Curry cannot cure cancer, but Curcumin, the stuff that gives Turmeric its yellow colour does have cancer prevention properties. It's certainly worth introducing it into your diet weather you have had cancer or not. As well as lower alcohol and meat consumption it may also be the reason Indians , especially those in rural India, have very low rates of certain cancers like colorectal/bowel cancer.

Curry cannot cure cancer, but Curcumin, the stuff that gives Turmeric its yellow colour does have cancer prevention properties. It's certainly worth introducing it into your diet weather you have had cancer or not. As well as lower alcohol and meat consumption it may also be the reason Indians , especially those in rural India, have very low rates of certain cancers like colorectal/bowel cancer.

Hi BaltiBen,

Could be, sure enough, but I'd also want to see some study that is corrected for any age bias. I don't know, but I'd hazard a guess, that life expectancy in rural areas of the Indian subcontinent is lower than in the UK (for example). Most cancers are typically late onset, and if people are dying from other causes, younger than those that get colorectal cancer in the UK,  this could explain lower rates of the disease.

Turmeric is worth introducing into your diet anyway because it tastes good and brightens up the plate!

Newbie

Hi Newbie

You have a point with the age thing, have a look at this link which seems to be saying Indians of advanced yrs also have a lower incidence.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10407566