curcumin dosage

Hi all. I am going to start curcumin in the coming week. I know the goal is 3 g per day. Can I start at 1 g and increase by 1 g each day or is that too aggressive?

What's the best dosage to start at and how should I increase? Meaning increase daily or every few days and by how much?

I started at 1 g a day and worked my way up. When I hit 3 g a day I started bleeding more so I am back to 2 and the bleeding has really slowed down and I feel pretty good. Once I no longer see blood I might try 3 again. If you aren't bleeding much or at all you could start at 3 g, it took my stomach a while to get used to all the curcumin.

Dosage may depend on what kind of curcumin you are using since there are types that say they deliver more (make it more bio-available) such as the bio-perine types. I always start any new supplement conservatively and move dose up if no symptoms show up.

I took (1) 500 mg pill of the bio-perine curcumin for 3 days and had IBS show up with multiple BM's. Other people have not had this happen.
I have no IBS or other symptoms taking as much as 3 g (3000mg) of straight 95% curcumin capsules.
I'm also trying out powdered (uncapsuled) 95% curcumin in oil and/or boiling water to dissolve it.

Please read up on warnings about not taking curcumin if you have certain medical conditions (diabetes, gallstones and others) or take blood-thinners.

I take six capsules a day of Doctor's Best 500 mg.

Totes, I always start anything with a small dose just to be sure I'm not allergic or it causes problems. I suggest you start with one capsule and go up one capsule a day until you get to two grams. See how you're feeling. If it's working, you can stay there (and save some money!). If you think you need more after that, you could go right up to three grams. But wait a week or two at that dose. It seems like a lot of us do well at three grams.

good luck!!