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Posted 9/18/2015 3:43 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Imagardner2.

I was thinking about trying Turmeric/Curcumin. Can you verify that you are taking 3000mg/day. And how did you arrive at that dosage ? Do you take it all at once, or do you space it out? Also, can you recommend a particular brand that you have had success with ?

Also, are you not taking any prescription medication ?

Thank You !
Posted 9/18/2015 6:24 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not Imagardner but I'll respond.

I've been taking 3000 mg/day (3 grams) every single day for almost two years. It works for me.

When I'm flaring, I go up to 6 grams per day. It got me off the prednisone in 7 weeks last time.

I recommend a good brand. I use what's in my signature below and the quality has been consistent. Over the last 20 months, I got one bottle with capsules that were a different shade of yellow than the others. I thought it wasn't as potent so I passed it along to my husband who takes curcumin for general health.

I take no other Rx meds for my UC because I'm allergic to mesalamines. Even my GI believes the curcumin works for me.

When I'm on 3 grams/day, I take it all with dinner. When on 6 grams/day, I take half with breakfast and half with dinner.
Posted 9/21/2015 11:54 AM (GMT 0)
Any thoughts Imagardner2 ?
Posted 9/21/2015 11:57 AM (GMT 0)
Thank You Kiptyn.

That amount just seemed like a lot. But i'll give it a try and see what happens.
Posted 9/21/2015 12:29 PM (GMT 0)
Uship

Yes I am taking 3g 95% curcumin/turmeric daily. (2) 500 mg capsules 3 times a day (6 times 500 mg=3 grams). No pepper in the capsules.
Previously I took less but increased my curcumin dosage when I had a bad episode with Colazal (nausea and skin rash) and had to stop it. I do not encourage anyone to stop RX meds and may in fact start again but so far so good.

All curcumin/turmeric capsules are not accepted by my gut. The ones with pepper (piperine) gave me IBS symptoms (increased BM's) when I took more than 500 mg. I gave that bottle to my hubby.
I also tried Jarrow 95% curcumin and same IBS.
The 95% curcumin/turmeric my gut prefers is only available directly from turmeric-curcumin.com.
I am an Amazon junkie so paying shipping hurts my wallet but the gut rules.

I suggest not going whole hog 3g immediately. Find a brand your gut likes and start to increase slowly.
The medical literature says that 3g is not a problem and in fact 8g was not found to be too much (not by me).
I am going to make some curcumin suppositories this week, just for fun ha.

edit to add: I just read kiptyn's post and she also passed her unwanted curcumin to her husband. Haha, me too.

Post Edited (imagardener2) : 9/21/2015 6:37:13 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/21/2015 12:58 PM (GMT 0)
Many times with Amazon you pay a little cheaper price than what you can find in a store so, even if you have to pay shipping, the price is similar to what you can get elsewhere. If the particular product you are looking at is not easily available anywhere else then I just consider the shipping to be part of the overall cost and not a factor.
Posted 9/21/2015 1:40 PM (GMT 0)
Shipping cost is zero ($0.00) with Prime.
Posted 9/21/2015 1:45 PM (GMT 0)
Thank You Imagardner :-)
Posted 9/21/2015 3:22 PM (GMT 0)
Ima- I also have issues with a lot of curcumin supplements, I will try your source and see how it goes.

Thanks!
Posted 9/21/2015 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
You might want to boil the curcumin for 10 minutes, for extra solubility. Possibly extra bio availability.

Perhaps cook with it, at the end of say stew.

Has little taste, mixed it with peanut butter the other day, could not taste it.

Also curcumin is also anti fungal.

Old Mike

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545698/

Posted 9/21/2015 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
Old Mike

Very interesting link. I knew that consuming oil/fat helped activate curcumin, now I'll have to consider how to "heat activate" curcumin. They do make curcumin/turmeric solution but I don't know to how calculate the dose. Glad that science is looking into this natural way to cool inflammation in our bodies.

PS I have no idea how to boil curcumin capsules.
Posted 9/21/2015 10:25 PM (GMT 0)
I am guessing that just empty the capsule into soup or stew will work.
I just had homemade French onion soup that my wife wanted, so I added 1300mg to my soup.
Could not taste it, but the napkin was stained yellow, so it for sure became more soluble.
I will probably pay dearly for eating all those onions,gas gas gas.
Old Mike
Posted 9/21/2015 11:02 PM (GMT 0)
Staining is a big issue with curcumin (capsules are no problem). My experiments making curcumin supps. have taught me how many things get stained yellow: countertop, fingers, wear old clothes and wear black undies haha.
Posted 9/21/2015 11:27 PM (GMT 0)
Well I don't have to worry about that.
I have no white or black undies.
Come to think of it I have no undies,just some red stained tighty whities.


Old Mike

Post Edited (Old Mike) : 9/21/2015 5:35:29 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 9/22/2015 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
Old Mike

Your article/link has started me looking into a more bio-available curcumin. Not with pepper since that just gets my gut angry. I found one that is made in Savannah GA that says it's water-soluble in capsule form. There's also turmeric extract available commercially but not many purveyors state what strength it is per dose.

Or maybe I'll try cooking with the capsules in coconut oil but every day dinner with curcumin may make my husband go to Denny's down the road haha.
Posted 9/22/2015 11:46 PM (GMT 0)
Imagardener:
I am thinking that all you have to do is heat curcumin in boiling water for a couple minutes.
As far as cooking with it, I cant really taste it.
OM
Posted 10/13/2015 4:24 AM (GMT 0)
K do you take the dr best curcumin c3?
Posted 10/13/2015 12:11 PM (GMT 0)
Is this ? for me? I'll answer anyway ha.
I don't take Doctor's Best or any brand of C3 with bio-perine (pepper). I tried that kind and it caused IBS with multiple BM's. I also don't use black pepper in food although oddly chili pepper is just fine (yes I know they are completely different plants).

Here is my current turmeric intake: 1/2 teaspoon of 95% curcumin powder (mfr Bulk Supplements) mixed in a small amt of coconut oil. This is equal to 1250 mg according to their pkg. At dinner I take (2) 500 mg 95% curcumin capsules (mfr. turmeric-curcumin.com). Total for day=2250 mg curcumin.

For a short while I quit the capsules after reading that they likely were not bio-available because curcumin is not water soluble therefore prob. not doing much. My gut spoke and said "bring back the capsules" so I did.
I am very happy with my results and have been taking some combination of curcumin for 3 months.

There are a lot of medical studies on the safety and efficacy of curcumin and many are referenced on the turmeric-curcumin.com site.

The difference between turmeric and curcumin is that there is a low amount of curcumin in turmeric (2 to 6%) so you cannot get enough just using turmeric to spice your food (but it wouldn't hurt).
Posted 10/13/2015 12:51 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you!!!!
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