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Turmeric root is much more than a spice!

# Tips | 8. March 2018

Turmeric is also called yellow root or Indian saffron. The Latin name is curcuma longa. The turmeric plant comes from India or from south-east Asia, and is closely related to the ginger plant, alpinia and cardamom. It has been worshipped as a sacred plant there for over 5,000 years. It is also used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and turmeric has been used in both Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine. Today it is popularly called ‘The Golden Spice’ or ‘The Spice of Life’. In Europe, it was first known as a kitchen herb.

Tumeric has a positive effect on health. Turmeric root is much more than a spice, and its medical healing effect has been under examination for the past 50 years. The most important ingredient of the turmeric plant is curcumin. Among other things, the importance of curcumin today is demonstrated by the fact that it is recommended in the guidelines for physicians for the treatment of ulcerative colitis (chronic inflammation of the colon and rectum). It is also used as a food additive under the name E100. Here it serves as a colourant and flavour enhancer. But its medical healing effect is much more interesting. With the help of this plant, one can easily and naturally promote or restore one’s own health. Curcumin has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anti-cancer effects and eliminates heavy metals from the body. It also inhibits bone loss.

It is comparably effective as ibuprofen for arthrosis complaints. In a four-week study, it was shown that the complaints of osteoarthritis patients after taking a turmeric extract significantly improved. Compared to the analgesic ibuprofen, the herbal alternative was just as effective but showed less adverse effects in the gastrointestinal tract. The nice thing is that curcumin treats the causes of the pain, not the symptoms. Ideally, the chemical painkillers can be significantly reduced or even dropped completely.

The bioavailability: The outstanding benefits of this secondary plant compound have often failed due to bioavailability. Conventional turmeric extracts are hardly soluble in water and thus badly absorbed by the body. Therefore, you would have to take very large amounts of curcumin to even reach a relevant level of the so-called curcuminoids in the blood.

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  • Outstanding: 185-fold bioavailability compared to conventional turmeric extracts
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  • Simple: 1 capsule twice a day

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