Turmeric Reverses Fibrinogen Spice Lowers Biomarker of Aging and Important Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Fibrinogen is a high molecular weight plasma protein that plays a key final role in the cascade that results in the clotting of blood (Fig. 1). Elevated blood levels of fibrinogen have been identified in a number of studies to be a major risk factor for coronary heart disease (heart attacks) and cerebrovascular disease (strokes), which together account for about 60% of deaths in the elderly. In fact, fibrinogen may possibly be the major risk factor, exceeding the “contributions” of homocysteine, cholesterol and other lipid parameters in the pathogenesis of these diseases. Elevated fibrinogen levels have also been associated with a number of other diseases, including cancer, diabetes and hypertension (Welin, 1987; Kannel, 1987).