Re: Re: Has anyone had experience with SAM-e? - Brande

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Hi Brande,

That's one interesting question. I think I can supply one aspect of an answer,

but it's indirect: tumeric (curcumin), if it would be of value to you, I imagine

can be cooked. I say that for this reason:

tumeric of course is a staple in India, so is consumed through eating.

Researchers today are suspecting that tumeric may be the reason why Indians show

significantly less incidence of Alzheimer's than do people in the industrialized

west, such as us. That by itself would suggest that cooking is fine. Who knows?

Some things they are finding NEED to be cooked (heated) in order to draw the

most possible benefit -like lycopene, which you've probably heard of.

Your question would be a good one for Weil (via his website).

The other anti-inflammatories I think mostly are taken as supplements, partly

because in some cases you could not get enough of the beneficial ingredient to

do you any good (such as eating pineapples to access the bromelain) through

eating.

If you decide to try one or more of any of these more natural-world

anti-inflammatories, I really hope you can find one that could help make a

difference for you.

Don

[Editor's Note: I think we need to recognize that there can be many other

reasons why Indians have a lower incidence of Alzheimer's than just their higher

consumption of tumeric, including the role of genetics (particularly given

India's largely homogenous population), diets high in fruits and vegetables, the

consumption of many other spices which may work independently or in tandem with

tumeric, and the natural selection of a population that has had historically

very high infant mortality and low average age of death rates. In addition,

even if diets abundant in tumeric prove to be effective in reducing the rate of

Alzheimer's, it does not necessarily follow that tumeric will reduce the

incidence of PA or a number of the other autoimmune disorders. Having said all

of that, I adore Indian food and have it at least once a week and have done so

since the first time I tried it about 30 years ago - so I'm all for food

containing tumeric if for no other reason than it tastes so darn good. There are

a number of outstanding Indian cookbooks available that are easy for the western

novice to follow. Bon Appetit. Kathy F.]

brandewood <brandewood@...> wrote:

Thank you Don,

I am so pleased to hear about some natural anti-inflammatories! By

chance, do you know if they are still effective when used in cooking

or do they have to be taken as suppliments? It would be fantastic to

just find natural ingrediants that could be incorporated into meals!

I have heard of Dr. Weil and I sure will look him up. Thank you!

Happy Holidays,

Brande