Fermentation is one of the most powerful natural forces for enhancing nutrition. The use of microbial enzymes to convert nutrients into a whole new world of nutrition has no equal.
“It is increasingly understood that fermented foods can also have enhanced nutritional and functional properties due to transformation of substrates and formation of bioactive or bioavailable end-products.”
Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2017
Living Alchemy use a unique month long Kefir-kombucha fermentation process involving 35 strains of micro-organisms to transform and activate our premium organic turmeric. This activation delivers the complete synergy of turmeric within a living food matrix for exceptional vitality and bio-availability.
Our fermentation activated turmeric is far more bio-available due to its increased solubility and higher levels of tetrahydro-curcumin, which we call “white gold”. Tetrahydro-curcumin is a metabolite of curcumin created through fermentation and is pigment-free giving it a white appearance.
This photo shows a comparison of non-fermented turmeric powder and fermented turmeric powder in water. As you can see, the fermented turmeric is much more soluble than the non-fermented turmeric indicating greater bio-availability. The lighter colour of the fermented turmeric is due to the greatly increased levels of tetrahydro-curcumin.
The tetrahydro-curcumin form of curcumin is naturally highly bioavailable and is recently getting a lot of attention in research for its powerful range of actions:
“The results obtained show that the tetrahydrocurcuminoids are in general much more efficient than their curcuminoid analogues (in regards to antioxidant properties)…”
University of Bordeaux, 2007
“Effects of tetrahydrocurcumin on hypoxia-inducible factor-1a and vascular endothelial growth factor expression in cervical cancer cell-induced angiogenesis in nude mice…Tetrahydrocurcumin could be developed into a promising agent for cancer therapy in the future.”
BioMed International research 2015
Through fermentation, turmeric’s other nutrient levels and their bio-availability are also significantly increased, in particular, other types of curcumins. These graphs show a 400% increase in tetrahydro-demethoxy-curcumin and a 983% increase in tetrahydro-bis-demethoxy-curcumin after fermentation with our Kefir-kombucha culture. Measurements were taken using HPLC analysis.
Living Alchemy’s Turmeric Alive is the most bio-active, nutrient dense turmeric formula available. We combine our fermented organic turmeric with organic non-fermented turmeric and organic ginger for a truly full spectrum, complete profile of curcumins with an ideal complement of active nutrients.
Turmeric Alive is certified made with organic by International Certification Services, Inc., non-GMO, gluten and dairy free, and is suitable for vegetarians and vegans. It is also free from all excipients, binders, additives and any artificial ingredients or chemicals at every stage of manufacture.
If you wish to receive more information on our fermented foods and herbs research program, please contact us.