We already know that eating right can help prevent type 2
diabetes, but what does that mean beyond the usual watching your
fats and carbs? A new study in the journal Diabetes Care
suggests that a dose of a compound found in curry could help.
The compound, curcumin, which is found in the spice tumeric, has
been the subject of earlier research that shows that it may
fight inflammation and cell damage along with dementia. The new
study found that a daily dose of the spice appeared to prevent
new cases of type 2 diabetes among people who were at high risk
for the disease because they had high levels of blood sugar. The
researchers looked at 240 people who had high blood sugar. They
were randomly assigned either curcumin or placebo tablets for
nine months. At the end of the study, 19 of the placebo patients
had developed diabetes while none of the curcumin patients had
the disease. It's important to note that this relative brief
study is hardly definitive. It's just part of a growing body of
research into how diab