Could Curcumin Be the Key to Better Heart Health?
Hey, It’s Dr. Martin here…
Today, I’ve got something exciting to share about curcumin, straight from the Journal of Phytomedicine…
Researchers have discovered that curcumin can help diabetics with heart damage.
Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common heart condition among diabetics and the study aimed to see if curcumin could make a difference and guess what? It did.
Curcumin improved heart function, reduced heart damage, and even lowered blood sugar levels. And that's not all it also decreased oxidative damage, inflammation, and cell death.
The researchers also found that doses above 200mg/kg of body weight are especially effective. So for a 200-pound man, that’s about 1474mg of curcumin daily according to the study.
But…Curcumin isn't just for diabetics.
Curcumin is well-researched and has impressive benefits. In previous newsletters, I’ve shared how curcumin can:
• Boost Memory and Attention: 28% improvement with just 180mg daily.
• Ease Depression, Anxiety, and Pain: Effective mood enhancer.
• Improve Blood Pressure and Heart Health: Reduces C-Reactive Protein.
• Combat Inflammation and Free Radical Damage: Promotes overall wellness.
• Support Joint Health: Reduces osteoarthritis symptoms.
• Enhance Cognitive Function: Protects against cognitive decline.
• Lower Cancer Risks: Supports liver, prostate, and colorectal health.
• Regulate Blood Glucose: Essential for diabetic health.
So, you can see, curcumin has been extensively researched and most people would benefit from taking curcumin.
Now many people ask if curcumin and turmeric are the same as they’re often used interchangeably, but there’s a difference.
Turmeric is derived from the Curcuma longa plant, a member of the ginger family and Curcumin is the most active part of turmeric.
So, bottom line…Curcumin is amazing!
Dental Health
Most of us have been told that the way to have healthy teeth and gums is to brush after every meal, floss our teeth and go to the dentist regularly and get a hygienist to scrape plaque off our teeth every six month. Is this the way to Dental Health?
The biggest question is does this help? Do you still get cavities and have to get filings? Do they still talk to you about periodontal disease? And if you get periodontal disease (which means actually “around the tooth” disease), do you get the feeling that the one day you didn’t floss was the evil act that created this problem.
I don’t think so.
One day I realized that there was something missing in modern dental care. Not once did I hear about nutrition to keep teeth & gums healthy (except maybe the milk industries promotion to “drink milk” for the calcium). Most of the time, if nutrition came up, it was about sugar in the diet. Now, yes, sugar can deplete the body of a lot of nutrients, but does it cause decay?
The dental viewpoint is that bacteria that live in the mouth thrive on these foods; it produces acids that destroy the tooth enamel. You then get tooth decay.
Here is the problem with that theory:
1) Bacteria do not consume sugar or flour as they lack nutrients. (Hint: don’t eat sugar and flour if you want good health)
2) Other foods create bacteria – milk, vegetables, fish, meat and fruit – have you ever been told not to drink milk or eat vegetables because it causes tooth decay?
So, what causes tooth decay?
Demineralization of the tooth – not enough minerals in the diet, not enough fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, & K). Now that makes more sense.
Here are two articles about this; the first article talks about the research that was done – in 1922.
Why haven’t we heard about this before? 1922?
Reversing Tooth Decay
It is interesting to note that the hypothalamus (in your brain) is supposed to signal the parotid gland (both sides of your face near the jaw line) to not only re-mineralize the teeth, but to clean them.
And let’s not forget the fluoride in your water. It is supposed to protect us against tooth decay, right?
The information goes right to the horse’s mouth and read what Dr. Weston Price has to say. He did the research –
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration
It seems that there is more to dental care. Keeping the body healthy and the gums and teeth strong would be the correct route.
Here is a Dental Care Diet
By the way, the culprit on too much plaque on your teeth – not enough Vitamin C.
Already have Gum Disease or Periodontal Disease. Find out what you can do naturally about the infection while building dental health.
Cause of heart damage revealed by European doctor
by: Lori Alton, Natural Health365
Over the last 100 years, cardiovascular disease has become a top cause of death in the United States (as well as many other places in the Western world), claiming millions of lives through fatal events such as heart attack and stroke. But, conventionally speaking, the cause of heart attacks – in particular – remains a ‘mystery’ to millions of people … until now.
While Western medicine attempts to treat the current epidemic of heart disease with a host of drugs – including beta blockers and statin drugs – these medications fail to address the root cause of the disease and (many times) offer toxic side effects. German doctor and researcher Matthias Rath, M.D., says he has discovered the real reason for heart disease and believes it can be prevented – and treated – with ‘Cellular Medicine.’
The true cause of heart attacks would surprise most conventionally trained health professionals
According to Dr. Rath, the founder of the Dr. Rath Research Institute, heart attacks and strokes are the natural outcome and consequence of a chronic vitamin deficiency.
Deficiencies of vitamin C and other vitamins can cause lesions and cracks in the protective arterial walls – which the body then tries to repair by depositing fat particles in the artery walls.
The accumulation of these artery-clogging deposits (also called plaque) can lead to a host of life-threatening problems, including irregular heartbeat, heart failure, heart attack, and stroke. In other words, the formation of excessive cholesterol is the body’s attempt to repair arterial wall damage – meaning high cholesterol is a symptom, not a cause, of heart disease.
Our bodies are being deprived of life-sustaining vitamins
Dr. Rath reports that cardiovascular disease is actually an early form of the disease scurvy, which is characterized by a severe, life-threatening shortage of vitamin C. While the standard American diet provides sufficient vitamin C to protect against scurvy, it is not enough to ensure the strong, stable arterial walls that help prevent atherosclerosis.
While most animals produce vitamin C in their bodies – (incidentally, the reason that animals do not suffer heart attacks as humans do) – people do not. Due to a genetic mutation, we lost this enviable ability long ago – and are now paying the price in heart health.
Thanks to the popularity of the standard American diet (with its insufficient consumption of plant-based foods) and the development of modern farming techniques, food processing, and storage, plus cooking, life-sustaining quantities of vitamin C are stripped from the diet.
Cellular medicine offers a safe, effective recipe for heart health
The mainstay of Cellular Medicine is a set of guidelines – Dr. Rath’s Cellular Health Recommendations – which advise supplementation with specific types and amounts of essential vitamins, minerals, and amino acids.
In addition to providing “cell fuel” and acting as “biocatalysts,” these nutrients stabilize blood vessel walls, reverse existing plaque deposits, and fight high blood pressure by relaxing and dilating blood vessels.
A routine of antioxidants, such as vitamins C, E, B-complex vitamins, and CoQ10, can support the heart by protecting the cardiovascular system from harmful oxidation. These vitamins also increase collagen production, protect against elevated homocysteine levels, and optimize heart muscle cells.
Dr. Rath maintains that the amino acids lysine and proline can act as natural “Teflon agents,” helping to rid artery walls of harmful lipoproteins – with no angioplasty or surgery.
Of course, quitting smoking, getting appropriate exercise, and striving for proper nutrition (more organic, plant-based foods and avoiding unhealthy fats and refined sugars) also provide valuable coronary benefits. Reducing harmful (vitamin C-depleting) stress also helps.
‘Putting the brakes’ on heart damage, according to a groundbreaking study
In a clinical study published in the Journal of Applied Nutrition, 55 patients with coronary deposits followed the cellular health recommendations for a year. The harmful deposits increased for the first six months – but at a much slower rate than previously.
Dr. Rath reports that the deposits stopped growing from the seventh through the twelfth month. The routine helped to “put the brakes on” coronary artery disease, slowing and then stopping the accumulation of dangerous atherosclerotic plaque.
Results varied depending on the severity of the disease. The deposits disappeared completely within a year in patients with early coronary disease. In patients with advanced coronary disease, further growth was stopped, and artery walls were stabilized – benefits that help prevent heart attacks.
The results were so dramatic that Dr. Rath reported that some patients who had been scheduled for bypass surgery were able to forego the procedure – a very encouraging development.
Additional studies confirm the benefits of optimal vitamin levels
Clinical studies show that optimum daily intake of vitamins can halt and even reverse the development of heart disease – and that higher vitamin C intake is associated with increases in lifespan of up to six years.
Research has shown that even modest amounts of vitamin C – 300 mg per day, as opposed to the paltry 50 mg a day offered by the standard American diet – can slash the risk of heart disease up to 50 percent in men and up to 40 percent in women.
What do European studies reveal about heart health?
Studies conducted in Europe have shown that people in Mediterranean countries have lower rates of cardiovascular disease than their Scandinavian counterparts. Scientists believe this is due to a higher dietary intake of fresh fruit and vegetables, which contain disease-fighting carotenoids, bioflavonoids, and antioxidant vitamins C and E.
The highly influential Nurses’ Health Study, launched in 1976 and published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrated the benefits of vitamins E, B-complex, and C in decreasing the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, and heart attack.
In a 2016 review revisiting the NHS’s findings, the authors pointed to the association between vitamin C deficiency and earlier death from heart disease and credited vitamin C with its ability to prevent the oxidation of LDL cholesterol.
To no one’s surprise, big pharma is trying to protect its financial interests by continuing to block the spread of this potentially lifesaving information. The pharmaceutical giants would much rather push symptom-oriented, patentable substances than effective and safe natural therapies.
However, if Dr. Rath has anything to say about it, all will eventually adopt Cellular Medicine. And heart disease, he maintains, will become a thing of the past.
Sources for this article include:
NIH.gov
DrRathFoundation.org
NIH.gov
Harvard.edu
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