Turmeric (Also known as Curcuma longa/Haridra), the golden spice of India has been used in Asia for centuries. This flowering plant which is the part ginger family has been recognized for its medicinal properties. Many high -quality professional studies have shown that turmeric has major benifits for your body and espcially for brain. Hence it has received major interest from both the medical and scientific world from many enthusiasts. Many of its benifits come from its main active component curcumin.
Curcumin is a bright yellow polyphenolic chemical produced from turmeric plant. It has been used for centuries for culinary and food coloring purposes. It is approved as a food additive by World Health Organization.It is widely used in Ayurveda and chinese medicine due to its biological properties.
Some of the major health benifits of Turmeric and Curcumin are as follows
1) Curcumin provides anti-inflammatory properties
Inflammation is our body’s healing process while fighting against things that damages/harm the body. e.g. infections,injuries ,toxins etc. If inflammation stays for longer time it may lead to chronic inflammation. Curcumin is a natural ingrediant to avoid this inflammation in our body.It can fight with this inflammation by suppressing many molecules of it and protect our body from getting damaged.
2)Turmeric increases anti-oxidant capacity
oxidation is an important and regular process in our body. But oxidation stress has a negative effect on our body leading many infections and dieases. Oxidation stress can lead to following health problems.
a)Diabetes
b)Atherosclerosis(Hardning of blood vessels)
c)Arthritis
d)Hypertension
e)Heart Disease
d)Cancers
e)PrematureAging
Curcumin plays vital role in increasing oxidation capacity to minimize the risk of all above health problems.
3)Curcumin helps to treat Alzheimer’s disease.
Alzheimer is a brain disease that gradually kills memory and thinking skills and eventually ability to carry out the simplest tasks. It covers almost 70% of dementia cases. There is no cure for this disease yet. Hence preventing it from occuring in the first place is very important.
Anti-inflammatary and Anti-oxidant properties of curcumin plays vital role in treating the Alzeimer’s disease. The main factor of this disease is a build up of protein tangles called amyloid plaques. Curcumin can help to to clear these plaques.
4)Curcumin can help as antidepressant.
Many high-level studies have shown that curcumin can help in reducing the depression level.
Depression is also associated with BDNF which the b rain area that plays a role in learning and memory. Depression can reduce this BDNF level. Curcumin can help to increase BDNF level and thereby reducing the effect of depression.
5)Turmeric helps in preventing cancer and heart diseases
Development of abnormal cells results into cancer. Curcumin content of turmeric is proved to be a benficial herb in various types of cancer. Appropriate consumption of curcumin can lead to death of cancerous cells, reduce metastasis(spread of cancer) and reduce angiogenesls(growth of new blood vessels in tumors).Curcumin can prevent cancer from occurring in first place especially digestive system cancer like colorectal cancer.
Number one cause of death in the world is heart disease.Curcumin may reverse many steps in heart disease process by improving the function of the endotheium , the lining of our blood vessels. We ,Savi Agro Foods, are the Maharashtra based manufacturer and supplier of Turmeric. We have started our own premium brand known as Harjeevan. We offer premium quality of turmeric powder in India and abroad. If you have any requirement you can directly reach out us on info@saviagrofoods.com.
