Properties

Turmeric has long been used as a food additive, but also for therapeutic and preventive purposes.

Turmeric has long been used in traditional medicine, particularly in India, to treat a wide variety of ailments including gastrointestinal problems, inflammation, headaches, infections and colds. Turmeric contains over a dozen phenolic compounds called curcuminoids, with antioxidant (fights premature aging of the body's cells) and anti-inflammatory properties. Curcumin is the most abundant of these compounds and the most extensively studied. The effects of turmeric and curcumin on the intestinal microbiota have already been demonstrated on animals: turmeric affects the diversity of intestinal bacteria.

Turmeric, which has soothing qualities, can relieve SIBO symptoms and promote intestinal health. It simply acts on contact with the inflamed intestinal mucosa, helping it to repair itself.

Dr Clark has made it an ingredient in his intestinal program.

How should turmeric be taken? 

It's advisable to combine turmeric with a little fat, as the latter also enables the spice to be better assimilated by the body. In short, take turmeric preferably with a meal.