Take Turmeric! Indian Spice Improves Bone Density by up to 7%, Study Reveals

Daily Mail ^ | 10 May 2017 | Alexandra Thompson

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Worried about osteoporosis? Take turmeric! Indian spice improves bone density by up to 7%, study reveals

Turmeric helps to build and repair bone mass in the elderly, a new study reveals.

Taking a supplement of the popular Indian spice improves bone density by up to seven per cent over six months, researchers found.

A compound in turmeric, known as curcumin, is thought to balance out cells that remove ageing parts of bone before it is replaced, according to previous findings.

Almost three quarters of elderly people suffer declining bone density, which can cause osteoporosis and is responsible for around 65,000 potentially fatal fractures each year in the UK.

Researchers from Genoa University analysed otherwise healthy men and women with an average age of 70 who were all suffering declining bone density.

Bones in their heels, jaws and fingers were measured at the start of the study using ultrasound scanning.

After six months, those taking a daily supplement of turmeric and soy lecithin boosted their bone density by seven per cent.

Combining turmeric with soy lecithin is thought to prevent it from being destroyed by the stomach, so it reaches the small intestine where it is absorbed.

[T-Bone Texan]

It certainly stains clothing, I will attest!