Optimal performance is a delicate balance between breakdown and recovery. Life is a relentless grind with physiological and psychological stresses continuously tipping the scales in the favor of breakdown with little support for recovery.
The odds are multiplied by a dilemma. You have to train hard to progress. But the harder you train, the more recovery you need.
While this may seem daunting, there are ways to tip the scales back in your favor.
Among the multiple recovery techniques lies nutritional interventions. Multiple dietary ingredients promise recovery benefits, but one stands above the rest: curcumin.
Curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, works through a variety of mechanisms to help promote optimal recovery. One of the main ways that curcumin works is by targeting pro-inflammatory compounds in the body called cytokines (source).
By supporting healthy inflammation responses, curcumin helps your body shift from breakdown to recovery and then growth.
A review in the European Journal of Nutrition shows that curcumin goes beyond mediating healthy inflammation to help reduce markers of muscle damage and muscle soreness.
Less soreness and muscle damage means more consistency with higher performance, the intersection where progress is made.
The benefits don’t stop at the muscles. Curcumin is also a powerful antioxidant, helping to neutralize free radicals and supporting your body’s defense systems (source).
Curcumin has also been shown to benefit joint health (source), immune resilience (source), and even cognitive function (source), areas that often suffer during high-stress or high-output periods.
Curcumin is a cornerstone ingredient in TB12’s Recover because we know that if you are going to perform at your best, you have to progress. If you are going to progress, you have to recover. There are no other options.
If recovery is the key to performance, then optimal recovery is a requirement for top-end performance. Supplementing with curcumin ensures you are getting the most out of your recovery, helping you get back to work without missing a step.
