Short term success
In my last blog entry, I espoused the wonders of taking turmeric.
My sugar cravings had vanished. My appetite was good, but I did not feel the need to snack between meals.
I lost a significant amount of weight and became very enthusiastic.
I cut out anything sweet that I was taking, including supplements and kept on taking the Turmerix in my coffee.
It was going well, but then, I noticed that my sugar cravings were returning. What was more, I was starting to get hungry again and felt the need to snack.
Those bars of chocolates and packs of chips became harder and harder to resist.
I wondered if it was just something that naturally happened every so often, but the need did not seem to decrease. It only became worse.
I became quite dispirited and discouraged. I could not work out why it had stopped working.
I’d like to say that I was able to resist the occasional snack, chocolate, etc, but I’d be lying if I did. I figured that maybe it was just what my body needed, and if I indulged, the craving would go away.
Sadly, that was not the case.
The missing link
Then it occurred to me that maybe I should still be taking something I had cut out.
When I visited the Mind, Body and Soul festival, I not only bought the Turmerix, but also a bottle of Olive Leaf Extract.
It was a peppermint flavour, so I had cut it out due to it containing the added sugar content.
So, I added the daily dose back in. Lo and behold, I found the cravings and hunger vanished… just like the last time.
I also noticed that if I only took the Olive Leaf Extract, they returned.
It appears that both must be taken to produce the results.
Documented Benefits
The benefits of taking Turmeric are well documented.
They include (but not exclusively):
- Being a natural anti-inflammatory compound.
- An antioxidant
- Improves brain function
- Lowers risk of heart disease
- Suggested it can help prevent (and maybe even treat) cancer
- May help with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Helps with Arthritis
- Helps with blood sugar and diabetes.
Olive Leaf Extract benefits are said to be:
- Lowering blood pressure
- Helps arterial health
- Reduces the risk of cancer
- Is an anti-inflammatory (thus also helps with arthritis.)
- And while this was not mentioned on the bottle itself, it lowers glucose levels back to normal. Thus, aids in diabetes.
I know I’m certainly hypoglycemic, so it seems that combining the two products appear to be the magic bullet for me.
If so, this would be a very significant discovery.
So once again… watch this space.
