Turmeric root is regarded as a miraculous plant, due to its beneficial health properties on the body. This is mostly because of its active
compound called curcumin. Curcumin has numerous healing properties and health benefits. In addition, were you aware that whole
turmeric can aid in brain regeneration? Moreover, this property doesn’t attribute to curcumin!
Beneficial Health Properties of Turmeric Root:
- It delays the aging process and thus it combats age-related conditions
- It aids in the treatment of cancer as well as preventing its occurrence
- It improves the health of the heart, thus lowering the risk of developing dangerous heart conditions and illnesses
- It increases the levels of neurotransmitters dopamine and serotonin, thus fighting off depression
- It rises the levels of BDNF (a brain hormone that combats the degenerative processes in the brain by enhancing the growth of new
neurons) - It has powerful antioxidants and anti-inflammatory. The active compound curcumin enters the molecules that cause inflammation
and it neutralizes the free radicals there.
An Overlooked Benefit
Turmeric contains an aromatic turmerone, which is a fat-soluble compound whose benefits are often overlooked. Researches from
Germany has comprehensively studied its effects on neural stem cells. They discovered an incredible property of the turmeric root. When
exposed to aromatic turmerone, the number of neural stem cells was increased by 80 %, in other words, this exposure lead to a healing
process. This method was tested on rats, who created healthy and fully functioning new brain cells. In addition, a size growth in both the
hippocampus and subventricular zone was noticed.
Aromatic-turmerone is a powerful regenerative agent that can aid Neural stem cells in brain regeneration, and it is also believed to aid
in the treatment of degenerative diseases of the brain such as stroke or Alzheimer`s disease. Moreover, it also distinguishes between neurons
and stem cells, which is the main purpose of regenerative medicine. In addition, curcumin has been found to improve the overall memory
processes of patients with Alzheimer`s disease.
What Does This Actually Mean?
Although many people assume that a curcumin extract is enough to gain all its benefits, using the whole turmeric root offers many
more beneficial health properties, which they are missing out on. For instance, when treating polyps or colonic inflammation, the use of the
whole root instead of just an extract is much more beneficial since the extract, instead of reaching the large intestine, will be absorbed by the
small intestine.
Even though the effects of aromatic-turmerone are not fully understood yet, these recent studies indicate that it has a
regenerative factor within. Due to the fact that plants with healing properties consist of various beneficial compounds, it cannot be said which
one of these compounds is the one that contributes the most to the healing property of the plant. Both ar-turmerone and curcumin are found
to have beneficial health properties for the body, so to gain the most that this plant can offer make sure you use the whole turmeric root.
