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How many days should Tumeric supplements be stopped before taking the uPSA test?

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Posted 1/9/2020 7:39 AM (GMT 0)
I take 1000mg daily of Tumeric btw
currently, I stop 3 days ahead of the uPSA test
https://pcnrv.blogspot.com/2019/04/if-you-are-using-psa-to-monitor-your.html
If you are using PSA to monitor your cancer, you may want to avoid curcumin (and some other supplements)

Post Edited (jronne) : 1/9/2020 10:11:58 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 1/9/2020 1:44 PM (GMT 0)
Since you are testing your uPSA so frequently, why not try stopping it, say, a week before a test, then take it right up to the next test. You can be your own control! smile

Djin
Posted 1/9/2020 5:14 PM (GMT 0)
thx, I was wondering if there is a half-life in one's blood or body.

a supposed complaint about Tumeric is how quickly it leaves the body and how poorly it is absorbed.
Posted 1/9/2020 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
Poor bioavailability is the major hurdle in getting in vivo results to match the often excellent resuts in vitro results seen in the lab, when a substance is put in direct contact with PCa cells. The "gold standard" there is observing that PCa cells don't live on indefinitely like zombies, but rather undergo the process called apoptosis, the normal, programmed cell death that the majority of healthy cells in organs undergo. We don't want simply toxic substances, which would kill off healthy, as well as malignant, cells. Rather the goal is to get PCa cells to go against their genetics and die a "natural" death.

Djin

Post Edited (DjinTonic) : 1/9/2020 10:45:08 AM (GMT-7)

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