Curcumin assists the liver in clearing LDL (bad) cholesterol. With a range of epidemiological studies done in India over the past 50 years, it has become evident that turmeric plays a part in protection against neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s Disease and multiple sclerosis. It is not yet clear how, but it is a fact that amongst the elderly in India, where turmeric is used daily, the occurrence of these neurological diseases are low. Laboratory tests on mice suggest that curcumin may block the progression of these degenerative diseases. In another study on rats, turmeric was found to increase certain liver detoxifying enzymes, enabling the liver to get rid of toxic chemical in a much more efficient way.