Turmeric Curcumin NovaSOL 1000mg - Nature's Joint Support Supplements - 185x Bioavailable Than Standard Curcumin - Natural Softgels

I have much inflammation/pain related to an bad accident accident that damaged my knees, hip & back years ago. Because also I have A-fib, I can not take inflammation reducing NSAIDs like naproxin sodium or supplements with blood thinning side affects like black pepper (which is often put in turmeric to make it more usable by the body). I will not take narcotics which have been offered by several doctors. I used to teach graduate level research courses in the health sciences and have used my skills to search the scientific information available on supplements which is easily available from a number of sources such as Consumer Labs, the Peoples Pharmacy, & Google Scholar etc. This quest has led me to use the following to reduce my inflammation and pain: A good quality of Boswellia Serrata Extract (like that made by Swanson, a top choice of Consumer Labs). I take 200 to 300 mg boswellia two to three times a day IN COMBINATION with A1 Vitality Turmeric (2 pills a day). I use A1 because tumeric tends to increase the anti-inflammatory properties of boswellia while also having inflation reducing benefits of its own. This combo has helped me stay almost pain free throughout the day and night. One other thing...boswellia (which is well researched and has been used to reduce inflammation in India health care for hundreds of years) works better when taken with fats so, I take it when I take my Omega 3 capsules...taking the boswellia & turmeric combo with a fatty meal should also work. The human body is complex. Taking several high quality supplements, in combo, that are well researched may be a better way to reduce more severe cases of inflammation & pain. You may not need to take as much as I do, so start slow and gradually increase if you get a result. For me, the boswellia greatly reduced my pain levels but, I would wake up in pain. A1 Vitality turmeric in combo is what helped me reduce may pain around the clock.

We are taking it on and off for several years. It eliminates pain in joints and calms down any inflammation. You can take it on it's own or taken together with tigovit green tea extract it does even better. There are studies that observed an even more effective use when EGCG and tumeric curcumin are taken together. We turned on a number of our yoga students on to it. Usually my husband orders it, before I get to it.

The five stars is for the company, which I was so impressed with when I wrote and asked questions to which the owner quickly and thoroughly responded. I tried two bottles and am honestly not sure it helped much--but that doesn't mean the product won't work for someone else.The review concerning the color difference from bottle to bottle had me reach out to the company, and here's the reply: "Our softgels are derived from a natural product and the color of the liquid produced can vary significantly from medium brown to red/maroon. Different turmeric varieties and their growing conditions, seasonal and climatic variations in the regions from which the root is sourced can affect the color intensity of curcumin extracted from them."That made perfect sense to me. For those who complained about the capsules being stuck together--I feel that is dependent on how long the package sat on a delivery truck and really not the fault of the company. [I avoid buying certain items in the summer for the same reason.]The price seems reasonable to me for the quality of the ingredients, and if I find that my arthritic hands feels worse in the next weeks, I will repurchase and try using the product again.

I had tried another brand that was high pricey and it was messy cause it was a concentrate. These softgels aren't messy and getting all over and I am maintaining a very minimal pain for the first time in years. Great product, for the price.

No after taste and easy for me to swallow

Chronic, low-level inflammation is common, under-diagnosed and the root of many types of general malaise. Read Deepak Chopra's "The Healing Self" for more background information. I'm on the anti-inflammation quest and was looking for a good turmeric supplement.I'm now on my third bottle, and I like it so much that I've since ordered several bottles for friends and family. I would say this is as good as "Smarter Turmeric" and about $10 less expensive. One of the bottles I purchased had a few leaked pills (I live in Hawaii, so it's possible it was a shipping issue), but the customer service I received was stellar.I was skeptical of the claims of 185X increased bioavailability, etc. but A1 linked me to the peer-reviewed article, which references the NovaSOL technology in its methods section.Good product, good customer service.Update: I have tried two other “enhanced” turmeric formulations, including the more expensive formulation by “SmarterNutrition” — I prefer these. The SmarterNutrition formulation upsets my stomach and comes up like reflux, even when taken with food. The A1Vitality version, however, is easily absorbed by my body.My only complaint is the gelatin the pills are made with. Please switch to plant-based gel cap. Thank you

I've taken Turmeric for a decade or two now and recently, my brother's fiancee told me about these, which seemed to be highly recommended. As others have commented, at some point, I noticed yellow stains on my fingers and clothes and didn't know what they were from until I eventually identified the culprit: these softgels! Fortunately, it looked like only one was broken, so I was able to rescue the rest, and put them back in the bottle. Of course, the rescued ones continued to stain my weekly pill holder, but I figured that when I ran out, I'd clean the holder, and the next bottle would be fine. Nope, same thing.I assume that these are as good as other turmeric/circumin supplements, so if my next bottle suffers from the same nonsense, I'm moving to something else.

Securely packaged. Quickly shipped. Like the product so far.