Turmeric/curcumin..ok but don't forget black pepper

[fullofbeans]

Turmeric absorbtion is greatly enhanced (up to 2000 x apparently) when taken at the same time as pepper.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=9619120

the effectiveness of oral supplementation with curcumin has been limited by poor absorption into the bloodstream through the digestive tract. In the past, a few formulators worked around this problem by adding a derivative of black pepper, piperine, which enhanced the absorption of ingredients such as curcumin:
http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2007/oct2007_report_curcumin_01.htm



anti-cancer saisonning for salad:

-olive oil
-turmeric
-black pepper
-garlic

[RhondaH]

http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=22376&highlight=szechuan+pepper

AND oregano for lung cancer:)

Rhonda

[Sherryg683]

Is this pepper in capsule form? I have always taken tumeric but didn't know about the pepper..sherryg

[fullofbeans]

All I am saying is to continue taking curcumin but with black pepper (in the same Meal). Rhonda your link sent me somewhere else that what I think you had anticipated.

Anything from the peperine family will do I beleive. I read about black pepper so I personally stick to that. . Curry always contains some black peppers. Cayenne pepper I think would work.