If you haven’t added turmeric to your list of needed nutrients, then hopefully today’s post will help you understand its health benefits. But more importantly, which compound in turmeric gives you the greatest health benefits, especially if you isolate it as a single ingredient.
If you’ve ever eaten curry, then you’ve consumed the Indian spice called turmeric. It give curry its yellow color. It’s been used for thousands of years as a medicinal herb. Modern technology has now been used to isolate which compounds create the majority of health benefits in turmeric,
Curcumin Is The Secret Ingredient in Turmeric
The active compounds found in turmeric that have health benefits are called curcuminoids. The most important one, which also has the greatest health benefits, is curcumin. We’ll talk about these health benefits below. But before we do its important to understand the following: