Turmeric (Curcumin) Do’s and Don’ts | Latest Evidence

Updated science-backed evidence behind Turmeric (Curcumin); especially when it comes to osteoarthritis, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, diabetes, PCOS, fatty liver. Also safety review and important interactions to know.

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[BS-deqy]

I would like to share: I am an avid Walker and do 5-7 miles each day. About a month ago I started to get some stiffness in my right knee. I had heard about tumeric over the years but had never used it other than adding it to a curry. At this point I decided to take tumeric. I used the ground powder from the supermarket and every morning put one teaspoon into warm ginger water. Let me explain that I love fresh ginger so each day I slice and boil some which I drink throughout the day. First thing in the morning I combine my warm ( not hot)ginger water with one teaspoon of tumeric. ( about 6-8 ounces of liquid in total) I then eat my breakfast. It has been one month and the stiffness has gone and I can continue my walking without any discomfort. By the way I am pushing 75 and feel amazing.

[a.j.rainey]

At the beginning of the pandemic I started turmeric, cayenne pepper, vitamin C, D3, Zinc and Quercetin. It’s been (3) years with not being sick, no allergies, sore joints and amazing BP reads (107/68). Not bad for a unvaxxed 75 year old who does not take meds.
Take charge of your health!

[yuyuwin]

My grandma was 112 years old when she passed away. I remember she eat fresh turmeric with meal every day. Even the turmeric leave is very good for health. She never sick. We are not like her anymore in our generation. Now I start trying to eat turmeric powder with hot water every morning. I realized it has significant benefits.

[tragus]

As a fellow physician I am so impressed with the clarity and accuracy you present the information!!! There is so much misinformation on social media and YouTube, it is refreshing to see information being disseminated based on evidence based medicine!!!

[BluesLicks]

I put turmeric on my eggs with bacon every day and its been very healthful... but I would never take it just by itself, as it is very inefficient on its own, i.e.: Its super important to understand when eating that turmeric requires HEAT and FATS and/or OILS and LOTS OF PEPPER accompany it for best absorption into the body.

[JustinLaem]

Thanks for discussing this topic! About a year and a half ago I was shocked to find out I had a fatty liver from a blood draw. I immediately went on a low card diet, did intermittent fasting and took milk thistle and turmeric supplements. After 3 months I reversed the fatty liver and lost 30 pounds.

[northerngirl]

I've been drinking my morning coffee with a quater tsp of tumeric (and bp) and cinnamon, twice a day. After a month, I no longer have osteoarthritis pain. I've also been walking briskly for 30 minutes a day. Another side-effect of tumeric (curcumin) is that it kills cancer stem cells that the chemo therapy doesn't. I've been buying organic tumeric powder, but will try the organic roots.

[AdriannaLaRoche]

I began to have my sugar in the mornings very high, and one day I include the turmeric root in my lunch & dinner salad, next morning my blood sugar was below 100, so I stopped to see if this one was the magic thing, and I repeat the recipe and voila! It did it again. I am so happy.

[shrijitmazumdar]

My love for turmeric is frm my childhood as im an indian, , we use daily in recipes but taking raw turmeric paste with black pepper powder helps a lot in different problems, , im taking this combo since 6 yrs nw, , miracle for everyone

[MusicLover-sbmo]

I mix 1 tsp of organic ground turmeric with hot steel cut oatmeal, melted butter, walnuts, blueberries, cinnamon, raw honey, pepper and grass fed yogurt for breakfast 4 days a week. Delicious and satisfying. The other three days, I add turmeric to my eggs with black pepper.

[philipsamways]

What an absolute treat to have a channel with genuine, fact-and research-based medical info. I take turmeric powder and a pinch of ground black pepper with my breakfast muesli, with milk. Its making a great difference to my arthritis knee pain. Wish id known about this years ago. As for talking to my doctor about turmeric...he'd probably know very little about it ! Well done and thank you

[funwheels]

I take my turmeric with bulletproof coffee. I read somewhere that not only the turmeric needs to be combined with pepper and oil. It should also be heated. So I make bulletproof coffee with a teaspoon turmeric powder, a dash of black pepper, a couple of tablespoons of good oil like MCT oil, pour in the hot coffee and blend it and viola: bulletproof coffee with turmeric. And this coffee replaces my breakfast, I break my fast during lunch, extending my fast for another 4 hours making it around 16-17 hours in total.

[joshbeyer]

I tried everything. For my stomach. And one day I got this idea to use turmeric powder in some capsules . All a sudden my heart burn went away . And my gut pain on the right lower side of my bowls went away.
It’s very strange.

And I feel better

[JackSquat]

I have just turned 69 years old and during the summer I took a ride on my bike. I live in a hilly area so i had to push myself a little but i took my time. After about 1/8 mile i felt winded so i stopped. The next day my right knee felt a little sore and it got worse over the next several days. The usual painkillers were in effective, so i had to limp around for a few weeks hoping my knee would improve. It didn't. And it was worse at night.I did some online research where i discovered the benefits of Turmeric curcumin. I bought some in capsules at a local pharmacy store over the counter and started taking two caps a day. I didn't notice any difference in the first week. I was still limping but didn't give up. In the second week i noticed the pain subsided a little. the third week was even more improvement and the pain was half of what it was the previous week. By the third week most of the pain was gone. The fourth week had no pain. Weeks later i kept up the regiman and do not notice any pain at all. With the benefits i learned here i am staying turmeric as a permanent regiman. life is good again. I am not ready to start acting like an old man yet.

[mauraronda]

I have severe arthritis and gout. Started taking Tumeric 500 mg gummies twice in evening and viatmin D3. It’s a miracle Gout stopped. Took three days only. . No pain and I feel amazing. Truly hope others can find a cure. Qunol gummies 500 mg and vitamin D3. This was suggested to me by my personal doctor.

[Coffeeismylifeblood]

Also,
Turmeric with anti-depressants helps better than either on their own.
I usually take 2T of fresh root with 4T ginger root, 1 lemon’s juice, 1t black pepper and blended with water. Sometimes I’ll add my “liquid sunshine” vitamin D and MCT oil.
supplement too. It helps with depression but I’m gonna try it consistently for a1c.


Integration is so important.

[fopelka]

Extremely thoughtful and well done. Curcumin is growing in popularity and having an informed medical review such as Dr. Kim provides is helpful to many.

[汪勤曜]

It’s crazy no one here is talking about “the hidden herbs” by Anette Ray…

[joshuadavis]

As a caregiver for my wife who is battling cancer. I would like to know how a cancer patient would take and benefit from this for aggressive metastatic ovarian cancer. Thank you for all the information you are sharing.

[Otis-and-Chloe]

Soooo. I buy fresh tumeric root in the produce section and fresh ginger root. Place in smoothie blender with water, just enough to cover the roots. About 1 inch of each root, probably 4 ounces water. Add black pepper. Blend, strain. I call these tumeric shots. I freze the strained pulp and use in my chicken stock. This has helped my seasonal allergies and my achy joints! Also, helps speed up muscle recovery from workouts. I add lemon juice and pink himalayan salt after blending. Stir and enjoy!