A new study found that daily Turmeric Extract supplementation could lead to significant reductions in body weight for healthy individuals who were overweight. Additional benefits associated with mental health score improvements were also seen. Significant reductions in markers of inflammation were also observed.
90 healthy overweight individuals between the ages of 50 and 69 participated in this randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study. The study lasted 12 weeks. Statistically significant reductions in body mass index and body weight were seen after four, eight and 12 weeks in the group supplementing Turmeric when compared to the group receiving the placebo. Significant reductions in the markers of inflammation, complement component 3, and C – reactive protein were also seen in the Turmeric supplement group when compared with the placebo supplementing group. Additionally improvements in mental health scores were also seen in the Turmeric group. Measurements of mental health scores were done using the Profile of Mood States (POMS) scale and the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) 36 item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36).
Researchers found additional animal studies supporting the benefits seen in this study that supplementing Turmeric could inhibit body weight gain and visceral fat accumulation in diet induced obese rats and concluded that Turmeric Supplementation could indeed inhibit the accumulation of visceral fat which would then result in improvements in BMI levels.
Inflammation marker reductions suggest that Turmeric Extract may reduce systemic low grade inflammation associated with obesity and aging and may help decrease the risks of chronic inflammatory diseases in these groups.
Since mental health problems may be associated with systemic inflammation as well as neuroinflammation, Researchers concluded supplementing Turmeric Extract may improve negative mood states and improve mental health.
Further Studies are needed.
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