Has any one tried Curcumin ?

[Raj]

Looks like there has been research on effects of Curcumin on Cancer:

http://www.curcuminresearch.org/

Wonder if anyone in this forum has tried this.

Raj

[Neil Cuadra]

Curcumin is a constituent of the turmeric plant. Forum member "Zoe's Life" talks about taking curcumin in this forum thread. Turmeric was also mentioned in this forum thread.

According to Medline Plus (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/patient-turmeric.html), curcumin has shown some anti-cancer properties but there are no definitive human studies yet. The evidence is from animal and laboratory studies. Further research is apparently in progress.

Those animal/lab studies show that curcumin may increase the risk of bleeding, which is a concern for an MDS patient. You said your dad is diabetic and curcumin may lower blood sugar, so that's a consideration too.

If your dad is thinking of using curcumin he should definitely speak to his doctor about it.

[Zoe's Life]

I don't recall what I said at the time, but when I tried it, my counts plumeted. Particularly my hemoglobin. I may consider trying it again when the Aranesp stops working for me. Tread carefully though, and like Neil says, make sure your dad talks to his hemo.

Zoe

[Beryl]

Looks like there has been research on effects of Curcumin on Cancer:

http://www.curcuminresearch.org/

Wonder if anyone in this forum has tried this.

Raj

Hi,
I take Super bio-curcumin from Life extension every day.
take care,
Beryl

[Raj]

Thanks for the responses.

For now, my dad is not taking curcumin. The doctor does not have an opinion about it - but we plan to wait anyway until the first round of Vidaza is complete.

There does seem to be very little Curcumin research specific to MDS indeed.

[Lbrown]

Circumin is a VDR agonist. The VDR or vitamin D receptor controls transcription of at least 1000 genes in the body. There is increasing evidence that VDR agonists help autoimmune conditions. I googled "curcumin vdr agonist" and there are quite a few results, many of them linked to cancer. The "native" VDR agonist is calcitriol, but that is toxic in anything but low doses. If you take Vitamin D it gets converted to calcitriol and you can get too much. I am on a VDR agonist treatment that uses olmesartan. They've had good results with many autoimmune conditions, but so far I can't say if it's working for me.

Olmesartan is known to reduce hemoglobin. Theoretically, it is temporary.

Deb

[glitterandlace]

Would adding tumeric spices to your foods be sufficient,, anyone think?