Turmeric

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

 

Below  is a press release from FreshPlaza on " liposomal turmeric " capsules. 

 

Can the process to make liposomal Vitamin C be used to make liposomal turmeric,

say instead of using Vit C, use turmeric powder instead?

 

Your views are most welcome.

 

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India: Turmeric may help offer treatments for colon cancer, psoriasis,

alzheimer's

Curcumin, an ingredient commonly found in yellow curry, is being viewed as a

promising disease-fighter. Scientists are working on developing nano-sized

capsules containing the curry ingredient in an effort to improve its absorption

and effectiveness in the body.

Curcumin is a potent antioxidant found in the Indian spice called turmeric.

The research team is developing nano-size capsule that would boost the body's

uptake of curcumin and help fight several diseases.

Trials are underway to test its safety and effectiveness in fighting colon

cancer, psoriasis, and alzheimer's disease.

The digestive juice in the gastrointestinal tract quickly destroys curcumin so

that little actually gets into the blood.

It is already known that encapsulating insulin and certain other drugs into

structures called liposomes can boost absorption.

The scientists prepared the liposomes encapsulating curcumin and fed them to

laboratory rats.

They found that encapsulating more than quadrupled absorption of curcumin, and

also boosted antioxidant levels in the blood.

The researchers said that encapsulating process could be an answer to the

problem of increasing curcumin's absorption in the digestive environment of the

gastrointestinal tract.

The study appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a

bi-weekly publication.

Source: expressindia.com

Publication date: 11/6/2009

 

[Guest guest]

There were some posts a while back that connected Piperine with problems with

some claiming that Curcumin was also more biio-available when taken with fats.

Hmmmm.

Wasn't it that wrote about things " being a two edged sword'?

We can help each other by being vigilant, diligent, and friendly always thinking

support not criticism.

Joe C.

Now it's late here on the East Coast and I'm going in...............to read a

bit.

[Guest guest]

To further the curcumin discussion, two points-

1) curcumin supplementation has become an important aspect of myeloma

(blood cancer) management.

http://beating-myeloma.org/search/node/curcumin

2) curcumin has also been identified has being a flu fighter too-

Emerson

Curcumin, an ingredient commonly found in yellow curry, is being

viewed as a promising disease-fighter. Scientists are working on

developing nano-sized capsules containing the curry ingredient in an

effort to improve its absorption and effectiveness in the body.

Curcumin is a potent antioxidant found in the Indian spice called

turmeric.

The research team is developing nano-size capsule that would boost the

body's uptake of curcumin and help fight several diseases.

Trials are underway to test its safety and effectiveness in fighting

colon cancer, psoriasis, and alzheimer's disease.