{"id":166578,"date":"2024-08-27T04:21:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T03:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eu.intelligentlabs.org\/meriva-curcumin\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T12:39:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T11:39:40","slug":"meriva-curcumin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eu.intelligentlabs.org\/en-ie\/meriva-curcumin\/","title":{"rendered":"Meriva Curcumin: An Ultimate Guide To Turmeric\u2019s Most Potent Compound"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Love Indian cuisine? Then you\u2019re likely familiar with turmeric, the golden spice known for its vibrant color and flavor. But did you know its star compound, curcumin, offers incredible health benefits? In this guide, we\u2019ll dive into curcumin\u2019s potential and how Meriva Curcumin\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> advanced delivery system maximizes its absorption for enhanced wellness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is curcumin and where does it come from?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Curcumin is a natural chemical that comes from turmeric<\/a> (Curcuma longa)<\/em>, a flowering plant that\u2019s abundant in tropical regions like India and Southeast Asia. To the untrained eye, turmeric may look quite similar to ginger. That\u2019s because they come from the same family, Zingiberacaeae<\/em>, so they\u2019re actually related. Turmeric, however, is a more intense golden yellow color than ginger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turmeric is mainly harvested for its rhizomes<\/strong> (the root-like horizontal stems that grow underground). The rhizome is widely used in cooking and in treating various ailments.<\/strong> It can be used fresh, or ground into paste or powder form to extend its shelf life and use. That said, the turmeric leaf is no slouch when it comes to cooking. Add a leaf or two to your favorite dish (try it on rice!) and you\u2019ll have food that smells like heaven itself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When was curcumin discovered?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Turmeric\u2019s use as a culinary spice was first documented in the Vedic age in India (c. 1500 \u2013 c. 500 BCE), but it wasn\u2019t until 1815 when a \u201cyellow coloring matter\u201d was isolated from turmeric rhizomes by Harvard scientists Vogel and Pelletier (1). The duo named the substance \u2018curcumin\u2019 presumably from turmeric\u2019s scientific name, Curcuma longa<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the difference between curcumin and curcuminoids? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Curcumin is part of a family of active compounds called curcuminoids<\/strong>. In addition to curcumin, curcuminoids include demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A turmeric rhizome has approximately 2.5 to 6% curcuminoid content<\/strong>, of which 77% is curcumin, 17% is demethoxycurcumin, and 3% is bisdemethoxycurcumin (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turmeric has more than 100 components in it (1), but you know what\u2019s the active component that actually gives it that nice golden yellow color and its medicinal properties?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you guessed curcumin, you\u2019re right!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a study published in the Nutrition and Cancer Journal, curcumin averages a mere 3.14% by pure turmeric powder weight<\/strong>. This means that, on average, a 100g of turmeric powder will only contain 3.14g of curcumin (3).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It may not seem like there\u2019s a significant amount of curcumin in a rhizome, however, it\u2019s enough to get turmeric recognized in Ayurvedic medicine as a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antiseptic <\/strong>(1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can\u2019t I just eat turmeric and get my curcumin naturally?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Adding turmeric to your diet is certainly a natural way of getting curcumin (and all the other important nutrients found in this so-called \u201cIndian saffron\u201d). This is, after all, how our ancestors have been consuming curcumin for thousands of years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as mentioned earlier, curcumin is only around 3% of powdered turmeric weight. This means you can eat a lot of turmeric and still only get a fraction of curcumin compared to what you\u2019ll get in a supplement<\/strong>. If you want to take advantage of all the curcumin benefits, then supplements are the way to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What the best curcumin supplement out there?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Oh, there are lots to choose from. Amazon will give you hundreds, if not thousands, of curcumin supplements if you do a search there. But most of these supplements only use \u2018ordinary\u2019 or \u2018unenhanced\u2019 curcumin which have low curcuminoid content<\/strong> and are infamous for their low absorption rates<\/strong> (4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Meriva curcumin supplement, on the other hand, is standardized to contain 18-22% of total curcuminoids<\/strong> (5). That\u2019s 2-3x the curcuminoid content of most ordinary curcumin supplements!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s do a quick comparison between turmeric powder, a couple of \u2018ordinary\u2019 curcumin supplements, and Meriva curcumin. For ease of calculation of curcuminoid content, we will be using the following:<\/p>\n\n\n

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