Fiona unearths a welcome surprise with TURMERIC+
Gardening gives pleasure to millions of people and it’s a great way to stay active, as well as helping achieve a sense of wellbeing. However, the physical exertion needed for activities like digging and planting can cause some of us to experience skeletal and muscular discomfort. Fiona Hudson, 58, from Hertfordshire is a keen gardener and company director of a small family boat yard business. She swears by a product called Turmeric+ which she discovered a few years ago, when she feared she would no longer be able to continue to garden as she used to. “I spend a lot of time in the garden, it’s very important to me, particularly over the past year. I’d be devastated if I had to stop and could no longer lift, bend and dig as I used to. I’m very hands on and I love to give cut flowers to friends and family. “I stumbled across turmeric quite by chance. I had organised a ‘Curry Night’ for a large group of people and ate much more curry with turmeric than I ever usually do, plus loads of leftovers. I realised during this time that it was easier than usual to work in the garden.” The key active component of turmeric is curcumin. Around the world millions of people introduce curcumin into their diet by using turmeric in their cooking. The average daily dose of curcumin in the Indian diet is over 160mg (for an adult), usually consumed in an oily matrix, such as ghee or coconut milk, which helps with absorption of the curcumin. The need for easy absorption is what led the scientists at FutureYou Cambridge to create Turmeric+ using the patented ‘Curcuma Phospholipid Complex’ formulation. It’s thirty times more absorbable than standard turmeric and contains vitamin C, which contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage. Fiona continues: “I started to research turmeric supplements on the internet. There seemed to be an overwhelming number of products but Turmeric+ from FutureYou Cambridge stood out as they’re scientifically researched and proven to be effective. There was no way I could eat the amount of turmeric through curries on a regular basis so this seemed like a practical solution. I started taking Turmeric+ and I haven’t looked back.” “I’m now not only able to garden for hours in comfort, I’ve also returned to a fairly regular and intensive exercise class which I had been avoiding for years. I’m over the moon.”