(Curcuma longa)
🌱 Turmeric is a root, and a relative of ginger. Used for millenia, as a spice, medicine and dye.
🌱 Turmeric contains high levels of phenolic curcuminoids such as the bright yellow curcumin, which has low bio-availability, however if you add black pepper this is dramatically increased.
🌱 Turmeric has powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, hepato-protective, anti-carcinogenic, anti-anxiety, mood-enhancing, and anti-microbial activity.
🌱 Turmeric also has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-protozoal activity.
🌱 Turmeric has also been shown to positively affect the gut microbiome.
🌱 These activities make turmeric effective in treating arthritis and inflammatory conditions, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, skin conditions, and digestive and neurological disorders.
