Turmeric stopped Ulcerative Colitis – RCT
Turmeric Curcumin Put to the Test for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Michael Greger M.D. FACLM
| Placebo + standard care | 8 out of 39 relapsed (20%) | clinically worse |
| Curcumin + standard care | 2 out of 43 relapsed (5%) | clinically better |
- … researchers extended the study for another six months but put everyone on the placebo to ensure the initial findings were not some aberration. The curcumin was stopped to see if that group would then start relapsing, too—and that’s exactly what happened. Suddenly, they became just as bad as the original placebo group.”
“… Why did it take so long? Well, who’s going to fund such a study? Big Curry ?”
Might Curcumin be synergistic with Vitamin D for gut problems?* Nanoemulsion Vitamin D may be a substantially better form has the following* Liposome (1000 nm) of both curcumin and vitamin D3 - April 2018See also Vitamin D Life* Ulcerative Colitis inflammation treated by weekly vitamin D (40,000 IU) – July 2018* Ulcerative colitis treated by injection of 300,000 IU of vitamin D – RCT July 2016* Ulcerative Colitis – half have poor level of Vitamin D Receptor vs only one in ten normally – June 2017* Ulcerative Colitis relapse 25 percent more likely if vitamin D level is lower than 35 ng – June 2016* Irritable Bowel Syndrome treated by weekly 50,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT Feb 2019* IBS - many indications that Vitamin D will help - more research needed - March 2018* * Curcumin category listing has items along with related searches**
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