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Focus and drive: How Thomas Robson-Kanu is taking The Turmeric Co. global
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Thomas, how did The Turmeric Co. get its start?
My father and I officially founded the Turmeric Co. in 2018, but the range of turmeric shots we brought to market at that time was over a decade in the making.
At the start of my career as a professional footballer, I underwent major surgeries that left me with inflammation and swelling in my knees. They say innovation is born from necessity – well, at this time my father turned to natural nutrition to help me recover from those surgeries and the pain I was experiencing. He started to experiment with various ingredients and extraction processes in the kitchen, using raw turmeric alongside ginger root, watermelon, pomegranate, pineapple and black pepper to develop his own range of blends.
Not only did these turmeric shots help me to get back on track after my surg
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Giving The Game Away
Tanni Grey-Thompson was born with spina bifida and subsequently became paralysed at the age of 7. Six years later, inspired by Paralympic legend Chris Hallam, Tanni began wheelchair racing and instantly fell in love with the sport. Tanni had won her first race within three years of starting, and just two years after that, Tanni won the London Wheelchair Marathon. This was the first in a long list of competitive wheelchair successes, and a testament to the mental strength required to overcome hardship and to compete at the very highest level of sport.
At the age of just 19, Tanni competed at the Seoul Paralympic Games and took bronze for the 200m. From that point onwards, having had a taste for the Games and the intense training process it demands, Tanni set her sights on achieving more success; which she certainly did.
In 1992 at the Barcelona Games, Tanni elevated herself to the world sporting elite with four gold medals, a feat she would subsequently repe
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Football’s secret weapon: Robson-Kanu talks food as medicine
Former Premier League and international footballer International footballer Thomas ‘Hal’ Robson-Kanu talks about food as medicin and explains how turmeric turned his career around.
Professional footballer Thomas 'Hal' Robson-Kanu has developed sport's secret weapon
Everybody has a theory when it comes to sports nutrition, from marathon runners consuming vats of pasta before a race to aspiring boxers knocking back raw eggs in a bid to build muscle. While the science behind most of these practices is perhaps dubious, there is one ingredient that more and more of the elite sporting world is turning to: turmeric.
Indeed, that vibrant spice that many keep at the back of their cupboard does, in fact, have a range of benefits for athletes and mere mortals alike.
As a result, numerous brands have recently started providing turmeric supplements; particularly in the form eller gestalt of a juice shot. None, however, have th