Science journal confirms eating turmeric cured myeloma cancer in 57-year-old woman

After undergoing three rounds of chemotherapy and four stem cell transplants and still finding herself sick and weak, blood cancer patient, Dieneke Ferguson, believed she reached the end of her tether. She was told she had exhausted all her options. “Nothing worked: there was just too much cancer….there was nothing else I could do,” she recalled in an interview with The Daily Mail. Ferguson, though, refused to accept the “inevitable” and turned towards an alternative treatment: curcumin. The polyphenol, which is the main compound of turmeric, is what has been keeping her alive and well for the last five years, she says. Her extraordinary story will be featured in an upcoming study in the British Medical Journal.

The North London resident was first diagnosed with myeloma in 2007. This is a form of blood cancer where plasma cells become abnormal and release a type of antibody called paraprotein which has no known useful function. Unlike most cancers, myeloma does not form a tumor. Myeloma accounts for only two percent of all recorded cancer cases, and is one of the least understood variety. It remains incurable, with diagnosed patients told they have a life expectancy of only five years — if they’re lucky. Patients with myeloma are typically prescribed several rounds of chemotherapy along with invasive treatments to stabilize blood levels. But while Ferguson followed these treatment plans obediently, she saw no results. At a loss, she decided to start a new treatment after an internet support group told her to try curcumin.

“I had nothing to lose,” she said.

Ferguson began taking eight grams of curcumin in tablet form daily. This is equivalent to about two teaspoonfuls of pure powdered curcumin. Within only 15 months, Ferguson noticed a considerable difference in her overall health. It wasn’t just a feeling either; oncologists saw that her plasma blood levels were almost normal. These blood counts have remained within the normal range for the last five years.  

Jamie Cavenagh, professor of blood diseases at London’s Barts Hospital, who reviewed Ferguson’s case, was bemused. “When you review her chart, there’s no alternative explanation [for her recovery] other than we’re seeing a response to curcumin,” he said.

Ferguson said she will continue to take her supplements. She reports herself as happy, healthy, and enjoying a “high-quality life.”

Curcumin as a natural cancer treatment

This may come as a surprise but: food heals. Ferguson’s story is quite inspiring, but it isn’t something we haven’t heard of before. Several stories of the healing properties of various herbs and spices have reached our ears for some time now. Unfortunately, we have nothing to really back it up, as medical studies regarding alternative treatments to cancerremain lacking. There are several factors involved here, but one reason is that there simply isn’t any return of investment in studying natural herbs. As mentioned in the same Daily Mail article, “[studies that involve natural and alternative treatments] cost millions, and the investments could never be repaid as there is no money to be made from sales of a natural compound that cannot be patented.”

Still, there is enough data to suggest a very “real” effect of curcumin in cancer therapy. The compound has been studied to reduce the symptoms of cardiovascular conditions, depression, and dementia. Health experts say that the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties of curcumin can help fight off almost all forms of cancer. These assumptions though remain to be verified as funding for such types of research will probably never be received. Stay up to date on breaking news about turmeric and curcumin at Turmeric.news.

Sources include:

TheSun.co.uk

DailyMail.co.uk

Myeloma.org.uk

CancerActive.com

TheTruthAboutCancer.com

The war on CARBON is a war on natural medicine, since all medicinal molecules are made from CO2

You may have heard that carbon is the “building block of life,” but what about carbon dioxide? While the mainstream media continues to purport the myth that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a dangerous pollutant, the truth is that it’s actually an essential nutrient that gives plants life.

While it is fairly well-recognized that CO2 is an integral part of the process of photosynthesis, few people realize that it is also essential to the formation of valuable plant compounds, and is also a building block for plants in general. Plants get their carbon via carbon dioxide, and CO2 enters the photosynthetic process through a number of different chemical reactions, known as “carbon-fixation reactions.” As AskNature.org explains, “These reactions follow the energy-transduction reactions (or light reactions) that convert solar energy into chemical energy in the form of ATP and NADPH molecules, which provide energy to drive the carbon-fixation reactions.”

Through what is known as the Calvin cycle, plants take in CO2, which is inorganic, and “fix” it into an organic molecule. In this way, CO2 is essential for plants to have the carbon necessary for medicinal plant compounds. Basically, without CO2, plants would not have the carbon they need, both for their own biological functions and for the production of the plant compounds we’ve come to love for their medicinal value.

As Mike Adams writes, “Not only is carbon dioxide necessary for all plant respiration via photosynthesis, it’s also the key ingredient used by plants to synthesize nearly every medicinal molecule that’s loved by herbalists, natural medicine practitioners and even medical cannabis advocates.”

Adams also points out that the left-wing media’s favorite plant, cannabis, also needs CO2 in order to form its famous compounds such as THC and CBD. The cannabidiol (CBD) molecule — which is a medicinal compound derived from the cannabis plant — features 21 carbon molecules. Without CO2, the cannabis plant would not have the carbon needed to form cannabidiol, or any other medicinal compounds for that matter. All cannabinoids contain carbon, and therefore the cannabis plant, like virtually every other plant, requires carbon dioxide to “make the magic happen,” if you will.

Cannabis, of course, is not the only plant that features carbon as a base for its medicinal phytochemicals. The compound curcumin, which comes from turmeric and is renowned for its health benefits, also features 21 carbon molecules. And they too would not be present, if not for carbon dioxide. As the Health Ranger notes, the necessity of carbon dioxide to these plant medicines is no coincidence. He explains, “In fact, nearly every medicinal molecule in all of botany is made out of carbon dioxide. CO2 is the key source of carbon used by plants to synthesize everything from chlorophyll to resveratrol. Every healing nutrient in basil, oregano, cinnamon, cilantro, garlic and pomegranate fruit is made out of carbon dioxide. The entire world of natural medicine owes its very basis to CO2.”

To put it simply, a war against carbon dioxide is a war against natural health, both for humans and the planet as a whole. While the globalist proponents of climate change continue to purport the myth that CO2 degrades health, the fact of the matter is that it is actually essential to all forms of life. Without it, there are no plants and no plant medicines — and without those two things, human health will unravel at lightning speed.

Sources:

NaturalNews.com

AskNature.org

Boundless.com

The war on CARBON is a war on natural medicine, since all medicinal molecules are made from CO2

You may have heard that carbon is the “building block of life,” but what about carbon dioxide? While the mainstream media continues to purport the myth that carbon dioxide (CO2) is a dangerous pollutant, the truth is that it’s actually an essential nutrient that gives plants life.

While it is fairly well-recognized that CO2 is an integral part of the process of photosynthesis, few people realize that it is also essential to the formation of valuable plant compounds, and is also a building block for plants in general. Plants get their carbon via carbon dioxide, and CO2 enters the photosynthetic process through a number of different chemical reactions, known as “carbon-fixation reactions.” As AskNature.org explains, “These reactions follow the energy-transduction reactions (or light reactions) that convert solar energy into chemical energy in the form of ATP and NADPH molecules, which provide energy to drive the carbon-fixation reactions.”

Through what is known as the Calvin cycle, plants take in CO2, which is inorganic, and “fix” it into an organic molecule. In this way, CO2 is essential for plants to have the carbon necessary for medicinal plant compounds. Basically, without CO2, plants would not have the carbon they need, both for their own biological functions and for the production of the plant compounds we’ve come to love for their medicinal value.

As Mike Adams writes, “Not only is carbon dioxide necessary for all plant respiration via photosynthesis, it’s also the key ingredient used by plants to synthesize nearly every medicinal molecule that’s loved by herbalists, natural medicine practitioners and even medical cannabis advocates.”

Adams also points out that the left-wing media’s favorite plant, cannabis, also needs CO2 in order to form its famous compounds such as THC and CBD. The cannabidiol (CBD) molecule — which is a medicinal compound derived from the cannabis plant — features 21 carbon molecules. Without CO2, the cannabis plant would not have the carbon needed to form cannabidiol, or any other medicinal compounds for that matter. All cannabinoids contain carbon, and therefore the cannabis plant, like virtually every other plant, requires carbon dioxide to “make the magic happen,” if you will.

Cannabis, of course, is not the only plant that features carbon as a base for its medicinal phytochemicals. The compound curcumin, which comes from turmeric and is renowned for its health benefits, also features 21 carbon molecules. And they too would not be present, if not for carbon dioxide. As the Health Ranger notes, the necessity of carbon dioxide to these plant medicines is no coincidence. He explains, “In fact, nearly every medicinal molecule in all of botany is made out of carbon dioxide. CO2 is the key source of carbon used by plants to synthesize everything from chlorophyll to resveratrol. Every healing nutrient in basil, oregano, cinnamon, cilantro, garlic and pomegranate fruit is made out of carbon dioxide. The entire world of natural medicine owes its very basis to CO2.”

To put it simply, a war against carbon dioxide is a war against natural health, both for humans and the planet as a whole. While the globalist proponents of climate change continue to purport the myth that CO2 degrades health, the fact of the matter is that it is actually essential to all forms of life. Without it, there are no plants and no plant medicines — and without those two things, human health will unravel at lightning speed.

Sources:

NaturalNews.com

AskNature.org

Boundless.com