3,3'-Diindolylmethane, the Natural Ingredient for the Treatment of Chronic Diseases

By Kyle J. Norton

Scientists may have found a bioactive ingredient for the treatment of chronic diseases, with no side effects, according to studies.

Chronic diseases are a group of medical conditions most commonly associated with aging, including
arthritis, cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and stroke, cancer, diabetes, epilepsy and seizures, and obesity.

The exacted causes of chronic diseases are not identified. Aging, unhealthy lifestyle such as excessive alcohol drinking smoking, poor diet, lack of physical activity are the most common risk factors associated with the onset of the disease.

According to the joint study led by the  Fordham University, chronic diseases are among the most prevalent and costly health conditions in the US, affecting over 133 millions of the US population as many of them suffer from at least one chronic disease and the number is growing in the rapid rate.

Some chronic diseases such as cancer have been found to be the leading causes of hospitalization, long-term disability, reduced quality of life, and death.  

According to the Centers for Disease Control, chronic diseases also are the major driver of health care costs accounted for nearly 75 percent of aggregate healthcare spending and increased absenteeism that impact workforce patterns.

Each chronic patient has cost the health care spending $5300 annually. 

Believe it or not, chronic diseases in the US, chronic diseases are responsible for 7 out of 10 deaths yearly. In other words, chronic diseases kill more than 1.7 million Americans each year.

Some researchers suggested by changing unhealthy lifestyle pattern, chronic diseases may be preventable.

Dr. Walter C. Willett, the lead scientist in the concern about the risk chronic disease in poor lifestyle individuals wrote, "Several lines of evidence indicate that realistic modifications of diet and lifestyle can prevent most CAD, stroke, diabetes, colon cancer, and smoking-related cancers".

And, "Among U.S. adults, more than 90 percent of type 2 diabetes, 80 percent of CAD, 70 percent of stroke, and 70 percent of colon cancer are potentially preventable by a combination of nonsmoking, avoidance of overweight, moderate physical activity, healthy diet, and moderate alcohol consumption".

Researchers on finding a natural ingredient for the treatment of chronic diseases analyzed 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM) several biological activities on cellular and molecular levels against chronic diseases, including cancer.

DIM enhanced the function of the drug-metabolizing enzyme by blocking activity involved the promotion of cancer expression.

DIM affects multiple signaling pathways and target molecules which controls cell division, apoptosis, or angiogenesis deregulated in cancer cells.

DIM also prevented the development of hormone-dependent cancers. 

Injection of DIM also was found to inhibit the onset of cardiovascular disease, obesity, and diabetes reduction through its antioxidant property in reducing oxidative stress caused by overexpression of free radical.

Dr. Licznerska B, the lead scientist after taking into account other factors wrote in the final report, "the current experimental data on the I3C and DIM activity and the results of clinical studies indicating their role in the prevention of chronic diseases".

Taken altogether, 3,3'-Diindolylmethane derived from the digestion of indole-3-carbinol may be considered a supplement for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, pending to the confirmation of the larger sample size and multicenter human study.

Intake of 3,3'-diindolylmethane in form of supplement should be taken with extreme care to prevent overdose acute liver toxicity.

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrition, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published online, including worldwide health, ezine articles, article base, health blogs, self-growth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Sources
(1) Indole-3-Carbinol and Its Role in Chronic Diseases by Licznerska B1, Baer-Dubowska W. (PubMed)
(2) An Empirical Study of Chronic Diseases in the United States: A Visual Analytics Approach to Public Health by Wullianallur Raghupathi1 and Viju Raghupathi. (PubMed)
(3) Prevention of Chronic Disease by Means of Diet and Lifestyle Changes by Walter C. Willett, Jeffrey P. Koplan, Rachel Nugent, Courtenay Dusenbury, Pekka Puska, and Thomas A. Gaziano. (PubMed)