Turmeric, a New Weapon Against Obesity and Diabetes?

By R.B., published Jun 24, 2008
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Turmeric, a common Asian cooking spice, may help combat obesity and diabetes according to results from a study presented at the recently held ENDO 2008, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in San Francisco, CA (USA).

Dr. Drew Tortoriello, from the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center, and his colleagues, investigated the effect that this traditionally used herb may have on diabetes and obesity. They believe that since these diseases are caused by inflammation and since turmeric is believed to relieve turmeric, it may have some beneficial effects on both conditions.

Researchers utilized an animal system to study the effect of turmeric on obesity and diabetes type 2. Blood glucose levels and glucose and insulin tolerance tests of mice which were fed with turmeric based diets were compared to mice which were not fed turmeric. They found that obese mice, which ingested turmeric in their diet, had less inflammation and were less susceptible to develop diabetes type 2 when compared to the control group (mice which did not take turmeric).

They have an hypothesis for the effect of turmeric in obese turmeric fed mice. that curcumin, an anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant ingredient in turmeric, reduces the propensity of these mice to develop the known insulin resistance syndrome. This in turn reduces the possibility of these obese mice to develop inflammation.

In addition, turmeric ingestion was associated with a minimal but significant decline in body weight and fat content. This suggest, according to the authors of this study that curcumin, the main antioxidant component of turmeric, may have a beneficial effect on body weight reduction.

Furthermore, researchers tested the effect curcumin not only in high-fat-diet-fed male mice (where they saw the beneficial effect of turmeric) but in lean wild-type mice. The benefits of a diet rich in curcumin were observed in both groups.

Turmeric, a New Weapon Against Obesity and Diabetes?

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