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Turmeric Side Effects: Know the Risks, Take It Safely
As a spice, turmeric is about as gentle as plants get — people have eaten it in curries and golden milk for centuries without a second thought. Concentrated curcumin extracts...
Turmeric: What It's Really Good For
Turmeric is more than just the spice that gives your curry its golden colour. The root has been a staple of everyday Ayurvedic cooking in India for thousands of years...
Homemade Ginger Shot: The Simple Basic Recipe
A homemade ginger shot is the spicy pick-me-up for the morning. Instead of expensive little bottles from the supermarket, you simply press your own shot from a few fresh ingredients...
Golden Milk: The Classic Turmeric Recipe Step by Step
Golden milk – also known as turmeric latte – is a soothing hot drink with a long tradition. It has its origins in Ayurvedic cuisine, where the bright yellow turmeric...
The Liver Set: A Combination for Normal Liver Function
The liver is one of the central metabolic organs in our body and works around the clock without us noticing. It processes almost everything we eat and drink, converts nutrients,...
Ginger Shot: Ingredients, Preparation and Useful Facts
The ginger shot is a small, intense drink that combines fresh ginger in concentrated form with ingredients such as lemon, orange and often a little sweetness. In recent years the...
Curcumin or Ginger? Two Roots Compared
Turmeric and ginger are among the best-known spice roots in the world, and botanically they even belong to the same plant family. Anyone looking into dietary supplements will almost inevitably...
Golden Milk: How to Make the Perfect Turmeric Latte
Bright yellow, warming, with a subtly earthy taste: golden milk, also known as turmeric latte, has grown from an Ayurvedic household drink into a fixture in kitchens around the world....
Curcumin Extract or Turmeric Powder?
Turmeric is in every curry, but as soon as the conversation turns to targeted supplementation, a second term comes up: curcumin extract. Both come from the same brilliant yellow root,...
Combining Turmeric and Omega-3: What Actually Matters
Turmeric and omega-3 tend to show up together in guides, forums, and on store shelves. If you're looking into a balanced diet and sensible supplementation, you'll run into both fairly...
Combining Turmeric & Piperine: Why They're So Often Mentioned Together
Hardly any turmeric product today comes without the label “with piperine” or “with black pepper”. Anyone who looks into turmeric will almost inevitably come across this combination – and rightly...
Turmeric or Frankincense (Boswellia)? The Comparison
Two names keep coming up together whenever plant-based classics are the topic: turmeric and frankincense. Both have a long tradition, both are available today as powder, capsule or extract –...
Buying Turmeric & Curcumin: Bioavailability & Forms
Turmeric is one of the most popular plant compounds on the supplement shelf, and that's exactly why the market is so vast and confusing. Powder, capsules, extracts, micellar drops, liposomal...
Turmeric or Frankincense? Two Classics Compared
A bright yellow root spice and an amber-coloured tree resin – at first glance, turmeric and frankincense have nothing in common. And yet on the shelf for mobility and joints,...
Turmeric: Capsule or Powder? The Comparison
Golden Milk in the evening or simply a capsule with breakfast? When it comes to turmeric, this very question divides two camps – and both are right, just for different...
Recognising Turmeric Quality: Curcumin Content, Piperine & Purity
Two tins of turmeric compared: one costs a few euros, the other a multiple of that – and both glow a rich orange. Is the expensive one a flop? Not...
Turmeric: How Much per Day Is Usual?
How much turmeric per day - the direct answer: There is no universally valid "daily dose", because everything depends on whether you use spice powder or concentrated curcumin extract. In...
How to Take Turmeric Properly: With Pepper & Fat
"Always take turmeric with a pinch of pepper and a little fat" – few nutrition tips are passed around as often. But is that true for every form, or has...
Turmeric or Ginger: The Golden Roots Compared
Turmeric or ginger - the short answer: It's not an either-or. Both roots belong to the same plant family, yet they bring entirely different active compounds to the table: turmeric...
Turmeric & Curcumin: Effects and the Bioavailability Trick
Turmeric & curcumin made clear: the golden root, the bioavailability problem and the trick with piperine and fat, the different forms and what to look for in quality.
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