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Page 6 | Abby's Magazine - www.AbbysMag.com People have been ge ng sick for as long as people have been around. For as long as people have been ge ng sick, we have had medicine in some shape or form. Today we are lucky to have advanced modern medicines that can aid or help alleviate the symptoms of nearly every single disease that is imaginable. We live in a sort of miracle age. However, people have not always been as fortunate as we are today. Our understanding of the human body and the many illnesses that exist are rela vely new. Likewise, the way that we combat disease is new and constantly developing. It's strange to think about how antibiotics are less than a hundred years old, or how many other basic medica ons such as Tylenol are even younger. A More Ancient Approach Thinking about how different life used to be before modern medicine can make you wonder how people used to combat illness before the modern advancements that we have today. It turns out that one of the best and most ancient ways that people have alleviated diseases is by consuming turmeric. Most of us know turmeric as a tasty yellow spice that is used frequently in Indian cuisine. However, it may come as a surprise to learn that people have been ea ng it for thousands of years to help their bodies. It turns out that turmeric is one of nature's most powerful medicines. It has legi mate proper es that can help alleviate the symptoms of a number Can TurMeriC Help with CAnCer PrevenTion? of condi ons. One of the most prominent uses for turmeric might shock you. Turmeric Can Help reduce The risk of Cancer Turmeric contains an ingredient known as curcumin. It is what makes turmeric yellow and can be found in other yellow foods such as ginger. Curcumin has powerful medicinal properties that can help with a number of health conditions. But one of the most interesting things that turmeric can do is help combat angiogenesis. Angiogenesis is the process of crea ng new blood vessels. Turmeric can help stop the body from performing angiogenesis, which means that turmeric may help stop the spreading of tumors around the body! This also means that it can help prevent tumors from growing in general. In addi on to these amazing proper es that turmeric can provide, it has been shown to help increase the effec veness of chemotherapy and its drugs, especially when regarding breast cancer treatment. Curcumin also helps to enhance both chemotherapy and radiosensitization in resistant ovarian cancer cells by reducing the expression of pro-survival proteins. This means that curcumin can help to increase the effectiveness of chemo and radia on treatment in the body! If all of this wasn't impressive enough, curcumin has been By Jenna Barrington

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