Official Micellar Curcumin Homepage ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Micellar Curcumin ReviewWhile curcumin was initially recognized as a highly effective pain reliever and anti-inflammatory, the scientific world soon found out, incrementally, that it also boosts testosterone, blocks estrogen, improves heart health, makes you stronger, burns fat, dissolves arterial plaques, stops your knees from aching, reduces the risk of diabetes, and even blocks many types of viral infections, among other things. Curcumin's Problem and How It Was Fixed The maddening problem with curcumin has always been its poor bioavailability, even when piperine is added to it. There are a number of hurdles curcumin has to overcome before it can work its magic. Here are a few of them:
Various technologies arose through the years that made dents into curcumin's absorption stubbornness, but none with as much success as what happened at UCLA. Neuroscientists at the university figured out how to make what they call a "solid lipid curcumin particle." In simplest terms, the process consists of gently coating curcumin with lipids (DHA, lecithin, and stearic acid) to form a "micelle." To conceptualize this, just think of a ball of curcumin molecules surrounded by lipid molecules, kind of like a microscopic blackberry, only rounder and gold colored. These curcumin micelles survive the acidic pH of the stomach. They laugh in the face of glucuronidation and scoot into the small intestine long before the bacteria in the colon even wake up for breakfast. The result is a 95 to 100-fold (or more) increase in curcumin blood concentration, along with a half-life that's extraordinarily long. You can take a single 400 mg. capsule and rest easy because it keeps working for 24 hours. And none of this is just theoretical, either. The solid lipid curcumin particle technology was thoroughly tested using humans. The results were compiled, analyzed, written up, and submitted for peer review, culminating in a patent. This solid lipid curcumin technology has only recently started to trickle into the open market, and Biotest is among the first to incorporate it. This new curcumin product is called Micellar Curcumin. Take a single dose and high levels of curcumin are detected in the bloodstream within one hour. Furthermore, high levels are detected as long as 24 hours later, suggesting that one daily dose is all you need for round-the-clock protection. More than 50 review papers involving humans have found Micellar Curcumin offers a host of tangible health benefits, including, but not limited to, eye and neural health support, healthy aging, joint health, reproductive health, gut health, and mood and cognitive health, along with possibly having beneficial effects in the prevention or treatment of various diseases. And now there’s new research showing that curcumin causes fat cells to undergo apoptosis, which is the technical term for burning fat. As the studies authors state, "These findings suggest that curcumin supplementation could be an effective strategy for treating or preventing development of obesity by a curcumin-induced reduction in the number or pre-adopocytes and the fat mass of adipocytes.” Given the new delivery system and given the considerable evidence of curcumin's considerable healing and restorative powers, I recommend that this multi-talented polyphenol be considered an essential supplement, crucial to achieve and maintain optimal health. The only drawback? It costs more than standard curcumin… but it actually works. A less expensive curcumin/turmeric supplement doesn't exactly save you money if it's not doing anything, right? If you are a lover of all things health and fitness, or if you'd simply love to learn more about these topics, please subscribe to Coach John's newsletter below. |