Re: Re: Curcumin bioavailability and cancer

[Guest guest]

Think I read that the key to absorbing the turmeric is to use black pepper

along with it.

Sanr

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Curcumin aka Turmeric is a great anti-cancer supplement. A little expensive,

but not too bad.

The Life Extension 'Super Bio-Curcumin' looks very interesting. Says its

equal to 2772 mg's of a 95% curcumin extract. That's what I took, Dr's Best

brand w/Bioperene.

Dr's Best -

http://www.iherb.com/Doctor-s-Best-Best-Curcumin-C3-Complex-500-mg-120-Capsules/\

13?at=0

or http://bit.ly/ciGQJf

For a few dollars more, the Super Bio-Curcumin seems worth it.

[Guest guest]

I tinctured it; does this work as well as the powder or fresh root?

Sanr

It needs to be cooked to digest well. My yoga master taught us that 40

years ago.

GB

[Guest guest]

One of the main reason curcumin works better when cooked; it isn't the cooking

but fat in cooking makes it soluble

Sanr wrote:

I tinctured it; does this work as well as the powder or fresh root?

GB wrote:

It needs to be cooked to digest well. My yoga master taught us that 40

years ago.

[Guest guest]

 I would assume you're right. I haven't seen anything to dispute this...

> It needs to be cooked to digest well. My yoga master taught us that 40

> years ago.

>

[Guest guest]

If the Bioperine works as some very smart people say it does, then that seems to

be an easy way to work with it. That is how I took my 7- 9 g each day for a

few months. However, like most of us, we are going on another's words and

not by scientific evidence gathered by our own research.

Joe C.

From: joe dennis

Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 10:53 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] Re: Curcumin bioavailability and cancer

�I would assume you're right. I haven't seen anything to dispute this...

> It needs to be cooked to digest well. My yoga master taught us that 40

> years ago.

>

[Guest guest]

If you want effidence based on scientific experimentation :

http://www.curcuminoids.com/absorption.htm Our product curacurmine is based on

this association and it works

From: JoeCastron

Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2010

If the Bioperine works as some very smart people say it does, then that seems to

be an easy way to work with it. That is how I took my 7- 9 g each day for a few

months. However, like most of us, we are going on another's words and not by

scientific evidence gathered by our own research.

From: joe dennis

Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010

I would assume you're right. I haven't seen anything to dispute this...

> It needs to be cooked to digest well. My yoga master taught us that 40

> years ago.

>

[Guest guest]

Dear. I think there is a big confusion on this forum about pure curcuminoids and

raw turmeric. First are nearly pure molecules up to 95% and the second is just

the raw material as spice. The difference is that in raw roots, at best you 'll

find between 2.5 to 3.5% of curcuminoids when extracted... Clearly that means

that you have to ingest at least 20 more than a good extract... On a 2g daily

basis (if formulated with 3% piperine) you 'll have to take 60g of raw spice and

it 'll be less potent....

From: joe d

Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 1:59 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Curcumin bioavailability and cancer

Here is a cheaper way and better for you . 1lb.of turmic add 1oz of ground black

pepper. take a 1/2 tsp. 3X aday. the piperine in black pepper makes the curcumin

more bio-available.

Taking it this way; the cost is fractional of that of capsule .A 10 month supply

will cost about the same as one month supply of capsules . Also you have better

quality control.

[Guest guest]

God also gave us lots of plans we dare not consume at all and most down where I

live. Just playing here.

We're speaking cancer, not maintaining life during which taking Curry in goodly

amounts would be good. We're possibly speaking about an 'End Stage' Pathology

that calls for more than a diet change. In fact, if a person ate even

reasonably well, a change in diet would probably not arrest their cancer except

in rare cases. When those that are 'in the know' work with Curcumin, they

have come up with dosages that are shown to work. If the small amounts some

have used, in certain cases have worked, that's good and we're all happy. None

of that success negates the work of good people that have come to the

conclusion, after much work with Cancer patients, that more of us need more of

something.

We have often read how someone on the list has seemingly overcome their cancer

simply by cutting out all sugars and " white things " That is not going to work

for everyone. Synergy can be a valuable way to work with herbs but again,

Cancer is a pathology that more often than not, calls for a different approach.

This post is not meant to be argumentative, however, people's lives are 'on the

line' and when something is pretty well established as having efficacy, we need

to be sure that list members are not swayed to a belief that speaks otherwise

without more substantial evidence.

From: greatyoga

Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 6:37 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: Cur cumin bioavailability and cancer

Joe

Granted the curcumin found in turmeric is lower in concentration than pure

curcumin but this is Big Pharma thinking. Just get one compound and that is all

you need. I think God put plants on the earth as a whole and not as separate

parts and therefore the whole plant works synergestically. Diffferent areas use

different amounts of turmeric and different people in those areas use different

amounts. The answer is: It depends. My teacher( who was a yoga master) told my

wife to make a subji (basicaly a curry made from vegetables) with yogurt using a

tablespoon of turmeric a day.

GB

>

> One of the problems is that we have to give thought to the lower

concentrations of Cur cumin in Turmeric because it is but one of the

constituents not all of it. Apparently it is the Curcuminoids that have the

desired effect not the whole herb. However there is apparently benefits in those

areas where lots of Turmeric is used as a spice. ` I wonder how much Turmeric is

consumed in areas that use it in their dishes?

>

> Joe C.