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60 hexane-free softgel capsules (a 60 day supply)
Dual Extracted Full-Spectrum Turmeric
--Researched for maintaining healthy inflammation response
--Maintains healthy cardiovascular and liver function
--World's most important protective botanical
New Chapter has been in love with turmeric for decades. They grow it on their organic and Biodynamic farm in Costa Rica, which is nestled in the volcanic mountains adjoining the Children's International Rainforest. Turmeric has long been revered as the foundation of an herbal program for health. In India's system of Ayurvedic medicine, turmeric has been recognized as a key balancing and detoxifying herb for thousands of years. In Indonesia's traditional medical system known as Jamu, turmeric is considered the "Queen" of all herbs and is the featured daily herb for tens of millions of Indonesians. In Japan and China, people embrace turmeric for its powerful yet safe liver detoxification, and there are societies in Japan where turmeric juice is consumed daily. In the Western medical and herbal traditions, turmeric is considered by many leading scholars to be the most important healing herb on earth.
New Chapter agrees that turmeric is the world's most important healing herb, and they are proud that Turmericforce is the world's first and only supercritical full-spectrum turmeric extract. They take their turmeric and, without chemical solvents or heat stress, concentrate radiant turmeric oils as much as 200:1. This is combined with a full-spectrum ethanolic extract that potency assures it for at least 11% of the full curcuminoid fractions. This is not a mere isolate of standardized turmeric, offering just one or more of the curcuminoids. This is turmeric's full healing glory.
New Chapter's Supercritical Herbal Extracts
"Supercritical" means Super Purity, Super Potency, Broad Spectrum, and No Chemical Solvents. New Chapter takes nature's finest herbs and then extracts and highly concentrates (as high as 250 to 1) their precious ingredients. New Chapter does not isolate single ingredients or spike their extracts with synthesized additives. They deliver the wisdom of nature with the complexity and organic nuances of the natural herb preserved for you. In fact, the supercritical process is the gentlest way to extract these delicate plant compounds in a manner to optimally preserve their potency and stability. And when you take New Chapter's supercritical extracts, neither you nor the environment have to contend with chemical solvents.
"Paul and I had the honor of meeting Dr. R.C. Srimal, the world's leading researcher on the health benefits of turmeric and the author of the first study, back in the 1960's, demonstrating turmeric's ability to modulate inflammation. We met with him in New Delhi, and he told us that in his laboratory isolated curcumin had no bioavailability unless it was injected into the abdomen, but once the oils of turmeric were added to the curcuminoids there was immediate bioavailability when eaten. He felt that New Chapter's Turmericforce, which delivers the curcuminoids together with the golden oils of the herb, represented the finest and most complete expression of turmeric."
--Tom Newmark
(These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.)
Update: (11/25/08)
Curcumin, the pigment that gives turmeric its yellow color, may reduce the damaging effects of acrylamide (AA), a potential carcinogen created when starchy foods are baked, roasted, fried or toasted.
Swedish scientists first reported on acrylamide’s widespread presence in the food supply in 2002, when they found unexpectedly high levels of acrylamide in carbohydrate-rich foods. This was of concern since the toxin causes cancer in laboratory rats. Other scientists have found that acrylamide causes DNA to fragment, increases formation of damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS) and triggers the death of liver cells. It is also genotoxic, meaning that it damages a cell’s genetic material affecting the cell’s integrity. Genotoxic substances have the potential to be carcinogens and can cause genetic mutations that lead to the development of tumors.
Due to its antioxidant abilities, researchers studied curcumin’s effects on human liver cells exposed to acrylamide. They found that curcumin significantly reduced the production of reactive oxygen species that occurred in acrylamide-treated cells. Curcumin also inhibited the acrylamide-induced DNA fragments and significantly reduced the acrylamide-triggered cell death, indicating curcumin could ameliorate acrylamide’s known genotoxicity.
The researchers believe that curcumin’s effects are likely due to its antioxidant abilities. They concluded, “Consumption of curcumin may be a plausible way to prevent AA-mediated genotoxicity.”
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