Nov 3rd 2025

The Truth About Curcumin Products

As studies on its remarkable benefits continue to accumulate, supplemental curcumin is becoming increasingly popular, with a host of different products and formulations, at a wide range of prices, each claiming to be the best. As a consumer, how can you evaluate the different products out there? There are certain things you can look for on a product label, but all too often the information you really need isn’t on the label, and sometimes what’s on the label isn’t even in the product!

For example, a report from Consumer Lab, which tests various supplements and makes this information known to the public, found that 20% of the turmeric/curcumin supplements they tested delivered less than 15% of the amount of curcumin claimed on the product label!

Also, contaminants, like lead, which was recently found in curcumin coming from Bangladesh, would hardly be listed on any label.

A major question when it comes to curcumin is bioavailability. There are various formulations for overcoming curcumin’s well-known low bioavailability, each claiming to make their curcumin the most bioavailable. You’d need a degree in advanced chemistry to evaluate the competing claims as well as inside industry connections.

But this is exactly where Beyond Health comes in. Years ago, as a scientist with an advanced degree in chemistry and with supplement industry connections, Raymond Francis saw the need for a resource for consumers looking for safe, effective products at a good price, and he became committed to filling that need.

Raymond has a knack for doing product research, for reaching the right people and asking the right questions about what’s going on behind the label, demanding valid answers, and determining which manufacturers he can trust.

When it came to developing Beyond Health’s Curcumin Formula, Raymond chose Curcumin C3 Complex® (C3C) from the Sabinsa Corporation. Sabinsa has been the acknowledged leader in curcumin research and manufacture in the United States since the mid-1990s, and is known for their impeccable manufacturing standards. C3C has been the subject of more clinical studies than any other branded curcumin in the world

To enhance bioavailability, we use Sabinsa’s patented form of piperine, a constituent of black pepper. All clinical studies done with piperine for nutritional purposes are done with this form, and a 1998 study showed that it increased the bioavailability of curcumin by 2000% with no adverse effects.

All of Raymond’s research indicates that we’ve got the best curcumin product available today, and we’ve received very positive feedback from happy customers.

Almost every American today is suffering from some kind of inflammatory disorder, from allergies to cancer, and curcumin helps with all of them. To help keep inflammation at bay, we recommended 250 mg of Beyond Health Curcumin Formula twice a day for most people.

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