Consumer Reports Tests Turmeric And Echinacea

Consumer Reports Tests Turmeric And Echinacea Consumer Reports Between 2017 and 2018, sales of turmeric grew 30.5 percent. of the 16 echinacea and 13 turmeric products we tested, we identified concerns with more than a third of them, including elevated levels. In a 2019 nationally representative consumer reports survey of 2,006 u.s. adults, 46 percent of people who took turmeric supplements said they did so to treat chronic health problems. but the.

Consumer Reports Tests Turmeric And Echinacea Turmeric Echinacea In 2018, echinacea and turmeric were listed as the second and third most popular botanical supplements (after horehound, an ingredient in ricola cough drops) in the annual market report from the. People often take turmeric or echinacea to reduce inflammation and improve immunity, but the evidence for these supplements is lacking. consumer reports explains the lifestyle changes experts say. Due to concern about contamination of turmeric with toxic heavy metals, particularly lead, all turmeric powders were checked for these. consumerlab's tests revealed that one supplement contained just 82.7% of the curcuminoids (i.e., curcumin and related compounds) expected. another supplement from a major brand was discovered to provide just 10. Consumer reports (cr) tested turmeric and echinacea supplements from multiple brands, and concluded that several didn’t meet cr’s standards for lead levels and bacteria levels, and that three didn’t contain the levels of key ingredients advertised on the label—findings decried by the american herbal products association (ahpa) and the council.