KP Phyto’s Newsletter
22 November 2023
Newsletter Vol 2/2023
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NEWSLETTER
SHARING KNOWLEDGE & HELPING CUSTOMERS EXCEL
Vol 2/2023 | Editor: Kerry Hughes, MSc.
Turmeric & Upstream Health
Long used in Ayurvedic, Siddha, Unani and traditional Chinese
medicine for a wide range of uses, Turmeric is also a spice, a colorant
and the source of curcumin. KP Phyto has invested heavily in
understanding the points along the supply chain that must be
controlled for the best quality outcomes in Turmeric ingredient
quality. We also invest into understanding and development of the
research behind Indian traditional medicines...with a focus this
month on Turmeric!
Turmeric continues to make headlines for its steep increase in
scientific research into its
multiple beneficial actions
throughout the body.
Turmeric’s Multiple Benefits
Turmeric’s many purported
uses from traditional
medicine make some
researchers skeptical about
how it could possibly be producing so many effects throughout
far-reaching organ systems of the body.
Turmeric has indeed had many activities confirmed through
research into multiple organ systems, which makes such wide
claims about health scientifically more plausible.But how can
something have an effect on so many systems? is it due to the '
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Ty p i ca l In gre di en t
properties..
'polypharmacy'(range of bioactive compounds)that
Turmeric has to Offer?
Upstream Health & The Digestive System
Research is showing that perhaps the answer is found by
looking upstream. Upstream health factors include lifestyle,
diet and stress, and how they begin to alter the metabolism
and health of the body. There is a common saying today
exemplifying this approach in focusing on upstream health,
which is that “it all starts in the gut”.
The gut is where our interaction with Turmeric begins
when we consume it as either a food or medicine. As
curcumin on its own has very low bioavailability, studies
into both methods of increasing bioavailability and also
local actions in the gut have been undertaken.
In the building of studies on the interactions of the gut
microbiota and curcumin, two key insights have arisen.
Curcumin has a regulating effect on the intestinal
microflora, and the gut microbiota can biotransform
curcumin to be used in the body. This leads to the insight
that as modulating upstream health in the microbiome has
shown to play a key role in building overall health, perhaps
its Turmeric’s upstream effects on the gut that leads to its
wide benefits through downstream health applications that
is reported as traditional use indications.
Liver Health & Alternative Medicine
Liver health has also been in the news in the recent days,
with new official changes in liver health terms as a means to
make them more accessible for more people. This is
important as the liver is an organ that benefits from health
lifestyle interventions, and conversely suffers from poor
lifestyle choices, such as the standard American diet (SAD),
alcohol consumption and eating too much sugary foods.
The Liver is one organ that we tend not to think much
about when we are regarding our health in the western
world .
However, in most traditional medicine systems, the liver is
seen as a very important underpinning to a healthy
functioning body and mood.
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Most people know the Liver has the job of processing toxins. But it does so much more—with
over 500 distinct functions, including the production of cholesterol and lipoproteins to carry
fats through the body, and playing a key role in storage, balancing or production of glucose as
needed through its conversion of excess glucose into glycogen. Additionally, at any given
moment, the liver holds about 13% of the body’s blood supply!
In alternative medicine, there are recognised signs and terms for when the liver is not
performing optimally; although in western medicine, these people may be considered as
completely healthy.
In both TCM and Ayurveda, a liver that is not performing optimally is likely affected by
trapped ‘heat’. In traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the liver is most affected by Qi
(energy), and when not flowing freely can lead to imbalances. In Ayurveda, the liver is viewed
as a “hot” or “pittic” organ, due to the fiery nature of the pitta dosha (one of the three that
regulate physiological functions of the body). Both TCM and Ayurveda consider imbalanced
livers to lead to anger. Indeed, even in the old European tradition of humorism, imbalanced
humors and liver was connected to anger; and therefore, the liver is thought to traditionally
play a key role in mood.
Turmeric & Liver Health
As the liver is a part of the digestive system and upstream health, it is interesting to note that
Turmeric and curcumin have been found in randomised clinical trials to have beneficial effects
on multiple metabolic markers relating to liver health.
In Ayurveda, Turmeric is used to balance all three doshas (vata, pitta and kapha). It is also
used for its digestive effect. Since the liver is thought of as a “pittic” organ, those herbs and
foods which are cooling in nature, and thus pitta-balancing are thought of as being supportive
to liver health.
KP Phyto has developed research initiatives into producing a higher absorption Curcumin,
called CurcuVailÒ, as well as into its benefits on multiple systems of the body, including liver.
respiratory, immune and joint health.
Turmeric & Future Research
It’s my prediction that this insight into how a purported panacea such as Turmeric exerts its
wide-ranging effects by modulating upstream processes will be found over and over
throughout the medicinal plant realm. Already we can see in the scientific literature, just like
Turmeric, multiple instances of medicinal plants exerting modulating effects on upstream
processes thus widely affecting health outcomes.
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Turmeric & Future Research.
It’s my prediction that this insight into how a purported
panacea such as Turmeric exerts its wide-ranging effects by
modulating upstream processes will be found over and over
throughout the medicinal plant realm. Already we can see in
the scientific literature, just like Turmeric, multiple instances of
medicinal plants exerting modulating effects on upstream
processes, such as the microbiome, thus widely affecting health
outcomes.
Educational Content By:
Kerry Hughes, MSc., The Ethnobotanical Explorer,
Kerry Hughes, MSc., The Ethnobotanical Explorer & principal
for EthnoPharm, is an Ethnobotanist and Registered Herbalist,
with a 20-year record of success in natural product development.
EthnoPharm specialises in innovative product formulation,
education, and nexus-of-market opportunity identification.
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Pvt Ltd(India)
Notice:
This content is for informational and
educational purposes only.
It is not intended to provide medical advice or
to take the place of such advice or treatment
from a personal physician.
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