Curcumin - More Data
- Curcumin extract (bright yellow-orange color) rivals antidepressant drugs
- From the Turmeric root
- Used much in asian Medicine
- Has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects
- Hundreds of test tube, animal, and human
- Supports immune-system and brain health
- Curcumin is not well-absorbed by itself, when extracted from turmeric
- Should be taken as a whole food with it's turmeric volatile oils. (Products rarely include)
- Curcumin should also be taken with 3% black pepper to increase absorption by 4000%, it is said. ( piperine – a compound in black pepper that increases the absorption rate.)
- Five animal studies
- Eight human clinical trials
- Effects of Curcumin are similar to Prozac® without side effects
- No adverse drug like effects.
- Eases major depression
- Anti-inflammatory
- Stimulator for neurogenesis
- Raises levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin
- Inhibits release of glutamate in nerve terminals of the brain's pre-frontal cortex - glutamate is damaging
- Enhance absorption by cooking the fresh, sliced root with vegetable or animal fats and according to others, taken with fish oil helps also. Note: I prefer to mostly eat it raw in things like a smoothie, so as to not destroy some of the nutritional value.
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