Health Benefits of Turmeric

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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: "Turmeric."
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry: "A Critical Examination of Studies on Curcumin for Depression."
Phytotherapy Research: "The Role of Curcumin Administration in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder: Mini Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials," "Effects of supplementation with curcuminoids on dyslipidemia in obese patients: a randomized crossover trial," "Comparison between the efficacy of ginger and sumatriptan in the ablative treatment of the common migraine."
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine: "Curcumin and Diabetes: A Systematic Review."
Diabetes Care: "Curcumin Extract for Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes."
BioMed Research International: "A Review on Antibacterial, Antiviral, and Antifungal Activity of Curcumin."
Nutrition and Cancer: "Curcumin content of turmeric and curry powders."
Neuropeptides: "Effect of curcumin on serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in women with premenstrual syndrome: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial."
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand: "Antispasmodic effects of curcuminoids on isolated guinea-pig ileum and rat uterus."
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research: "Long-term curcumin administration protects against atherosclerosis via hepatic regulation of lipoprotein cholesterol metabolism."
Pharmacological Research: "Curcumin effects on blood lipid profile in a 6-month human study."
American Journal of Cardiology: "Effects of Curcuminoids on Frequency of Acute Myocardial Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting."
The Dana Foundation: "A New Look at Brain Inflammation in Alzheimer's."
Mary S. Easton UCLA Alzheimer Translation Center: "Curcumin."
Journal of Medicinal Food: "Efficacy of Turmeric Extracts and Curcumin for Alleviating the Symptoms of Joint Arthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials."
Planta Medica: "Influence of piperine on the pharmacokinetics of curcumin in animals and human volunteers."
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: "Turmeric."
Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine: "Turmeric extract may improve irritable bowel syndrome symptomology in otherwise healthy adults: a pilot study."
Metabolic Brain Disease: "The effect of curcumin on the brain-gut axis in rat model of irritable bowel syndrome: involvement of 5-HT-dependent signaling."
Alternative Medicine Review: "Curcumin for inflammatory bowel disease: a review of human studies."
Immunogenetics: "The synergistic effects of ω-3 fatty acids and nano-curcumin supplementation on tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α gene expression and serum level in migraine patients."
Reviewed by Sabrina Felson, MD on January 23, 2020
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