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Indian spice turmeric prevents the development of diabetes
Last reviewed: 17.10.2021
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Additives with curcumin contained in turmeric can prevent the development of diabetes in the risk group. This conclusion was voiced by Thai scientists led by Solmak Chungsamarn.
Experts have proved: daily intake of curcumin for nine months did not allow diabetes to develop in people with a borderline condition (elevated sugar, which threatens to develop into full-blown type 2 diabetes).
In total 240 people with borderline diabetes participated in the experiment. After a certain time, 19 of 116 people who were sitting on a placebo developed diabetes. But among the 119 who took curcumin, the disease was not fixed.
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For a long time, experts said that curcumin removes inflammation and fights oxidative stress. And both of these phenomena are behind diabetes. In the course of the last work, it was found that curcumin improved the work of beta cells that secrete insulin.