I have heard good things about Curcumin for inflammation and I think we are going to give it a try.
LLMD said he'd rather have me give our son curcumin instead of Motrin but I forgot to ask when/how to give it to him.
Does it need to be taken with food? After abx? Are there any side effects? Does it need to be taken away from any abx or supps?
I know ideally that everything needs to be spaced apart by a few hours BUT, there's only so many hours in a day.
Thanks for any ideas and help on this.
Posted by canefan17 (Member # 22149) on :
Get the turmeric with bromelain
Take 1 or 2 capsules twice a day
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
Good question. I've been taking it for about 3 wks. I'm not sure I'm taking it correctly myself.
I was worried it would upset my sensitive stomach, but it has been OK. I've been taking mine with food. One twice a day.
Hoping for good replies here! Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- For a child, I would start with Turmeric. Curcumin is Turmeric EXTRACT, stronger. So work up with turmeric.
I would take in the middle of a meal. You could start with it in foods. It's not hot at all (to me) but it can cause "burp back" so by cooking with foods, it becomes more digestible.
The Indian way to prepare is to saute an onion for a bit, add in your spices, and then the foods. This cooks and opens up the spices to be as full and digestible as possible.
Still, to get the full therapeutic dose, you'd want capsules, in addition to it prepared in foods, or along with foods that will help it work as the great food it is.
For anyone with gallbladder stress, the stronger Curcumin is not advised, but the weaker turmeric.
I have a bunch of great links collected but I just woke up and need to wake up before I can think enough to copy and paste that. I'll be back later with it. -
Posted by momintexas (Member # 23391) on :
Can it be taken with probiotics?
The only time in the middle of a meal I can work it in is lunchtime and that's when he takes his probiotics.
Posted by D Bergy (Member # 9984) on :
Probiotics are supposed to be taken on an empty stomach, but curcumin needs some kind of fat to absorb well. Some use Coconut Oil to help absorption.
I do not know if curcumin has any effect on probiotics or not.
Dan
Posted by rmsfnc (Member # 27539) on :
Now that I'm not nauseas and eating back to my normal self, my stomach is NEVER empty! lol
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
WHAT IT DOES: Turmeric root is bitter in taste and warming in action. It strongly reduces inflammation and mucus in all parts of the body, protects the liver, lungs and intestines . . . .
SAFETY ISSUES: Due to mucin-reducing effects, do not use the concentrated extract (curcumin) or oil in high doses, especially if you have bile duct obstruction, gall stones, or stomach ulcers. Use turmeric as a spice freely.
- full article at link above. From ``The One Earth Herbal Sourcebook'' (Tilltoson, et.al.)
Xu Y, Lin D, Li S, Li G, Shyamala SG, Barish PA, Vernon MM, Pan J, Ogle WO.
Curcumin reverses impaired cognition and neuronal plasticity induced by chronic stress.
Neuropharmacology. 2009 Sep;57(4):463-71.
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This group just changed their website and links don't work. I need to fix them but until I get around to that, the articles can be found by Googling the article name.
A recently published study investigated the effects of curcumin, a constituent of the botanical turmeric, on changes in cognition and memory caused by stress. . . .
In this new study, researchers investigated the effect of curcumin supplementation on stress-induced learning defects in mice. . . .
The results of the study showed that curcumin reversed memory deficits in a dose dependent manner, meaning increasing dosages of curcumin provided increasingly improved memory in the mice.
In addition, curcumin reversed the stress-induced increase in the levels of serum corticosterone, the primary hormone secreted during the stress response.
The researchers also found that the effectiveness of curcumin was similar to the effects of a tri-cyclic antidepressant.
. . . inhibited changes due to corticosterone-induced toxicity including preserving nerve cell connections, and inhibiting the corticosterone-induced activation of the enzyme calcium/calmodulin kinase II and stimulated glutamate receptor expression, which play a role in neurotransmitter secretion and certain kinds of memory and learning.
The researchers concluded, ``Thus, curcumin may be an effective therapeutic for learning and memory disturbances as was seen within these stress models, and
its neuroprotective effect was mediated in part by normalizing the corticosterone response, resulting in down-regulating of the phosphorylated calcium/calmodulin kinase II and glutamate receptor levels.'' -
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by rmsfnc: [QB] Now that I'm not nauseous and eating back to my normal self, my stomach is NEVER empty! lol
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