Turmeric Protects Against Heart Attack

Author: Leticia Celentano Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

After bypass surgery. The effect is due to curcimines - a yellow pigment in turmeric, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Curry spice turmeric reduces the risk of heart attack in people who have undergone bypass surgery, a study shows.

According to scientists, the effect is due to the yellow pigment in turmeric - curcimines, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Bypass surgery is performed to improve the blood supply to the heart muscle. However, during surgery there is a risk of damage to the organ due to prolonged lack of blood flow, which increases the risk of heart attack.

A new study shows that curcumin reduces these dangers when taken in combination with traditional medicines.

Turmeric extracts have long been used in traditional Chinese and Indian medicine.

Inflammation plays an important role in the development of a number of diseases, including heart disease. According to researchers, curcumin has a beneficial effect in reducing inflammatory processes.

The current study included 121 people who underwent bypass surgery.

Half of the participants took one gram of curcumin capsules, 4 times a day, starting three days before the intervention and continuing five days after. The other half used placebo capsules.

The results showed that in the postoperative period, only 13% of those taking curcumin had a heart attack, compared with 30% of the placebo group.

Researchers estimate that curcumin use reduces the risk of heart attack by 65%.

The results need to be confirmed by further research, say scientists from Chiang Mai University in Thailand.

The study was published in the American Journal of Cardiology .

Turmeric Protects Against Heart Attack

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