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Living Nutrition Organic Fermented Herbal Blends are living food complexes, highly bioavailable to the human body and full of key active compounds created only through fermentation. The result is a living synergy of activated polyphenols, micronutrients, enzymes, microbes and various sensory compounds that elevate our organic herbs to the next level of vitality.

Anti-inflammatory support

Joint health

Sports recovery

Meet the herb

Organic Fermented Kef-Flamex combines turmeric, rosemary, green tea and reishi spores, this blend of bio-activated herbs is designed to support optimal physical function and activity.

Turmeric is considered one of the most important herbs in Ayurvedic medicine and is one of the world’s most well-known herbs for its anti-inflammatory properties.

Reishi spores are produced as the reishi mushroom completes its life cycle. The spores contain the highest concentration of active triterpenes, unique to the reishi mushroom.

Rosemary is an evergreen bushy shrub which grows along the Mediterranean Sea, and sub-Himalayan areas. It is a popular culinary and medicinal herb.

Green tea is made from unfermented tea leaves and is highly valued for its concentration of powerful antioxidants.

History

Turmeric has been used in traditional Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years in ceremony and as medicine. It is perhaps one of the most researched herbs, with over 5000 peer reviewed studies looking at its benefits as a useful preventative and disease-modifying agent.

Ancient texts and folklore often refer to the reishi mushroom as the ‘Mushroom of Immortality’, underscoring its revered status. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, its use dates back over 2,000 years and its name is often associated with healing, longevity, and immortality.

Rosemary has been used traditionally to treat muscle pain and arthritis and improve circulation.

Green tea has been used for medicinal purposes in China and Japan for thousands of years, and valued for its benefits as a stimulant, for heart health, cognitive health and more.

Benefits

Immune modulation: Reishi spore has an effect on modulating the immune system (1). Fermentation of reishi promotes its immunostimulatory activity (2).

Anti-inflammatory: Reishi is rich in triterpenes which have strong anti-inflammatory properties (3), which suppress the secretion of inflammatory cytokines and prostaglandins (4). Turmeric also helps modulate inflammatory mediators such as cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2), prostaglandins, and leukotrienes (5). Rosemary also has significant anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties (6, 7). Green tea and its ECGC compound has been found to act as an anti-inflammatory agent, shutting down chronic inflammation (8).

Joint health: Several studies have shown turmeric has an ability to manage pain and inflammation in cases of arthritis or joint pain. Compared with placebo, there appears to be a benefit of turmeric on knee osteoarthritis pain and function. Based on a small number of studies the effects are similar to that of NSAIDs (9). Green tea has potent anti-inflammatory properties that can alleviate pain progression and physical dysfunction in controlling the progression of both osteoarthritis and sarcopenia (10). Other studies suggest that green tea’s polyphenols may be useful in the prevention, onset and severity of arthritis (11).

Key actives

Turmeric has antioxidant properties (12), protecting the body from oxidative damage caused by free radicals. Fermented turmeric contains enhanced levels of tetrahydro-curcumin, a uniquely bioavailable compound with therapeutic effects (13).

Reishi spores contain 200% more triterpenes than the fruiting body, they are also rich in polysaccharides, which studies have highlighted can modulate immune function (14).

The most potent active components in rosemary are triterpenes, phenolic diterpenes and phenolic acids. Rosmarinic acid and carnosic acid possess the most medicinal anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidants effects (15).

The major polyphenolic antioxidants that are thought to be responsible for the anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic properties of green tea include epicatechin, epigallocatechin, epicatechin-3-gallate, and epigallocatechin-3-gallate (16).

Contraindications

There are some groups where caution is required: children and those nursing, pregnant (or considering pregnancy), and on medication or under medical supervision should consult their healthcare practitioner before using our supplements. Specific known contraindications (this list is not exhaustive):

Turmeric should not be taken in combination with anticoagulants, diabetic medication, blood thinners, cancer medication, tamoxifen, amlodipine, sulfasalazine and tacrolimus.

Rosemary should not be taken in combination with anticoagulants, aspirin, choline magnesium trisalicylate, salsalate, and diabetic medication.

Green tea should not be taken in combination with ephedrine, nadolol, atorvastatin, adenosine, antibiotics, contraceptive drugs, cimetidine, clozapine, dipyridamole, disulfiram, oestrogens, fluvoxamine, lithium, anticoagulants, pentobarbital, phenylpropanolamine, riluzole, theophylline, verapamil, warfarin, bortezomib, asthma medications, MAOIs, stimulants, rosuvastatin, carbamazepine, ethosuximide, felbamate, flutamide, imatinib, lisinopril, phenobarbital, phenytoin, valproate, diuretics, fexofenadine, nintedanib, pioglitazone.

Reishi spores should not be taken in combination with anticoagulants, anti-diabetic medication, blood pressure medication, or those with low blood pressure, and immunosuppressants