Daily Express

Get to the root of your aches

- By Deborah Stone

SPRING’S here and, lockdown permitting, it’s the time when we want to get out and enjoy life, whether simply strolling in the sunshine or doing something more active. Yet, now more than ever, our joints can be giving us problems, grown stiff by the lack of exercise over winter – and fallen into disrepair by lack of use due to having nowhere to go for the past few months.

As we get older that stiffness can be something we struggle to overcome, or can even turn into osteoarthr­itis, joint inflammati­on and curtailed movement that only gets worse over time.

The answer is something that combines the tradition of centuries with the science of the present. Curcumin – which comes from the root of the turmeric plant – has long been important in Indian and Chinese medicine for its powerful anti-inflammato­ry and pain-soothing powers. Now those powers have been transforme­d into a modern-day diet supplement that can give our body – not least our joints – a helping hand.

It’s impossible to get enough of the ingredient from the curry spice itself but Bioglan, the leader in the field of supplement­s, has created two Active Curcumin products.

Bioglan Active Curcumin Immune Support Effervesce­nt comes as dispersibl­e orange-flavoured tablets. The body finds it hard to absorb curcumin but here it is paired with cutting-edge HydroCurc for enhanced absorption. It’s high strength, containing 85 per cent curcuminoi­ds, the effective compound in the turmeric plant. There’s also vitamin C for immune function support, vitamin D for bone and muscle health and copper for healthy connective tissue – an all-round bonus for health.

Even stronger are Active Curcumin Tablets (95 per cent curcuminoi­ds), a force for helping the management of inflammato­ry responses in the body – and they contain the groundbrea­king black pepper extract BioPerine which dramatical­ly increases the absorption rate. Bioglan Active Curcumin also contains copper, vitamin C and vitamin D.

Whether suffering from an inflammati­on problem, joints or otherwise, or trying to keep any possibilit­y of trouble at bay, Bioglan Active Curcumin is the place to start.

 ??  ?? THE SPICE IS RIGHT: Curcumin, which is found in turmeric, is available in Bioglan effervesce­nt and tablets
● Bioglan Active Curcumin is available from Holland & Barrett, Boots and Amazon
THE SPICE IS RIGHT: Curcumin, which is found in turmeric, is available in Bioglan effervesce­nt and tablets ● Bioglan Active Curcumin is available from Holland & Barrett, Boots and Amazon

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