't hurt...

by thesoothsayer on Thu Dec 06, 07 4:19pm [+]

Voted I don't know
I can't remember the question.

by britvic55 on Thu Dec 06, 07 4:48pm [+]

Seems like I've heard of something similar a couple of years ago.

American Ginseng, Ginko Biloba, and I believe Rosemary have also been reported to help.

A little known study a few years ago also showed that nicotine will apparently reduce the chances of Alzheimer's.

by Grumpy_Person on Thu Dec 06, 07 5:57pm [+]

It's too late for britvic...

by Mithrandir on Thu Dec 06, 07 9:58pm [+]

^ Why's that? What was the question again?

by britvic55 on Fri Dec 07, 07 10:09am [+]

Sure. I like any. More reason to eat it More often.

by LCD on Fri Dec 07, 07 3:21pm [+]

^ Yeah, lol... Who are you again?

by britvic55 on Fri Dec 07, 07 6:10pm [+]

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