Woman Beats Cancer With Curcumin

Dieneke Ferguson was dying. She was losing her four-year battle with the blood cancer myeloma.

INH ResearchJanuary 14, 2018

Despite three grueling rounds of chemotherapy and four stem cell transplants, the cancer was spreading throughout her body.1

She knew her death would be painful. She faced infections, unstoppable internal bleeding, blood clots, and kidney failure.2

So Ferguson decided to chuck conventional medicine. It hadn’t helped her anyway. She wanted to try a natural cure before it was too late.

She had read on the internet about the cancer-fighting properties of the spice turmeric. She stopped all mainstream medical treatments and began taking 8 grams of curcumin—the active compound in turmeric—each day.

Today, over five years later, she is healthy and leading a normal life. Astounded doctors wrote about her case in the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Dieneke Ferguson, 67, at the Olympics in Brazil.

She felt so good that she traveled from her home in north London to the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, where she carried the Olympic torch.3

Ferguson, 67, says, “I hope my story will lead to more people finding out about the amazing health benefits of curcumin.”4

Doctors: Curcumin Saved Her Life

Her doctors are from Barts Health NHS Trust, the second largest cancer center in London. They wrote in their journal article on Ferguson: “The fact that our patient, who had advanced stage disease and was effectively salvaged while exclusively on curcumin, suggests a potential anti-myeloma effect of curcumin.

“She continues to take daily curcumin and remains in a very satisfactory condition with good quality of life. This case provides further evidence of the potential benefit for curcumin in myeloma.”5

‘A Very Potent Natural Medicine’

Ferguson was diagnosed with myeloma in 2007. In 2011, she stopped her grueling medical regimen and turned to curcumin.

By 2012, tests showed that her cancer was dormant. She no longer had any active cancer-causing cells.

It is estimated that 12,590 Americans (6,660 men and 5,930 women) will die from myeloma this year.6

But researchers say that curcumin might save some of these patients.

Turmeric, the spice from which it is derived, has been used in India as a medicine for thousands of years. It is also a staple of Indian cooking and an ingredient in curry dishes. It is ground from the root of the Curcuma longa plant.7

People in India have far lower rates of cancer compared to Americans. Depending on the type of cancer, the rate can be anywhere from eight to 17 times greater for the U.S. population.

Dr. Ajay Goel is one of the world’s leading researchers in curcumin’s health effects. He is director of the Center for Translational Genomics and Oncology at Baylor University Medical Center.

Dr. Goel has witnessed curcumin’s cancer-fighting power both in the lab and in patients. He states flatly that curcumin has “a very strong anticancer effect.”

While the mechanism behind curcumin’s anticancer effect is not entirely understood, Dr. Goel says it appears curcumin interferes with the ability of cancer cells to divide uncontrollably.

Studies Show Curcumin Stops Many Types of Cancer

Over the past 10 years, studies have found strong evidence that curcumin stops many different types of cancer:

• A Chinese study at Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital in 2012 found that curcumin induces cell death in triple negative breast cancer. This is considered the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

• UCLA researchers found in 2011 that curcumin activates cancer-fighting enzymes in patients with head and neck cancers.

• A 2013 study at the University of North Texas Health Science Center found that curcumin suppresses pancreatic cancer tumor growth.

• A 2006 study published in the journal Neuroscience Letters found that curcumin induces cell death in glioblastoma (brain cancer) cells.8

So why do drug companies and most mainstream doctors ignore curcumin?

It’s because compared to cancer drugs, there is little profit in curcumin supplements. Cancer medications often cost patients hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Curcumin comes from a natural spice that can’t be patented or sold exclusively. It’s abundant and inexpensive.

Take the Right Kind of Curcumin

Curcumin alone has poor bioavailability. It needs fat to be absorbed by the body.

That’s why Dr. Goel recommends a form called BCM-95. It includes natural oils from the turmeric plant that help your body metabolize curcumin. BCM-95 is widely available at health food stores and online.

Although curcumin is generally safe, you should consult your physician before taking it. People taking blood thinners such as Coumadin (warfarin) should exercise some caution. Curcumin is not a blood thinner itself, but it can increase the effect of Coumadin and similar drugs.

References:

1 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5230201/Pensioner-used-turmeric-fight-blood-cancer.html
2 https://www.everydayhealth.com/multiple-myeloma/specialists/how-does-myeloma-cause-death.aspx
3 https://hiddenart.co.uk/details-of-tcurcumin-taken-by-dieneke-ferguson/
4 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5230201/Pensioner-used-turmeric-fight-blood-cancer.html
5 http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2017/bcr-2016-218148.full
6 https://www.cancer.net/cancer-types/multiple-myeloma/statistics
7 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-5230201/Pensioner-used-turmeric-fight-blood-cancer.html
8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16949208

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Coumadin gets black box warning over fatal bleeding side effect

Blood thinner Coumadin gets black box warning over fatal bleeding side effect

Monday, October 09, 2006 by: Jessica Fraser

(NaturalNews) U.S. health officials announced on Friday that drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb has added a black box warning to its blood-thinning drug Coumadin warning of possible "major or fatal bleeding."

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Coumadin -- known generically as warfarin -- will carry the agency's most serious "black box" warning on the potentially fatal bleeding risk. Coumadin had previously warned of a "risk of hemorrhage," but that warning was not highlighted in a black box.

Warfarin is a widely used anticoagulant, meant to thin the blood to prevent clots from forming or growing larger. Such medications are thought to help reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack caused by clots in the arteries.
 
The black box warning appearing on Bristol-Myers' Coumadin packaging also warns that serious or fatal bleeding is more likely to occur early on when patients start using the drug or when they begin higher doses. The warning cautions patients that they may be more susceptible to the risk if they are 65 and older, or if they have a history of gastrointestinal bleeding, hypertension or heart disease.
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb spokesman Ken Dominski verified the addition of the black box warning, and said the change applied to both the tablet and injectable forms of the drug. Dominski also said Bristol-Myers had worked with the FDA to make the change, but did not elaborate on whether or not the agency had required the new warnings.
 
Consumer advocate Mike Adams, author of "Take Back Your Health Power," said the warning is not surprising, since "Coumadin is actually the same chemical used as rat poison by pest exterminators."
Coumadin works to kill patients in exactly the same way it kills rats: "by causing them to bleed to death from the inside," Adams said.
 
Pharmaceutical industry critics say drugs like Coumadin are largely unnecessary, since much safer natural alternatives can also effectively thin the blood to prevent dangerous clots. For example, fish oil supplements and oily fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids both act as natural blood thinners.


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Vitamin K reduces calcification of arteries

Vitamin K reduces calcification of arteries by 37 percent; blood thinner medications cause calcification

A study has found vitamin K not only blocks new arterial calcium buildup but can also reduce existing levels of calcification by 37 percent. Researchers at Maastricht University published their findings in the April 1st issue of Blood, the journal of the American Society of Hematology.

"Given that arterial calcifications are predictive of cardiovascular events, regression of arterial calcification may help reduce the risk of death in people with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease," wrote lead author Leon Schurgers.

Schurgers and his co-workers fed 10-week old male Wistar Kyoto rats a diet containing the blood thinner warfarin to induce calcium buildup. The animals were then separated into four groups: the first group was given warfarin, and the other three groups were taken off the drug. The three groups of warfarin-free animals were given various doses of Vitamin K. The researchers reported that, in the normal dose Vitamin K group, arterial calcium levels continued to increase even after warfarin administration ended.

"In contrast," the researchers wrote, "high-vitamin K intake (both K1 and K2) not only blocked the progress of further calcium accumulation but also lead to a greater than 37 percent reduction of previously accumulated arterial calcium precipitates within six weeks."

These findings are especially relevant for people who take blood-thinning drugs, which are known to induce arterial calcification by inactivating a protein called matrix GLA, or MGP, a potent inhibitor of calcification. MGP requires vitamin K for activation.

"The medical community now recognizes that vitamin K-dependent MGP plays an essential role in promoting cardiovascular health," said Schurgers, "Our study shows that in an animal model, vitamin K can actually regress preformed calcifications. The health implications for humans are significant."

Vitamin K is found in many kinds of foods, including soybeans, olives, and oils, as well as in dark green vegetables, such as broccoli, kale, spinach and Brussels sprouts.

"What's interesting about this study is that researchers actually used a common blood thinner drug in order to induce a calcium build up in the arteries," said Mike Adams, author of The 7 Laws of Nutrition. "This indicates quite clearly that medical researchers know the best way to cause calcification of arteries is to dose the subject with blood thinner drugs," Adams said. "At the same time, this potentially deadly side effect is not being fully explained to patients who are taking blood thinner drugs such as Coumadin."

June 05, 2007

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