3. Learning
Turmeric is a very useful substance when it comes to boosting your ability to learn new subjects. Taken as a supplement, it may even do enough to be considered a ‘nootropic’ (nootropics are ‘smart drugs’ that help us to work better and smarter).
Turmeric can help us to learn new subjects because it is able to increase the production of BDNF – or brain-derived nootropic factor. This is a molecule in the brain that encourages the formation of new neural connections and new brain cells. In other words, it helps the brain to respond to learning and experience. This gives our brain its plasticity – the ability to change shape to adapt to the way we use it just like a muscle. More brain plasticity means greater learning.