I admit it… I am in love. I wasn’t sure I would love anything more than Echinacea Premium, but Turmeric Forte is making me doubt my first love. Ok, I know the opening of this blog is super corny but wait until you hear about Turmeric Forte! (Please tell me you got the James Bond reference in the title?!)
There are few spices or herbs that have been researched more than turmeric…maybe none! Curcumin and turmeric are used interchangeably in conversation when talking about this amazing herb. The yellow pigment curcumin is a key active component in turmeric. It has been used for thousands of years in many different capacities. It’s been used as medicine, a spice and even as a coloring agent.
Kerry Bone has described it the following way, “ ….possesses a promiscuous pharmacology, demonstrating interaction with a wide range of biochemical pathways. Curcumin has been shown to influence a variety of molecular targets, including transcription factors, cytokines, growth factory kinases and other enzymes. It has also demonstrated a considerable repertoire of anticancer and chemo-preventative effects, although the former is mainly in vitro. “
The possibilities of turmeric seem endless! It’s anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, neuro-protective, hepato-protective, cardio-protective, anti-tumor, hypolipidaemic… It’s uses have been topical as well as internal.
What has made Turmeric Forte different? With so many versions of turmeric out there, why would we need one more? The challenge has been the low bioavailability of turmeric in general, mostly due to its very short half-life. (The bioavailability of a substance depends on how well it is absorbed and processed by the body.) Studies have shown that very little, if any, of the curcumin made it into the blood and tissues with unformulated versions of curcumin.
By pairing the turmeric with soluble fiber from an extract of the fenugreek seed, its bioavailability went up by 24.8 times compared to an equivalent dose of unformulated curcumin. Increased absorption in the blood and longer half-life meant that the turmeric could get into the tissues and create positive changes. And if that wasn’t impressive enough, the new Turmeric Forte can cross the blood brain barrier!!!! This fact alone should get the attention of anyone dealing with neuro-inflammation; this would include brain traumas, Alzheimer’s disease and autism for starters.
As of right now, there simply isn’t another version of turmeric on the market that can begin to compete with Turmeric Forte. When taken with Boswellia Complex or Vitanox, it will enhance the effectiveness of those two supplements. I would go so far as to say that it would make any protocol more effective! I intend to make it part of my every day routine along with Echinacea.
I would encourage you to check out the MediHerb perspective on Turmeric Forte by Kerry Bone. He goes into more detail about the clinical studies and research on turmeric. There you will also find the list of references for it and there’s more on it in the Principles and Practices of Phytotherapy, Second Edition by Kerry Bone and Simon Mills.
And lastly, to finish what I started with the James Bond theme…just like the song by Carly Simon, “Nobody Does It Better”. Clearly, nobody does herbs better than MediHerb and there isn’t a better turmeric out there!