When my dad decided to stop chemo for his leukemia, doctors said he would only have 6 months to live. I did some research and found that turmeric is a natural anti-inflammatory, and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center studied it for its cancer-fighting and preventative properties. My dad started taking 300 mg of Solaray Turmeric daily, as his only weapon against the cancer, and he lived for 4 more pretty healthy years.
Inflammation is implicated in cancers, heart disease, dementia, arthritis, even diabetes or depression, so taking turmeric can help with all of these. It's more effective if you take it with black pepper, but we don't and my dad didn't.