Turmeric Curcumin for Prediabetes
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 15/01/2016

A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial on the use of the turmeric pigment curcumin to prevent diabetes in prediabetics is published with extraordinary results.

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Here’s the smoker pee study I mentioned: Carcinogenic Blocking Effects of Turmeric (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/carcinogen-blocking-effects-of-turmeric/).

What’s that about fat being involved in the development of diabetes? See:
• What Causes Insulin Resistance? (http://nutritionfacts.org/what-causes-insulin-resistance)
• The Spillover Effect Links Obesity to Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-spillover-effect-links-obesity-to-diabetes)
• Lipotoxicity: How Saturated Fat Raises Blood Sugar (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lipotoxicity-how-saturated-fat-raises-blood-sugar)
• Diabetes as a Disease of Fat Toxicity (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Diabetes-as-a-Disease-of-Fat-Toxicity)
• What Causes Diabetes? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-causes-diabetes)

More on treating prediabetes and preventing it in the first place:
Lifestyle Medicine Is the Standard of Care for Prediabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lifestyle-medicine-is-the-standard-of-care-for-prediabetes/)
Preventing Prediabetes By Eating More (http://www.nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-prediabetes-by-eating-more/)
How to Prevent Prediabetes from Turning into Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-to-Prevent-Prediabetes-from-Turning-into-Diabetes)
How to Prevent Prediabetes in Children (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/How-to-Prevent-Prediabetes-in-Children)

If just one plant can have that effect, what about a whole diet composed of plants? See Plant-Based Diets and Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plant-based-diets-and-diabetes/), and for some of the mechanisms, How May Plants Protect Against Diabetes? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-may-plants-protect-against-diabetes/).

Diabetes is not the only reason I encourage everyone to consume a quarter teaspoon of turmeric every day in my new book:
Turmeric Curcumin and Rheumatoid Arthritis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/turmeric-curcumin-and-rheumatoid-arthritis/)
Turmeric Curcumin and Osteoarthritis (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/turmeric-curcumin-and-osteoarthritis/)
Preventing Alzheimer's with Turmeric (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-alzheimers-with-turmeric)
Treating Alzheimer's with Turmeric (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-alzheimers-with-turmeric)
Back to Our Roots: Curry and Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/back-to-our-roots-curry-and-cancer/)
Turmeric Curcumin and Pancreatic Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Turmeric-Curcumin-and-Pancreatic-Cancer)
Turmeric Curcumin, MGUS, and Multiple Myeloma (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/turmeric-curcumin-MGUS-and-multiple-myeloma)
Turmeric Curcumin vs. Exercise for Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Turmeric-Curcumin-vs-Exercise-for-Artery-Function)
Heart of Gold: Turmeric vs. Exercise (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/heart-of-gold-turmeric-vs-exercise)
Who Shouldn’t Consume Curcumin or Turmeric? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/who-shouldnt-consume-curcumin-or-turmeric/)

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