Curcumin is the most well-known and key active ingredient in turmeric. Curcumin enjoys a long and solid reputation which dates back nearly 4000 years. Unfortunately, turmeric has small amounts of curcumin present.
How Much of Curcumin Is Really in Turmeric?
Turmeric contains only 3.14% of curcumin by weight. That means you would have to consume an enormous amount of turmeric to get enough curcumin.
But the low curcumin content of turmeric is not the only problem. Curcumin itself is poorly bioavailable and highly unstable.
What Exactly Is Bioavailability?
Bioavailability is the proportion of a substance that enters the body and has an active effect.
Due to its poor stability and bioavailability, native curcumin and other poorly bioavailable formulations will not be efficiently absorbed and distributed through your body in significant amounts. Most of it will be lost through the phases of absorption, distribution, and excretion.
Why Is Native Curcumin Poorly Bioavailable?
Native curcumin has a low bioavailability because of its natural characteristics of water insolubility, poor absorption, fast metabolism, limited tissue distribution, and rapid excretion.
Researchers have tried to solve these major flaws by creating different formulations to improve the bioavailability of curcumin. As a result, curcumin is one of the most extensively researched compounds of the modern age.
However, not all curcumin formulations are created equal. Out of all of them, NovaSOL Curcumin from Elixirvit has the highest bioavailability factor of 185 compared with native curcumin.
According to published reports, no other curcumin formulation has a bioavailability factor close to that of NovaSOL Curcumin.
What Does NovaSOL Curcumin Have That Other Formulations Don’t?
NovaSOL Curcumin is a newly developed advanced blend of curcumin that enters the bloodstream and stays there much more effectively than any other curcumin formulation available.
NovaSOL Curcumin was developed by pairing curcumin with tiny liquid micelles. These micelles help to absorb and distribute curcumin through your body much more efficiently.
This dynamic duo of curcumin and micelles solves the major problems of native curcumin.
As a result, our NovaSOL Curcumin micelles are:
- Fully water and fat-soluble. The extent to which a substance can be absorbed depends on its solubility in the aqueous phase of the digestive fluids. Native curcumin is poorly soluble in water while NovaSOL Curcumin is fully soluble.
- Highly pH stable throughout the digestive process. High pH stability allows for curcumin to be efficiently distributed throughout your body for the maximum effect.
The NovaSOL technology gives curcumin unique properties which result in:
- 185 times higher bioavailability (AUC, 24 h)
- 455 times higher maximum curcumin plasma concentration (Cmax)
- 6.8 times faster absorption speed (Tmax)
- 24 hours of curcumin retention in the blood plasma
So meet Elixirvit’s NovaSOL Curcumin—185 times more bioavailable, 6.8 times faster-acting, and retained in your body for 24 hours.
Undoubtedly, Elixirvit’s NovaSOL Curcumin is a smarter way to use curcumin!
The following research articles substantiate our data:
- Schiborr, C., Kocher, A., Behnam, D., Jandasek, J., Toelstede, S., & Frank, J. (2014). The oral bioavailability of curcumin from micronized powder and liquid micelles is significantly increased in healthy humans and differs between sexes. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 58(3), 516–527.
- Jamwal, R. (2018). Bioavailable curcumin formulations: A review of pharmacokinetic studies in healthy volunteers. Journal of Integrative Medicine, 16(6), 367–374.
- Hewlings, S., & Kalman, D. (2017). Curcumin: A Review of Its’ Effects on Human Health. Foods, 6(10), 92.
