Saturday, July 04, 2009

Curry a day could keep dementia away - Yahoo! News UK

Curry a day could keep dementia away - Yahoo! News UK: "Having a curry once or twice a week could stave off Alzheimer's disease, it has been claimed. Skip related contentCurcumin, an ingredient in turmeric, which is used widely in Indian cuisine, is believed to prevent changes in the brain by blocking the spread of amyloid plaques - toxic protein deposits thought to play a key role in Alzheimer's.
Members of the Royal College of Psychiatrists were told at their annual meeting in Liverpool that laboratory and animal studies have already produced strong evidence that curry combats dementia.
A clinical trial is now under way in California to test the effects of curcumin on a group of Alzheimer's patients."

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