Turmeric Powder

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It has a warm, bitter taste and is frequently used to flavor or color curry powders, mustards, butters, and cheeses. But the root of turmeric is also used widely to make medicine. It contains a yellow-colored chemical called curcumin, which is often used to color foods and cosmetics.
Benifits :

• Turmeric Contains Bioactive Compounds With Powerful Medicinal Properties :
  
  • Turmeric is the spice that gives curry its yellow color.
  • It has been used in India for thousands of years as a spice and medicinal herb.
  • Recently, science has started to back up what the Indians have known for a long time... it really does contain compounds with medicinal properties.
  • These compounds are called curcuminoids, the most important of which is curcumin.
  • Curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric. It has powerful anti-inflammatory effects and is a very strong antioxidant.
  • However, the curcumin content of turmeric is not that high... it's around 3%, by weight
  • Most of the studies on this herb are using turmeric extracts that contain mostly curcumin itself, with dosages usually exceeding 1 gram per day. It would be very difficult to reach these levels just using the turmeric spice in your foods.
  • Therefore, if you want to experience the full effects, then you need to take an extract that contains significant amounts of curcumin.
  • Unfortunately, curcumin is poorly absorbed into the bloodstream. It helps to consume black pepper with it, which contains piperine... a natural substance that enhances the absorption of curcumin by 2000%
  • I personally prefer to swallow a few whole peppercorns along with my curcumin supplement, in order to enhance absorption.
  • Curcumin is also fat soluble, so it may be a good idea to take it with a fatty meal.

• Curcumin is a Natural Anti-Inflammatory Compound :
  
  • Inflammation is incredibly important.
  • It helps the body fight foreign invaders and also has a role in repairing damage.
  • Without inflammation, pathogens like bacteria could easily take over our bodies and kill us.
  • Although acute (short-term) inflammation is beneficial, it can become a major problem when it is chronic (long-term) and inappropriately deployed against the body's own tissues.
  • It is now believed that chronic, low-level inflammation plays a major role in almost every chronic, Western disease. This includes heart disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, Alzheimer's and various degenerative conditions.
  • Therefore, anything that can help fight chronic inflammation is of potential importance in preventing and even treating these diseases.
  • It turns out that curcumin is strongly anti-inflammatory, it is so powerful that it matches the effectiveness of some anti-inflammatory drugs.
  • Curcumin actually targets multiple steps in the inflammatory pathway, at the molecular level.
  • Curcumin blocks NF-kB, a molecule that travels into the nuclei of cells and turns on genes related to inflammation. NF-kB is believed to play a major role in many chronic diseases.
  • Without getting into the gory details (inflammation is extremely complicated), the key takeaway here is that curcumin is a bioactive substance that fights information at the molecular level.
  • In several studies, its potency has compared favorably to anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical drugs... except without the side effects.