BREAKTHROUGH Diet supplements can repair spinal injury?

Washington: A diet enriched with curcumin, a component of the popular Indian spice turmeric, and omega-3 fatty acid DHA can repair tissue damage and restore walking abilities in rats with spinal-cord injury, a new study claims. 

    The findings, published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, suggest that these dietary supplements help repair nerve cells and maintain neurological function after degenerative damage to the neck. 
    "Normal aging often narrows the spinal canal, putting pressure on the spinal cord and injuring tissue," said lead study author Dr Langston Holly, an associate professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. 
    "While surgery can relieve the pressure and prevent further injury, it can't repair damage to the cells and nerve fibers. 
    "We wanted to explore whether dietary supplementation could help the spinal cord heal itself." PTI