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Posted 12/5/2015 9:06 PM (GMT 0)
Turmeric alone does nothing for me. Brand does not matter.

I heard if you take it with pepper (in food, or even pepper corns), with make it more effective for pain.

Anyone do this?
Posted 12/5/2015 9:08 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, I mean regular black, table pepper.
Posted 12/5/2015 9:25 PM (GMT 0)
Astro - there are supplements that have Tumeric and Piperine (black pepper) combined.

I take curcumin - which is an active ingredient of Tumeric - but some Dr.'s believe that taking Tumeric is more effective even though it has a low amount of curcumin in it - something like 2 or 3 %.
Posted 12/6/2015 1:16 AM (GMT 0)
Curcumin 500 is made with bioperine, which is the compound in black pepper that helps with absorption. Oil also helps. And Thorne has a proprietary process that helps make curcumin more absorbable.

Personally, I've found it depends on which supplement I take. Curcumin 500 works the best for me. Followed by TurmericForce. Meriva really doesn't do much for me.
Posted 12/6/2015 6:10 AM (GMT 0)
i take turmeric with black pepper too. it helps with the joints, it is anti inflamatory.

there is a chemical in black pepper called piperine, it helps absorption but not only for turmeric/curcumin, it also works for CoQ10

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10715596
Posted 12/6/2015 4:57 PM (GMT 0)

sayyadina said...
Oil also helps.

Yes!!! Something I actually know enough to talk about. I got a hand out saying to take curcumin with a fatty snack or oil for better absorption . It also recommended taking either the Longvida, Meriva, or BCM-95 version of curcumin.
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