Turmeric, also known as the golden spice, is a tall plant that grows in Asia and Central America. It gives curry its yellow color and has been used in traditional Indian medicine for thousands of years to treat various health conditions.
In recent years, research has confirmed that turmeric has medicinal properties (1Trusted Source).
And while most people think of it as nothing but a seasoning, black pepper can benefit health as well.
Both turmeric and black pepper have key active ingredients that contribute to their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and disease-fighting qualities.
So What’s With Curcumin That It Can Kill Cancer?
The Murderous Aspect Of Curcumin
Our body contains approximately 10-13 trillion cells. Each day, around 100 to 130 billion cells were replaced by the body. Cells are destroyed by a cell-suicide process known as programmed cell death or apoptosis. Those cancer cells don’t suicide. Instead, they turn off the suicide genes.
And Here’s Curcumin To The Rescue!
Through many different means, curcumin activates the death receptors. It’s the one that stimulates enzymes that exactly chop up the proteins within the cells. Health experts believed that curcumin’s ability to activate cells’ death in a variety of ways is the main reason why cancer cells do not develop some sort of resistance to curcumin, unlike with chemo drugs.
Furthermore, it seems to target only those cells that were supposed to have already died. Studies were not yet able to know why it doesn’t target and kill those normal healthy cells.
How to Increase the Bioavailability of Curcumin
Our liver, on the flipside, prevents our body from absorbing excessive drugs and supplements thus, inhibiting most absorption of curcumin (known to be glucuronidation). In this case, the compound becomes much less effective than it could be.
Black pepper’s strong flavor is due to its alkaloid content known as piperine. This compound hinders certain enzyme metabolism functions which cause the disposal of excess curcumin absorbed by the body. With just a small amount of piperine, absorption of curcumin can be increased up to 2,000{cc0ec08050b30b203b82bc1745ab0d09cd6aa1a95eadc79337f857089fa31dd6}. The said effect is not only limited to curcumin but also with the absorption of other supplements.
Curcumin is fat-soluble. With fats, it can easily get into the gut, absorbed into the bloodstream and then into the cells that need the compound. That’s why it is suggested to consume turmeric with healthy fats like olive oil, coconut oil, and avocado.
Eat Turmeric with Quercetin
Quercetin can inhibit the enzyme that deactivates curcumin. The best food source of this plant flavonoid is capers. It can also be found in red wines, green tea, cranberries, red grapes, apples, red leaf lettuce, raw spinach, blueberries, black plums, raw kale, chicory greens, raw broccoli and snap beans.
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