Turmeric/curcuma

smokeyjoe

Silly question, you can buy turmeric/curmumin on the grocery shelf. They have it at the health food supplement shops too in pills which are far more expensive!!! Is there a difference??? If you buy it from the grocery store or supplement forms what amounts do you take of either. (Are the pills at supplement shops just a "cash grab")??

johnnybegood

sorry
i cant answer your question but i had just read the book Anticancer a new way of life and i am now incorperating tumeric in my diet as far as putting it in my foods such as on fish and chicken.the book does suggest you add black pepper with it also...good question,im sure somebody will chime in with better info....Godbless...johnnybegood

smokeyjoe

johnnybegood said:

sorry
i cant answer your question but i had just read the book Anticancer a new way of life and i am now incorperating tumeric in my diet as far as putting it in my foods such as on fish and chicken.the book does suggest you add black pepper with it also...good question,im sure somebody will chime in with better info....Godbless...johnnybegood

Hey there, yeah when I do
Hey there, yeah when I do take it I use black pepper too...apparently it's not water soluble either and it's best with some kind of oil/fat....so I mix it with grape seed oil and gulp it down (weird way to take shots!!! Yes, I do this in a little shot glass!!!) ...it's really yucky tasting, but it's over with fast Hey, I could do jello curcumin shots!!!

tanstaafl

both
Use both some. Soup the tumeric and take curcumin caps. Would like to do better.

annalexandria

My understanding
from the studies I've looked at is that you need to take pretty high doses, difficult to achieve with the spice from the gorcery store (Curcumin is a concentrated form of tumeric). I take either 1 or 2 500 mg. capsules a day, followed up by some kind of cancer fighting veggie like cabbage, brussel sprouts or kale in a dressing of olive oil, basalmic vinegar and black pepper. I don't know precisely how much oil and pepper are needed, so I just use the amount that makes it taste good! I have found that I have to take a break from it after a week or so, as it causes some significant diarrhea. That resolves in a few days and I go back on it. This is one of those "can't hurt, might help" kinds of things for me. Ann
PS If you want some clinical data, MD Anderson has some studies they have done.

Nana b

annalexandria said:

My understanding
from the studies I've looked at is that you need to take pretty high doses, difficult to achieve with the spice from the gorcery store (Curcumin is a concentrated form of tumeric). I take either 1 or 2 500 mg. capsules a day, followed up by some kind of cancer fighting veggie like cabbage, brussel sprouts or kale in a dressing of olive oil, basalmic vinegar and black pepper. I don't know precisely how much oil and pepper are needed, so I just use the amount that makes it taste good! I have found that I have to take a break from it after a week or so, as it causes some significant diarrhea. That resolves in a few days and I go back on it. This is one of those "can't hurt, might help" kinds of things for me. Ann
PS If you want some clinical data, MD Anderson has some studies they have done.

You can add it to all your
You can add it to all your favorite dishes with a couple dashes of pepper, that will help. I also take 1 or 2, 500 mg a day.

pete43lost_at_sea

i am hammering the tumeric
have been on 2x3.8mg morning and night since january

the product info indicates its got some other anti inflamation bits and pieces.
just taking naturopath advice, its expensive but i feel worth it. does not cause me diarrhea.
i also add fresh tumeric to most dishes.

hugs,
pete

ps product detail
http://www.metagenics.com.au/products/inflavonoid-intensive-care-30-tablets

abrub

I was told to add turmeric to any foods
cooked with a fat (oil, butter, or natural fats) as the turmeric also needs fats to be properly absorbed. (My source - Sloan Kettering Integrative Medicine.)