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February 04, 2005
Curry - It's Not Just For Breakfast Anymore
I was just kidding about the 'breakfast' part, but Jean Miller sends this piece she found from the UCLA newspaper on curry and Huntington's Disease. The upshot...curry seems to helpful in protecting the brains of those with Huntington's Disease.
I haven't seen the amounts that were used in the study...but if you're eating out tonight - Why not go for Indian food? A clip from the article:
et in another separate study, Marie-Francoise Chesselet, chair of the department of neurobiology at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Miriam Hickey, a postgraduate researcher, is studying the effects of curcumin on Huntington's Disease.Huntington's Disease is characterized by an abnormal genetic mechanism which results in accumulation of the Huntington protein similar to the build-up of beta amyloids in Alzheimer's Disease.
"We found that if we give curcumin to mice they will have less aggregate in their brains, but we don't know yet if that will improve symptoms," Chesselet said.
Since curcumin acts as an antioxidant, it can be additionally beneficial to those with Huntington's Disease.
"It is also safe because people can ingest a lot of curcumin and it's not bad for them," Chesselet said.
"The advantage is that it can be given in the food without being injected," she added.
Posted by Dave at February 4, 2005 06:41 PM
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