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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">By Julian Warshovsky</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"></span><br /><div class="wwwMagCellContent" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="wwwMagCellImageContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><img alt="Block Dangerous Inflammatory Signaling" border="0" src="http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2013/images/ss2013_bdis_01.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The list of chronic diseases caused by <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">inflammation</strong> is enormous.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">1-3</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">From initiating cancer, Alzheimer’s, and heart disease to the chronic pain of arthritis, sustained <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">inflammation</strong> relentlessly destroys our aging bodies.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">1,3</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Mainstream medicine has failed to offer satisfactory solutions for suppressing <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">chronic</em></strong> inflammatory reactions.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">3</sup> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">N</strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">on-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">glucocorticoids</strong> target acute pain, but they have adverse side effects and are not suitable to quench ongoing inflammation.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">4,5</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This widespread problem led scientists to seek a<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"> </strong>solution to safely reduce <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">both</em> acute pain and the chronic inflammation. <sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">6</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Three plant extracts have been identified that powerfully inhibit the underlying factors that trigger inflammation—safely reducing both chronic pain and long-term disease risk.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Unlike drugs, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">turmeric oil, ginger</strong>, and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">curcumin </strong>work through diverse mechanisms to block multiple pathways of the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">inflammation-signaling</em></strong> process.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">7-16</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">These natural ingredients deliver benefits that no currently available drug can—they inhibit<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"> </strong>both<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">COX </strong>and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">LOX enzymes</strong>, which in turn curtails creation of the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">prostaglandin</em></strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">leukotriene</em></strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"></strong>signaling molecules.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">7-16</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">An abundance of studies have confirmed that the biochemical actions of <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">curcumin</strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">ginger</strong>, and<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">turmeric oil</strong> can be beneficial against the causative factors behind arthritis,<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">16-23</sup> cardiovascular disease,<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">16,24-28</sup> cancer,<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">29-33</sup> and other diseases…and these effects are often observable in a matter of<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"> weeks!</em></strong><sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">20,27,29,34</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A novel method has been discovered to deliver more of the active molecules found in these three plant extracts to your bloodstream.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">35-38</sup><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"></strong></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">An All-Out Assault on Chronic Inflammation</h2><div class="wwwMagCellImageContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"><img alt="An All-Out Assault on Chronic Inflammation" border="0" src="http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2013/images/ss2013_bdis_02.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle;" />  </div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just about every chronic disease—from arthritis, to heart disease, to diabetes, to Alzheimer’s disease— has one thing in common: destructive, unchecked <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">inflammation</strong>.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">1-3</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Chronic inflammation is often the end result of a complex “domino effect” of signaling molecules known as <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">prostaglandins</strong>and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">leukotrienes</strong>.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">39,40 </sup>The problem with most drugs is that they only inhibit <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">one</strong> of the steps involved in chronic inflammation (providing only partial relief).<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">41</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">For example, NSAIDs inhibit the production of prostaglandin signaling molecules by blocking enzymes known as <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">COX-1</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">COX-2</strong>. But they do <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">not</em></strong> inhibit production of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">leukotriene </em>signaling molecules, which requires blocking the 5-<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">LOX</strong> enzyme.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">7,41</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Curcumin</strong> ,<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"> turmeric oil, and</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">ginger </strong>work together to block <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">all</strong> these signaling pathways to deliver<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">broad-spectrum</em> protection against chronic inflammation.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">7-16</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As a result, these plant extracts have potential benefit against numerous disorders.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">42,43</sup></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">2,000 Studies Can’t Be Wrong!</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Inflammation is a major trigger of cancer,<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">44 </sup>the second leading cause of death in the United States.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">45</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Your body has a natural ability to fight cancer through the activity of its own tumor-suppressing genes.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">46</sup> However, over time, environmental factors such as inflammation can turn off (or “silence”) these genes, allowing cancer to take hold and spread unchecked.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">47,48</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Over <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">2,000 published studies</strong> show curcumin<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"> </strong>suppresses many cancers—including breast, prostate, liver, skin, colon, and lung cancers<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">31,49</sup>—by interfering at <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">every stage</em></strong> of their development, progression, and metastasis.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">50 </sup>While anticancer drugs and cancer itself weaken the immune system, curcumin enhances it,<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">51-55</sup> serving as an “immune-restorer.”<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">52</sup></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Guard Against Platelet Aggregation</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Inflammation plays a key role in the development of cardiovascular disease.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">56</sup> Due to their action against the underlying causes of inflammation: <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">curcumin</strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">ginger</strong>, and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">turmeric</strong> have all been found to have powerful effects against cardiovascular disease.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">16,24-28</sup><s style="box-sizing: border-box;"></s></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A study on ginger indicated that it could improve cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications that occur as a result of platelet aggregation (the tendency of blood cells to clump together).<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">24 </sup>For the study, either <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">ginger</strong> or <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">aspirin</strong> taken daily with <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">10 mg</strong> of the antihypertensive drug <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">nifedipine</strong> (<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Procardia</strong><sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">®</sup>) was shown to boost the drug’s anti-platelet aggregation effect in both normal and hypertensive patients.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"></sup></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Outperforms Leading Arthritis Drug</h2><div class="wwwMagCellImageContainer" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><img alt="Outperforms Leading Arthritis Drug" border="0" src="http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2013/images/ss2013_bdis_03.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The hallmarks of the most common form of arthritis (<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">osteoarthritis</em>) are inflammation and cartilage destruction. While both ginger and curcumin block inflammation—<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">curcumin also</em></strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">inhibits cartilage breakdown by the body!</em></strong><sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">57</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In one study, one group of rheumatoid arthritis patients received <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">500 milligrams </strong>of<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"> curcumin daily</strong>, another received <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">50 milligrams daily </strong>of<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"></strong>the NSAID drug <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">diclofenac</em></strong>, and a third group received a combination of the two. After eight weeks, the curcumin-only group had the greatest reduction in joint pain and swelling, with no supplement-related adverse effects. By contrast, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">20%</strong> of participants in the drug-only group dropped out due to adverse effects!<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">19</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Ginger</strong> has also been tested against the NSAID drug <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">diclofenac</em>. Two groups of osteoarthritis patients took either ginger extract ( <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">340 milligrams</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">daily</strong>) or diclofenac (<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">100</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">milligrams</strong>) for four weeks.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">20 </sup>Both treatments were equally as effective; however, the <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">drug group</strong> experienced an increase in digestive pain (dyspepsia) and <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">degeneration</em> of their stomach mucosa.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"></sup></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Reverse Cognitive Impairment</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Curcumin and ginger offer great promise in the fight against cognitive decline and dementia.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In animal models of Alzheimer’s, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">curcumin</strong> has been shown to cross the blood-brain barrier in order to enhance clearance of <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">amyloid-beta</em> from the brain (the accumulation of which is strongly associated with Alzheimer’s).<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">58</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">One impressive study demonstrated ginger’s ability to defend against—and possibly even reverse—middle-aged cognitive impairment.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">59</sup> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"></strong>For the study, 60 healthy middle-aged women took <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">400</strong> or <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">800</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">milligrams</strong> of ginger extract or placebo <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">daily</strong>. After two months, the ginger participants showed significantly enhanced memory and brain activity consistent with boosted cognitive capability.</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As beneficial as these ingredients are on their own, they’re even more powerful together. Scientists have <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">combined</strong> curcumin and ginger extracts with turmeric oil in a novel formulation that also delivers a distinct advantage: <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">it naturally </em><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">enhances absorption</em></strong>.</div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Enhanced Formula Provides Better Absorption!</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Turmeric oil</strong> is obtained from the potent liquid remaining after curcumin extraction.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">60,61</sup> Aside from turmeric oil’s own strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, research revealed that its rich content of compounds called <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">aromatic</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">turmerones </strong>produces a <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">significant enhancement</strong>of curcumin levels <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">inside </em>the cell compared to normal curcumin.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">38</sup> This formulation also contains<strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">phospholipids</strong>, a type of emulsifying molecule that enhances absorption of poorly soluble active compounds.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">62</sup></div><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-family: myriad-pro, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 20px;">Summary</h2><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">Chronic inflammation</strong> eventually leads to serious diseases such as cancer.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">1-3</sup>Drugs that target<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">acute</em> inflammation are not suitable for long-term use and can cause substantial side effects.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">3-5</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">In a significant breakthrough, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">ginger</strong>, <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">curcumin</strong>, and <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">turmeric</strong> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">oil </strong>have been found to <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"></strong>block chronic inflammation at every stage of the process, safely inhibiting long-term disease risk.<sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">7-16</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Multiple studies demonstrate that these three extracts combat an array of disorders, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and arthritis. <sup style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 11px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">16-33</sup></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">These three <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;">extracts </strong>have been combined in a groundbreaking formulation that greatly boosts absorption!</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; 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