Recent clinical research suggests that a natural food supplement called nanocurcumin
· Reduce inflammation
· Regulate the immune system
· Improve thyroid health
in people with hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT)
While nanocurcumin is NOT a cure and should not replace medical treatment, human studies in people with hashimoto's thyroiditis have shown encouraging results.
What is hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT)?
Why Are Scientists Interested in nutrition and specific nutrients for hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT)?
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a chronic autoimmune disease associated with:
- inflammation
- oxidative stress
- immune dysfunction
Certain nutritional strategies, including food supplements can target and improve all of these areas and hence may provide significant benefit to people with HHT
At a Glance: What Does Human Research Show?
There are 2 human studies regarding curcumin supplementation in people with HT (not lab studies or studies in animals)
Across these published human studies, curcumin supplementation has consistently been associated with improvements in people with HT.
One 2026 randomized controlled clinical trial of 57 individuals diagnosed with HTcompared an anti-inflammatory diet to an anti-inflammatory diet + curcumin. The people who took the curcumin had:
- decreases in anti-thyroid peroxidase (indicating less autoimmunity)
- decreases in TSH (indicating less thyroid stimulation because more thyroid hormones are being produced)
- slight increase in HDL or 'good' cholesterol.
The researchers wrote:
'Curcumin may have possible benefits for thyroid autoimmunity'
Another 2026 randomized controlled clinical trial reported curcumin led to decreases in
- IL-6 - interleukin 6 - a pro-inflammatory molecule
- high sensitivity (hs) CRP levels - another pro-inflammatory molecule
- NF-κB levels ( NF-κB controls immune response, inflammation, and cell survival)
But the people who followed the healthy diet but did NOT take curcumin had increases in inflammation (hsCRP and NF-κB)
The researchers wrote:
Curcumin, by reducing inflammation, can be effective as an adjunctive treatment alongside an anti-inflammatory diet in individuals with Hashimoto's thyroiditis
The Problem with Standard Curcumin
One of the biggest challenges with conventional curcumin supplements is that very little is absorbed after it is swallowed.
This poor absorption means that although curcumin has impressive biological activity in laboratory studies, much less reaches the bloodstream and tissues in humans where it can have benefit.
This may help explain why clinical studies using standard curcumin have often produced disappointing results.
Nanocurcumin: A Better Form of Curcumin
Nanocurcumin is designed to overcome one of the biggest limitations of conventional curcumin by dramatically improving its absorption.
Because the curcumin particles are much smaller, more of the active compound can reach the bloodstream and the tissues where it is needed and can have benefit.
This improved bioavailability has led researchers to investigate whether nanocurcumin may produce better clinical outcomes from standard curcumin.
Nanocurcumin and other autoimmune disease
Human research studies have shown benefit of nanocurcumin in 10 different autoimmune diseases!
Omega 3 supplementation in Hashimoto's had the following benefits:
- reduced inflammation
- anti-inflammatory effects
- increased T4
- Reduced autoimmunity (lower levels of Anti-TPO)
At Phytaphix, we know the science!
That’s why we’ve built the HT bundle
Our Evidence-Based HT Bundle
