Magic Bullets vs. Promiscuous Plants
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2014-05-28

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DESCRIPTION: The pharmaceutical industry is starting to shift away from designing single target drugs to trying to affect multiple pathways simultaneously, much like compounds made by plants such as aspirin and curcumin, the pigment in the spice turmeric.

I go into more detail about the Catch-22 in my last video Plants as Intellectual Property -- Patently Wrong? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/plants-as-intellectual-property-patently-wrong)

Aspirin isn't just found in willow tree bark, but throughout the plant kingdom, including fruits and vegetables: Aspirin Levels in Plant Foods (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspirin-levels-in-plant-foods/).

Here is the video about the green tea story: Treating Genital Warts With Green Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-genital-warts-with-green-tea/). And if you think that is neat, check out Treating Gorlin Syndrome With Green Tea (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-gorlin-syndrome-with-green-tea/).

My video Power Plants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/power-plants/) shows how plant foods are not to be underestimated. 

More on turmeric and inflammation here:
• Which Spices Fight Inflammation? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-spices-fight-inflammation/)
• 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/)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/magic-bullets-vs-promiscuous-plants/ and he'll try to answer it!

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