Turmeric is a wonder spice that anyone and everyone would benefit from by working into their meals at every opportunity.

The top ten health benefits of turmeric...

https://www.thedetoxdiva.com/top-10-h...s-of-turmeric/

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I agree Knight, Turmeric has many benefits. I take Solaray Turmeric (95% curcumin) 300mg capsules daily. Also, I generously sprinkle Turmeric spice on my hot vegetable dishes, like cauliflower or brussel sprouts. https://www.natmedtalk.com/f31/21126-...ncer-more.html

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Turmeric is excellent, but there are absorption issues. There is a co factor in black pepper that helps it get absorbed.

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May help prevent blood pressure rising

Hypocholesterolemic effects of curcumin

Turmeric is magical Knight. No doubt.

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Lots of info on this page, although they do promote a product, which by the way I think is the best. https://www.turmeric-curcumin.com/ At least they do reference other sites of info.

Here is interesting data on the bioavailabilty of curcumin. https://www.curcuminresearch.org/bioavailability.html It is questionable whether it really is a problem. It doesn't seem so for mice. One of the administrations is liposomal. I would not trust that at all. Not for anything. Way more side effects. Sometimes it is the body that protects itself from harm, instead of plant components not being absorbed. Take saponins for example. If I need to force my body to take something, I'll take a drug. That's what they do.

Anyway it does appear that peperine does increase bioavailability in humans by inhibiting glucuronidation. Glucuronidation using human liver microsomes has traditionally involved disruption of the membrane barrier, usually by detergent treatment, to attain maximal enzyme activity. That doesn't sound comforting.

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Patrick Holford in his excellent book 'Say No To Cancer' notes that 'human trials have shown that curcumin can be used in doses up to 8g daily for up to 18 months without toxicity.'

This is for isolated curcumin in supplement form. (Only around 5% of turmeric is curcumin, so you'd have to consume 160g of turmeric a day to get that amount!!!!! * By my reckoning, one teaspoonful is about 3.5g) That is a very large dose. So as well as its highly impressive health credentials, it has the added benefit of being pretty much impossible to OD on.

I understand that curcumin is currently in human clinical trials for a number of cancers, incl. colon, pancreatic and multiple myeloma.

With all of this info, I'm surprised that pharmaceutical industry hasn't run away with it. They are good at micronizing and isolating stuff from plants.

I hope I would not have to resort to turmeric for something as invasive as cancer. However great it is, the body just doesn't have to means to give it justice. But I do like to take the whole herb. After all, there are several curcuminoids in turmeric, each with unique benefits.

It is fine to take turmeric on a daily basis, and everyone concerned about their health should be doing just that, however, I would suggest also taking curcumin.

Curcumin is a mixture of curcuminoids that are found in turmeric. Turmeric is poorly absorbed as per article above, and since turmeric contains only about 5% curcumin, turmeric would be beneficial to health only if taken on a daily basis.

Taking 500mg of curcumin per day would be equal to taking about 10 grams of turmeric, however, since curcumin is also very poorly absorbed, only about 25mg to 50mg would be absorbed. By encapsulating curcumin in a liposome, the absorption can be increased to as high as 75%, which is about a 10 fold increase, and is well worth considering.

I would also suggest liposomal forms of vitamin C, CoQ10, resveratrol, and glutathione for maximum absorption.

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They tried and failed with graviola - and laetrile. I'm sure they'd fail with curcumin as well.
These 3 already have the perfect delivery system, what nature intended, their natural state!

Which does pose the question, where are they running with this? I can get a decent sized jar of premium grade turmeric down the road in my local store for around �2.

Herbal cures like Essiac do require the assistance of a qualified herbalist to supply the correct herbs.
What you might call DIY cancer cures like Budwig's (cottage cheese/flaxseed) and the bicarbonate of soda and pure maple syrup cancer remedy are readily attainable. As is turmeric.

Now we're in the Internet age and knowledge is freely available, I'm feeling the tide is turning for the Cancer Industry.

I'm not sure this absorption issue hasn't been overplayed. Turmeric is a regular in the diets of hundreds of millions of Indians. They have much lower rates of cancer and Alzheimers is virtually unheard of. It was these things that first inspired scientists to investigate the medicinal properties of turmeric.