BioCurcumax (60 softgels)

The benefits of Curcumin are:
>It is a natural anti-inflammatory
>No reported toxicity even at high doses (12,000mg day)
>Does not damage the digestive mucosa
>Numerous clinical studies under way for a broad range of   diseases
>Inhibits NF-kb which has a major role in most diseases      (blocking NF-kb can suppress inflammation)

What is NF-kB?
When we talk about inflammation the term NF-kB (nuclear transcription factor kappa beta) comes up and without getting into the complex subject of molecular biology, all we need to understand at this point is that NF-kB has a major role in most diseases and inhibition (blocking) of NF-kB can suppress inflammation. The list of diseases that have been shown to be associated with activation of NF-kB is indeed lengthy - It is more a question of what isn't on the list rather than what is.

Curcumin Inhibits NF-kb
Scientists are excited about curcumin because it has been shown consistently to inhibit NF-kB. A lot of the research into curcumin has focused on cancers. According to cancer researcher Bharat Aggarwal a professor of cancer medicine at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre University of Texas, the incidence of the top four cancers in the U.S. - colon, breast, prostate and lung is as much as ten times lower in India where significant amounts of turmeric are consumed daily. Prof Aggarwal says "we have not found a single cancer on which curcumin does not work". Prof Aggarwal's hypothesis is that most cancers exhibit activated NF-kB which in turn promotes the proliferation and metastasis of tumours. Blocking of NF-kB suppresses the formation of tumours.

Why haven't we heard more about it?
The next question is, if curcumin is so effective why haven't we been told about it? The answer to this has more to do with money than anything else. In an interview with Reuters, Prof Aggarwal explained that curcumin is a natural compound and no drug company can reap the financial rewards if it proves to be effective. This however hasn't stopped the big players trying to patent it. In the late 90's the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for turmeric to the University of Mississippi. The Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial research was shocked to hear of this and the Indian Government reacted swiftly with an appeal. The patent was then rejected.