topic Re: Turmeric in Wellness

Turmeric

Jo1313 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:02:05 GMT

Dr. told me to try turmeric complex with black pepper for inflammation..

Anyone have good results from it?

Any adverse side effects?

DIL has a lot of allergies..Her face broke out in a rash and her throat was closing.Of course she stopped it.

I took the first one today..I was wondering if there is anything I should look out for?

Re: Turmeric

chickenbutt — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:05:41 GMT

I use them but, TBH, I can't even remember why. Consequently, I don't know if they are doing what they should but it WAS good advise to use one that has the black pepper (or there's another name for that that I'm sure somebody else remembers). I recall hearing that it was imperative for absorption or something like that.

My only complaint - the ones I have are capsules and that yellowy/orangey powder is a bit of a pain so I try to be careful when I put them into my weekly vitamin container thingy.

It will get on your hands and nails, turning them yellow. I keep one of those disposable clear gloves in the basket with the vitamin bottles so I can put that on for when I handle those.

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Jersey Born — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:07:16 GMT

As long as you are not on blood thinners, and you are not allergic to it, you should be just fine. I heard it keeps certain autoimmune conditions under control and it helps the body to fight against cancer, years ago, so I have taken it on and off over the years. No side effects for me at all. I believe it benefits the body in fighting inflammation.

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RetRN — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:13:10 GMT

I ordered some turmeric curcumin plus black pepper, it said to use as an anti-inflammatory to help relieve joint pain. I don't think it did anything for me.

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RespectLife — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:21:13 GMT

DH used it for many months with absolutely no difference at all.

He had no side effects but he also had no results!

Finsihed the bottles and stopped.

He said it was a big waste of money.

JHHO

(Just HIS humble opinion) LOL

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10sluvr — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:32:36 GMT

i'm using it and for me, it helps. I use Bio schwartz turmeric curcumin w/ pepper. i use 2 caps per day. i noticed an improvement with in 5 days(3cap per day, to start with) and then i reduced to 2 per day. this brand has good reviews and i believe it was a recommendation, from these boards. Maybe do a search for turmeric, in wellness. For me it was a cheap investment, if it helped with my knee and ankle soreness.

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Shelbelle — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 19:56:28 GMT

I have used several different brands and found Qunol to be the most potent.

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Pecan Sandie — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:04:35 GMT

I've been taking Qunol Gummies, Turmeric & Ginger, for three weeks and have noticed less stiffness in knees and ankles. So far there's no side effects for me. These also have a tangerine flavor, which I love.

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msgb — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:19:58 GMT

Due to an allergy to Tumeric I have been taking ginger. It has sort of the same properties that tumeric is to have but a bit less.

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BlueFinch — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:22:40 GMT

I tried it for three months. I didn't notice any difference in inflammation. I did notice that if I didn't take it with my largest meal, it gave me heartburn, which is not common for me. No other side effects. I gave it up. Won't try again.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:30:15 GMT

Turmeric works for me but not just any turmeric. I look for one with 100% curcumin extract (standardized to 95% purity) + black pepper added to it for absorption in the gut. Be sure to read the label carefully. If you see 'blends', 'blended with' or 'proprietary' that's a good indication the supp contains a mixture of turmeric spice root powder (cheap stuff) and extract (expensive stuff) which would be reflected in the lower price. Pure extract is what you want b/c that contains the active component (curcumin or curcuminoid) which is what gives us relief from pain/inflammation. Recommended amount is approx 1500 mg daily, usually divided into 2 or 3 doses taken with food.

Some people say that turmeric never worked for them. That might be b/c they weren't taking the extract but rather the root powder. Another reason why some say it doesn't work could be b/c their dose was too low. Dosage is important.

Currently I am taking this Qunol brand. It has the extract + black pepper. I've done a lot of research about the various brands of turmeric and to me this one is the best I could find. I take two daily with food, one in the AM and then another in the PM.

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pdlinda — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:51:18 GMT

@SilleeMee I've been taking the Mega Foods Turmeric Curcumin Extra Strength brand for about 2 yrs and it has helped me tremendously achieve less inflammation throughout my body.

It is expensive but I trust the MegaFood brand.

I put 2 caps into my morning smoothie.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 20:54:13 GMT

@pdlinda wrote:
@SilleeMee I've been taking the Mega Foods Turmeric Curcumin Extra Strength brand for about 2 yrs and it has helped me tremendously achieve less inflammation throughout my body.

It is expensive but I trust the MegaFood brand.

I put 2 caps into my morning smoothie.

@pdlinda

That one looks good! Excellent ingredients.

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Shelbelle — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:52:14 GMT

Sillie, I recently got a great deal on ebay on 2 Quonol 360 in total, I grabbed them. After all of our research, I do think this one is the best.

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pdlinda — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:13:26 GMT

@SilleeMee Yes, I love the Mega Food brand because all their ingredients are derived from actual plants/food.

I've also had a LOT of success with their Immune Booster product that I also use whenever I feel a cold/virus coming on.

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hckynutjohn — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 22:44:42 GMT

@Jo1313

I was interested so I read about it. This was a few years ago, don't know about black pepper part. Once I saw "can thin the blood", just paraphrasing, I quit reading.

Now having had 16 Colonoscopies, 15 with Gastro Doctors trying to find the bleeding source? Anything that mentions "blood thinner" is X-NO facto for me. My only potential blood thinner, is my prescribed 81mg children's aspirin each day.

hckynut 🇺🇸

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pdlinda — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 23:05:55 GMT

@hckynutjohn Very understandable. Not every nutritional product is appropriate for everybody.

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PickyPicky3 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 23:56:37 GMT

@hckynutjohn John - All those colonoscopies and still no answer? Sounds like what I went through in 1994 following hospitalization for an e-coli infection. It took two years (!) and the involvement of the CDC (!?!) to get diagnosed. I hope they're not starting to say it's "emotionally caused" like they did to me. (It wasn't.)

It was solved by eliminating dairy from my diet. Since then many docs say I must have been lactose intolerant before the e-coli and never noticed. Yeah, right. Have you tried eliminating different foods?

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hckynutjohn — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 02:40:41 GMT

@PickyPicky3

Think I was up to the number 9 Colonoscopy in 2008, and I swallowed the camera pill. The camera pill took over 3,000 pictures, but did not detect the source of the bleed.

Next they sent me to a different hospital. It was the only one around that had the equipment to do a Double Balloon Enteroscopies. They first did an Upper Double Balloon Procedure, where it checks the small intestines. The colon was done the next day.

Unlike a 15-20 minute Colonoscopy, this equipment pulls each section of the colon past a High Definition Camera. It was over a 4 hour procedure.They found the bleed and were able to laser it to stop the bleeding. I went home 2 days later, which was a total of 32 days in the hospital.

I won't go into the whole story, but that bleed fix, lasted about 5 weeks. And thus the Colonoscopies started adding up again. They will not do the Double Balloon without first doing a Colonoscopy, maybe 2 of them, 2 days apart.

The last Colonoscopy I had was 4 weeks ago, along with an Endoscopy. The Colonoscopy was done to check the last bleed repair, still holding together. That was Endoscopy number 26, because of my Barrett's Esophagus. So no bleeding and my Barrett's is the same as the last one in 2019.

For now I am ok with the Colon bleeding, as long as I steer clear of blood thinners. The Endo is now every 3 years for my Barrett's, a precursor to Esophageal Cancer.

Foods had nothing to do with either if my problems, so that part has never been an issue.

Hopefully, you are still going ok in that regard. Stay well now,

hckynut 🇺🇸

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123SuzyQ123 — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:54:42 GMT

It helps me with the one problem that I take it for, and that is an infected tooth! It has saved me from having to go to the dentist a few times! And yes, I do need to just get the tooth pulled, but the tooth is the one that my bridge hooks onto, so I have to keep the tooth!

But when I can tell that it is getting infected, I take 2 or 3 of my turmeric with black pepper tablets and in a couple of hours, the infected tooth is better!

Edited to add that I've had no side effects, but I do not take it every single day, I usually only take a couple when I can feel that tooth starting to flare up.