Prostate Restored
Prostate Restored
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For aging men, prostate health is one of the most concerning issues, and turmeric is often supplemented to promote prostate health and fight inflammation and other inflammatory diseases.
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Read More »3. Improves Joint Function Whether you’re an athlete hitting the weights daily or are well into your 40s and 50s, the joints take on quite a beating throughout the day, which means they’re susceptible to deterioration, pain, and inflammation. Because of turmeric’s powerful anti-inflammatory properties, supplementing could support better joint health along with less pain and inflammation. In conjunction with ginger supplementation, turmeric has been shown to improve arthritis symptoms and enhance joint health. Turmeric and curcumin exert their effects by modifying NF-κB signaling, proinflammatory cytokines production (interleukin and phospholipase A2), COX-2, and 5-LOX activities to reduce the development of inflammation 5. As such, supplementation with curcumin may improve joint pain and movement by reducing inflammation and associated pain. 4. Enhances Muscle Recovery There’s no denying that intense exercise is hard on the body, and while you may breeze through your workout, a couple of days later, you may not be moving so well. Because of curcumin’s powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, it could be beneficial for athletes looking to accelerate and enhance their recovery after training. Rodent studies show that curcumin supplementation can reduce levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in mice muscle following downhill running-induced muscle damage, as well as suppress hydrogen peroxide and oxidative stress in skeletal muscle 6, 7. The effects were attributed to the anti-inflammatory property of curcumin that blunted an increase in inflammatory cytokines and creatine kinase. As such, curcumin may be able to reduce inflammation and offset some of the performance deficits associated with eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage. 5. Improves Male Reproductive Health Sperm are especially vulnerable to the effects of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress, which means that loading up on antioxidants is critical for protecting male reproductive function. Increased ROS production has been linked to reduced sperm motility, decreased capacity for sperm-oocyte fusion, and infertility 8. However, sperm cells are naturally equipped with a powerful defense system of antioxidants, but when there’s an imbalance between the generation of ROS and available antioxidant defenses, the result is elevated levels of oxidative stress. Because of curcumin’s strong antioxidant activity, it has the ability to reduce oxidative stress and thus ameliorate the effects of ROS on motility, viability, total antioxidant capacity, and DNA integrity sperm; TAC in seminal plasma is closely related to male fertility, and decreased levels may be one of the causes of male infertility 9. One study of 60 infertile men supplementing with 80mg curcumin nanomicelle for 10 weeks found significant increases in total sperm count, sperm concentration, and motility, as well as significant improvements in plasma levels of total antioxidant capacity, malondialdehyde, C-reactive protein, and tumor necrosis factor 10. 6. May Help Combat Weight Gain We talked about turmeric for weight loss in another article, and while turmeric isn’t going to burn fat or regulate appetite, it can help mitigate inflammation, which indirectly supports weight loss efforts. Studies have consistently shown a link between inflammation and weight gain, as fat is a metabolically active tissue that can alter levels of hormones and release inflammatory compounds. However, curcumin supplementation may help limit weight gain by regulating levels of inflammation. A chronic inflammatory state contributes to weight gain by increasing levels of pro-inflammatory markers, increasing insulin resistance, and increasing leptin resistance, all of which are involved in the pathology of obesity.
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Read More »7. Enhances Cognitive Function The rapid increase in the aging population has meant that there’s been a steady increase in neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s and dementia, which result in cognitive decline, loss of functional capacity, and reduced quality of life. But even if these diseases aren’t present, subtle cognitive changes are associated with the general aging process. These changes may be attributed to chronic low-grade inflammation, elevated levels of oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction 11. Curcumin has been shown to act on cell-signaling transduction pathways in multiple tissues by inhibiting reactive oxygen species and NF-κB activity, resulting in a reduction in proinflammatory cytokines. Other studies of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease show that those supplementing with curcumin resulted in significant improvements in their memory and attention abilities compared to people taking a placebo 12. The people taking curcumin improved on memory tests by 28% over 18 months, but also saw improvements in mood. Additionally, several studies suggest that oxidative stress is a major factor in neurodegenerative processes that accompany cognitive impairment and dementia because the brain is particularly vulnerable to free radicals due to its high concentration of fats; ROS are a natural byproduct of metabolism, and since the brain’s metabolism accounts for approximately 20% of all oxygen consumption within the body, free radical exposure is high 13. Oxidative stress in people with cognitive diseases is marked by increased antioxidant brain levels due to their role as free radical scavengers, and studies suggest that exogenous antioxidants like curcumin may help to inhibit lipid peroxidation, ROS production, apoptosis, and oxidative damage to proteins and DNA.
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