Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
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Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#2So is this outdated now?
> The review goes into four examples for which details are available, all of them complete wipeouts, and those would seem to serve as good proxies for the rest given that no curcumin trial has ever reported any convincing positive results.
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/01/12/cur...
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#3Note: this was a relatively small sample (40 total, split in half for placebo/not), who were elderly people who already have "mild" memory problems, and given a concentrated turmeric derivative rather than just sprinkling it over food.
In summary: very cool, and I'd offer these curcumin supplements to anyone 50+ but sprinkling turmeric on your breakfast cereal ain't going to do much for high schoolers.
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#4>Because curcumin's anti-inflammatory properties may protect the brain from neurodegeneration
My very first question was: Please provide a possible physiological pathway for this. I'm so glad it was answered in the very first sentence. So many of these "Superfood does X" studies are just trials with 10 people over a month, with no explanation as to __how__ it could possibly happen. It significantly increases the skepticism I have whenever something like this comes up
I also did not know Turmeric had anti-inflammatory properties. I guess I have reading to do.
Also interesting that they used (what seems to be) a name brand supplement instead of Turmeric
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#5So is this outdated now? > The review goes into four examples for which details are available, all of them complete wipeouts, and those would seem to serve as good proxies for the rest given that no curcumin trial has ever reported any convincing positive results. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/01/12/cur...
Looks like the original paper was published in Oct 2017; that critique is dated Jan 2017
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#6So is this outdated now? > The review goes into four examples for which details are available, all of them complete wipeouts, and those would seem to serve as good proxies for the rest given that no curcumin trial has ever reported any convincing positive results. http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/01/12/cur...
Looks like the original paper was published in Oct 2017; that critique is dated Jan 2017
there are a lot of papers on curcumin
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#7I had heard of the positive effects of tumeric/curcumin
but this is just on another level.
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#8>Because curcumin's anti-inflammatory properties may protect the brain from neurodegeneration My very first question was: Please provide a possible physiological pathway for this. I'm so glad it was answered in the very first sentence. So many of these "Superfood does X" studies are just trials with 10 people over a month, with no explanation as to __how__ it could possibly happen. It significantly increases the skep…
Given what we’re learning about the impact of gut microbiome on CNS, immune system, and other systems I wonder if the GI effect is it, but with secondary effects related to activity of bacterial colonies.
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#9>Because curcumin's anti-inflammatory properties may protect the brain from neurodegeneration My very first question was: Please provide a possible physiological pathway for this. I'm so glad it was answered in the very first sentence. So many of these "Superfood does X" studies are just trials with 10 people over a month, with no explanation as to __how__ it could possibly happen. It significantly increases the skep…
Given what we’re learning about the impact of gut microbiome on CNS, immune system, and other systems I wonder if the GI effect is it , but with secondary effects related to activity of bacterial colonies.
found this, 'Biochemical mechanism of modulation of human P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) by curcumin I, II, and III purified from Turmeric powder'
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000629520...
Re: Curry spice turmeric boosts memory by nearly 30%, eases depression, study finds
#10>Because curcumin's anti-inflammatory properties may protect the brain from neurodegeneration My very first question was: Please provide a possible physiological pathway for this. I'm so glad it was answered in the very first sentence. So many of these "Superfood does X" studies are just trials with 10 people over a month, with no explanation as to __how__ it could possibly happen. It significantly increases the skep…
For all the claims of bioavailability, I was surprised to see that Theracumin(R) doesn't seem to contain piperine[1] or any perines (which are usually in curry powder courtesy of black pepper). The 90mg dosage also seemed low, I have been taking 500mg of 95% extract daily for a couple of years.