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To late for my father I fear, but as long as my father and mother are content... on my advice they take Curcumin regularly http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/01/cu

To late for my father I fear, but as long as my father and mother are content... on my advice they take Curcumin regularly http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/01/curcumin%E2%80%99s-ability-to-fight-alzheimer-studied/ http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2015/01/curcumin%E2%80%99s-abilit...

agumonkey 10y ago
May I ask in what form and how much ?
- djohnston 10y ago
  Two forms for enhanced absorption have been used in supplements. First there is longvida curcumin (I purchase this through NOW), and the second is the aforementioned black-pepper mixture. Both have shown increased absorption into serum. I take 800mg per day. Check the bredesen protocol for more information.
  - blue1 10y ago
    But, does curcumin taken by mouth manage to cross the blood brain barrier?
gtrubetskoy 10y ago
Excellent advice, I read that you need to make sure turmeric is in combination with black pepper (bioperine) or it does not get absorbed. Another very important preventative (and even sometimes disease-reversing) measure for Alzheimers is teaching your body ketosis by consuming little to no carbs, eating more good natural fat and never ever touching processed ("low-fat") foods. It is believed that Alz. is inability of brain cells to metabolize glucose, but with ketosis they can power themselves with ketone bodies just as well. An obligatory reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367001/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367001/ Curiously, humans may be the only (or one of very few) species capable of ketosis: http://caloriesproper.com/ketosis-in-an-evolutionary-context/ http://caloriesproper.com/ketosis-in-an-evolutionary-context...
- harveywi 10y ago
  Another notable reference is "Alzheimer's Disease Is Type 3 Diabetes–Evidence Reviewed" [1]: "We conclude that the term "type 3 diabetes" accurately reflects the fact that AD represents a form of diabetes that selectively involves the brain and has molecular and biochemical features that overlap with both type 1 diabetes mellitus and T2DM." [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/
exhilaration 10y ago
The article you link to says that that curcumin can't cross the blood-brain barrier and the researchers had to "develop an atomizer to generate a curcumin aerosol" to deliver it intranasally. I too have read about the benefits of curcumin and try add turmeric to my meals whenever I remember but this article makes me question if it's actually reaching my brain.

agumonkey 10y ago

May I ask in what form and how much ?

djohnston 10y ago
Two forms for enhanced absorption have been used in supplements. First there is longvida curcumin (I purchase this through NOW), and the second is the aforementioned black-pepper mixture. Both have shown increased absorption into serum. I take 800mg per day. Check the bredesen protocol for more information.
- blue1 10y ago
  But, does curcumin taken by mouth manage to cross the blood brain barrier?

gtrubetskoy 10y ago

Excellent advice, I read that you need to make sure turmeric is in combination with black pepper (bioperine) or it does not get absorbed. Another very important preventative (and even sometimes disease-reversing) measure for Alzheimers is teaching your body ketosis by consuming little to no carbs, eating more good natural fat and never ever touching processed ("low-fat") foods. It is believed that Alz. is inability of brain cells to metabolize glucose, but with ketosis they can power themselves with ketone bodies just as well. An obligatory reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367001/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2367001/ Curiously, humans may be the only (or one of very few) species capable of ketosis: http://caloriesproper.com/ketosis-in-an-evolutionary-context/ http://caloriesproper.com/ketosis-in-an-evolutionary-context...

harveywi 10y ago
Another notable reference is "Alzheimer's Disease Is Type 3 Diabetes–Evidence Reviewed" [1]: "We conclude that the term "type 3 diabetes" accurately reflects the fact that AD represents a form of diabetes that selectively involves the brain and has molecular and biochemical features that overlap with both type 1 diabetes mellitus and T2DM." [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769828/

exhilaration 10y ago

The article you link to says that that curcumin can't cross the blood-brain barrier and the researchers had to "develop an atomizer to generate a curcumin aerosol" to deliver it intranasally. I too have read about the benefits of curcumin and try add turmeric to my meals whenever I remember but this article makes me question if it's actually reaching my brain.