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Turmeric grows wild in the forests of South and Southeast Asia, and is cultivated for culinary and medicinal use. It's also a key ingredient in the yellow-orange curry spice blends used in many Indian, Persian, Thai, Chinese, and Indonesian dishes. The ancient Indian medicine tradition known as Ayurveda has long featured turmeric in healing. The orange-yellow "curcuminoid" compounds that give turmeric its rich hue are believed responsible for the root's potential health benefits.
Researchers use the term "curcumin" in reference to three specific curcuminoids, which appear largely — though not completely — responsible for its potentially beneficial effects. Together with modern epidemiological evidence from India, where turmeric root and turmeric-rich curries are dietary staples, its ancient healing tradition has triggered extensive research into the possible health-promoting properties of curcumin.
Wild Alaskan sockeye salmon oil (salmon oil, astaxanthin, non-GMO mixed tocopherols), Turmeric rhizome, Organic beeswax, softgel capsule (fish gelatin, glycerin, purified water).
Adults take two softgels daily, preferably with a meal, or as recommended by a health care professional.
In its "raw" form, curcumin is very poorly absorbed. Clinical studies show that the curcumin extract used — called BCM-95® — is absorbed 7 to 9 times better than the curcumin in conventional supplements (Antony B et al. 2008). This advantage means that one 500mg serving (two softgel capsules) of Vital Choice Curcumin is equivalent to about 3,000mg of a typical curcumin supplement.
The BCM-95 extract includes turmeric's volatile compounds which enhances the absorption of curcumin, and provide benefits of their own. Curcumin is absorbed much better when it's consumed along with fats, so mix it into Vital Choice Wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon Oil, which provides beneficial omega-3s fatty acids.
