The importance of taking frankincense (boswellia) with a fatty meal.

Hi

So I learned something new today.

I know some people (including myself soon) take frankincense (boswellia) for lyme symptoms like inflammation/cytokines.

I've been looking a lot into why certain supplements don't work for some people, or only at certain times and under certain conditions.

Turns out, a lot of herbs are just really poorly absorbed.

Turmeric curcumin for example, unless paired with black pepper and/or in a liposomal form. Is literally barely absorbed.

Frankincense (boswellia) is another example.

But this one has a really simple solution, which is to take it with a fatty meal.

Boswellia has several different acids, and all of them are absorbed several folds better when taken with a fatty meal.

Here are 4 interesting graphs of the human plasma content of 4 of the boswellia acids, with and without a fatty meal:

First 2 graphs: https://i.ibb.co/k2qt05m/2021-07-30-12-02-1.png

Second 2 graphs: https://i.ibb.co/4w3msnn/2021-07-30-12-02.png

Notice how much difference it makes. And also, how much longer it stays in the system.

Here is the entire study:

https://docdro.id/uxjcozk

Take care!

Thank you Bailey 🤣🤣