Hi Alastein

I have a slightly different take on this from Carol! The UCLA research was a comparatively small study. They identify at the end of it that they need to do more research to identify a dosage of the curcumin and vitamin D that may be a therapeutic dose.

That is often the difficulty with many pieces of research that show promise. We do know that in India where curcumin is eaten in many dishes statistically there are fewer people with Alzheimer's. There are a number of reasons that may account for this;

*Because the incidence of Alzheimer's increases hugely as populations age, the fact that people die younger will affect statistical incidence of the disease

*Physicians do not diagnose Alzheimer's disease but use non-specific terms such as senility.

*A lack of awareness of Alzheimer's as a disease.

*Access to doctors, advanced healthcare, is limited by the socioeconomics of many urban and rural populations.

*People with symptoms may well die earlier as their relatives care for their elders at home, seek medical care less. Their traditional attitudes and the way they respect their elders can mean they often will not force any medical care or stop them refusing food or taking to their beds, out of respect.

But I suppose you still have to make the decision! There are many so called 'alternative medicines', so called natural/alternative therapies that you can look at. All of them are only comparatively recently undergoing the more stringent research that had not been done in the past. It means that any medical treatments based on their use are still a way off. Most of them show only modest preventative or treatment value of Alzheimer's at the present time.

However that does not mean at a later date they will not become more mainstream as a treatment

Just my opinion!

Christine