Another great power food that changed my life. The curcumin in turmeric is amazing. Adding turmeric with black pepper to so many of my dishes has cleared my horrible dermatitis and eczema and there was a horrible skin problem i had on my leg that was fungal and I thought would be there forever has nearly cleared with a combination of lubriderm and tea tree oil applied topically and the turmeric and pepper combo. One problem with curcumin is its low levels of bio-availability. Most of the curcumin that is ingested gets metabolized before it can get absorbed. Piperine is said to help make curcumin more bio-available. This could be because it could inhibit certain intestinal digestive enzymes. This increases the amount of any drug or supplement that can be absorbed by the body. They also do not get degraded quickly. Hence, there are studies to test if co-administering curcumin with piperine could improve the bioavailability of the former. These studies have been conducted on humans and laboratory animals. One study found that when even 2g of curcumin was ingested, its serum levels were very low. However, when 20mg piperine was added to curcumin the bio-availability increased by 2000%. The bio-availability, serum levels and levels of absorption of curcumin all improved dramatically. Thus, if one tales turmeric, most of it is not utilized unless supplemented by add-ons such as black pepper. poweroffood/10-reasons-to-use-turmeric/
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 02:17:42 +0000
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