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Curcumin Anti-Inflammatory

Whilst the inflammatory action of curcumin has been shown in over 4000 scientific articles, a significant hurdle for scientists has been  ormulating a way for curcumin to be readily absorbed by the body.

In an Australian first, a new patented method has been discovered where curcumin is absorbed at 27 times the normal rate,  increasing anti-inflammatory activity, BioCeuticals has said. The new curcumin preparation is the clinically trialled practitioneronly

Theracurmin BioActive 300mg, by BioCeuticals, shown to help down-regulate inflammatory mediators and reduce joint inflammation. A meta-analysis published in Phototherapy Research in June 2013, comprising 172 subjects, showed that curcuminoids were associated with a significant reduction in circulating inflammatory (C-reactive protein CRP) levels.

Prof Marc Cohen from the School of Health Sciences at RMIT University said, “Curcumin is one of the most profound antiinflammatory agents we know of today and has been shown to inhibit almost all inflammatory mediators in the body.”

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Source: pharmacydaily.com.au, Wednesday 5 March 2014