Curcumin extract powder is one of the most well-researched medicinal plant extracts to date and is one of nature's most powerful healers, with over 1,000 published studies and over 7,000 articles.One of the active ingredients in turmeric is curcumin.Turmeric has been used in India for more than 2,500 years and is eaten as a common spice in the diet.When taken with some form of fat and/or pepper, its bioavailability increases by up to 100 times.
Turmeric is a member of the curcuma group, which is part of the Zingiberaceae family.On average 2-4% of curcumin is what you find naturally in the root of turmeric.Turmeric has many powerful active ingredients, and curcumin is one of great interest to modern science.It is believed, and well documented, that both standardised turmeric with more than 95% of the active ingredients and whole turmeric (often added to fat or pepper extracts) are the main keys to supporting optimal health.Much of today's science focuses on the body's ability to produce healthy inflammatory responses and its relationship to disease.This is where turmeric is thought to be of great value and the research clearly supports this 100%.
The research on curcumin shows it’s ability to support the body in multiple ways. First, it may support the body’s ability to modulate 700 different genes. As a part of that modulation process, it may support over 160 different physiological pathways. Next, by possibly supporting the body’s ability to make cell membranes more orderly, it may have a direct effect on signaling specific types of molecules. This signal reaction has shown to possibly interact directly with how cell survival proteins maintain integrity under extreme cellular distress. Curcumin’s ability to cross the blood-brain barrier has sparked much research into its ability to possibly support healthy neurological function. There are several characteristics that make this possible. It’s natural antioxidant compounds (ORAC score of 160,000) and its ability to support a healthy inflammation response, in and of itself, may support the function of a healthy brain.
Additionally, curcumin may support the body’s ability to help prevent the production of beta-amyloids. This is accomplished in several ways. It may reduce levels of pro-inflammatory signaling molecules that promote beta-amyloids. It may limit oxidation of crucial fats and proteins which trigger enzymes involved in beta amyloid formation. It may support cleanup of existing beta amyloid deposits. Because curcumin is nontoxic and does not adversely affect healthy cells; it leaves this compound open for much more research on its potential uses.