Improve Your Mood With Turmeric Root (Curcumin)

"Dr. Sears," C.R. asked me, "I know curcumin is good for treating a lot of things, but can it improve someone's mood?" This morning, one of the women on my staff, C.R., came into my office to talk to me about her 15-year-old son. He'd been irritable and moody and sleeping a lot lately. Most mornings, he'd miss the bus to school and then stress about being late. But today, he was up on time with his backpack packed and a smile on his face. C.R. even heard him whistling in the shower! And he was at the bus stop 10 minutes early. C. R. started taking curcumin supplements a few weeks ago. She had no idea that her son had started taking them, too. And she wondered if there was a connection… As a matter of fact, I told her… curcumin is a proven mood-booster. You've probably heard about curcumin by now. It's an active compound of the turmeric plant. There are thousands of published studies about how powerful curcumin is for treating hundreds of conditions. And a number of those studies show that curcumin is an effective treatment for a variety of mood disorders. Everything from depression to anxiety to mood swings. In one study, patients with major depressive disorder were divided into three groups. One group took 20 mg of Prozac every morning. Another group took 500 mg of absorption-enhanced curcumin twice a day. And the third group took both. The curcumin group responded just as well as the Prozac group. But with no side effects.1 In...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news