Sporting activity can sometimes create inflammatory problems in the joint and muscular system, reducing performance and recovery capabilities, plus joint pain predisposes to injuries. For this reason, turmeric becomes a powerful ally for athletes and we will see why below:
- Reduces indicators related to fatigue and muscle damage and i serum levels glucose in favor of muscle tissue;
- Increase your levels muscle glycogen;
- It improves cardiovascular function, carrying out an antioxidant action, reducing inflammatory processes, modulating neuronal transmission centrally and increasing muscle and liver glycogen content;
- In the post-workout phase, turmeric helps to reduce pro-inflammatory substances circulating in the body;
- Prevents delayed onset muscle soreness (a mix of muscle pain and stiffness that occurs a few hours after unusual exercise), because it reduces inflammation and the molecules involved in muscle damage by suppressing the activation of factors involved in muscle damage. muscle inflammation and stimulating muscle regeneration following damage.
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The benefits of turmeric
If placed in a context of healthy eating and physical activity, it can help lose weight and burn i fats.
Let's find out what are the slimming properties of turmeric, why it helps to lose weight and how much to take to obtain the beneficial effects.
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a plant typical of eastern countries with tropical climate and high rainfall. In addition to being rich in vitamins (group B, C, E, K) and of different minerals, the main and most characteristic component of turmeric is curcumin, an extract also used as a coloring as well as a food supplement, which contains many properties, making the spice very useful for the well-being of our body, in different aspects , including slimming.
Turmeric against allergies
Curcumin, the primary active ingredient of the turmeric root, is able to inhibit the release of histamine, the molecule that activates the rallergic reaction in this way, the severity of various diseases linked to alterations in the immune response is determined. It is for this reason that turmeric root can be a useful support for those suffering from allergic conditions.
Turmeric Antioxidant
Curcumin can help protect tissues from oxidative damage and significantly improve tissue remodeling by helping to fight the free radicals responsible for premature cell aging. So also useful in disease prevention chronic degenerative (tumors, Alzheimer's, dementias).
Anti-inflammatory turmeric
Counteracts arthritis, reduces joint and rheumatic pain. It counteracts the pain of the joints and helps to deflate the inflamed joints until they remove (after long periods of intake) the typical deformations of osteoarthritis.
Turmeric and digestive system
Help for colitis, as it relieves stomach pain.
For those who simply suffer from irritable colon or for those with more severe gastrointestinal diseases such as ulcerative colitis, the use of turmeric has proven effective in reducing inflammation of the intestinal mucosa.
It also helps regulate states of diarrhea or constipation.
Antibacterial and purifying turmeric
There are several studies that show how the use of turmeric, even together with antibiotics, is able to accelerate the effectiveness of drugs and promote recovery from an infection.
Turmeric is an excellent ally of the liver, helping it in purification and detoxification. In short, really great properties for a small root.
Why does turmeric lose weight?
It stimulates the adipocytes to secrete and release a substance capable of stimulating the body to release and use the accumulated fats in the form of reserve, it helps the liver to work in the best metabolizing of the fats introduced during meals, in particular those deriving from complex carbohydrates and refined sugars, more difficult to digest.
Turmeric also helps you lose weight because it makes you feel less hungry as it stimulates the correct functioning of a hormone produced by adipose tissue which regulates the sense of satiety.
Stagnation of liquids also seems to be "Averted" from the action of this powerful spice, given its ability to act both on the circulatory system and on the lymphatic system, which is more responsible for the formation of fat pads and the annoying orange peel skin.
Dr. Shuela Curatola
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