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Glanced at the study. The supplement appeared to be 90mg of curcumin, taken twice daily. A quick google search says there are about 15 mg per tablespoon. That

Glanced at the study. The supplement appeared to be 90mg of curcumin, taken twice daily. A quick google search says there are about 15 mg per tablespoon. That would mean you'd need to eat about 6 tbsp of turmeric to get a comparable amount. Probably even more so, since I don't think turmeric is pure curcumin. For reference, the average curry or other dish using turmeric in my household takes about 1 tbsp, so at a glance I would consider it impractical to get that much naturally through your food. My next curiosity would be whether a smaller amount can show similar benefit, or whether it needs to be at a level only available in a supplement.

forgotmypw 9y ago
Does it build up in your body if you eat it often enough.
praneshp 9y ago
1 tbsp per person? I think I average 1 tsp for a 2-person dish, I should ask my mom if I should increase how much turmeric I use.
jk2323 9y ago
You could eat it with pepper, to increase potency.
cpcallen 9y ago
I think your numbers might be off. From https://www.livestrong.com/article/543411-how-much-curcumin-is-there-in-powdered-turmeric/ https://www.livestrong.com/article/543411-how-much-curcumin-... : "Turmeric contains approximately 2 percent curcumin by weight, so a tablespoon of turmeric, which weighs 6.8 grams, contains about 0.136 gram curcumin, or 136 milligrams." So that means the study quantity was equivalent to about two teaspoons a day.
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dandelany 9y ago
I think you got your units confused. A tablespoon of turmeric is more like 15 grams, 15000 mg. Turmeric is ~2% curcumin by weight, so you’d need 4500mg of turmeric to get 90mg of curcumin, or about a third of a tablespoon.
belltaco 9y ago
They used a patented extract of curcumin that's been processed for higher bioavailability so the numbers are not comparable. There are a lot of patented extracts that have been proven to be absorbed way better than just eating a lot of turmeric which does not result in curcumin reaching the blood or crossing the blood/brain barrier. For example, the extract Longvida uses SLCP and has been proven to be bioavailable to the brain. https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0032-1320664?__hstc=&__hssc=&hsCtaTracking=7e294ae3-c3dd-4439-aa7f-090228794d5f%7C8d8ccabb-4420-4009-9ee9-dc0eb5cab4d0 https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/1... There are other products like Curcuwin, Meriva.
dunham 9y ago
Wikipedia reports "Curcumin constitutes 3.14% (on average) of powdered turmeric"[1]. And the USDA nutrient database reports 1 tbsp ground turmeric weighs 9.4g [2] I think that works out to 0.295g or 295mg per tbsp (on average). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric [2]: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/292 https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/292
nosequel 9y ago
Or just take one Curcumin tablet from Biotest that has 500mg curcumin and 5mg piperine. Easy and no harsh aftertaste that would come with teaspoons of it raw.

forgotmypw 9y ago

Does it build up in your body if you eat it often enough.

praneshp 9y ago

1 tbsp per person? I think I average 1 tsp for a 2-person dish, I should ask my mom if I should increase how much turmeric I use.

jk2323 9y ago

You could eat it with pepper, to increase potency.

cpcallen 9y ago

I think your numbers might be off. From https://www.livestrong.com/article/543411-how-much-curcumin-is-there-in-powdered-turmeric/ https://www.livestrong.com/article/543411-how-much-curcumin-... : "Turmeric contains approximately 2 percent curcumin by weight, so a tablespoon of turmeric, which weighs 6.8 grams, contains about 0.136 gram curcumin, or 136 milligrams." So that means the study quantity was equivalent to about two teaspoons a day.

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dandelany 9y ago

I think you got your units confused. A tablespoon of turmeric is more like 15 grams, 15000 mg. Turmeric is ~2% curcumin by weight, so you’d need 4500mg of turmeric to get 90mg of curcumin, or about a third of a tablespoon.

belltaco 9y ago

They used a patented extract of curcumin that's been processed for higher bioavailability so the numbers are not comparable. There are a lot of patented extracts that have been proven to be absorbed way better than just eating a lot of turmeric which does not result in curcumin reaching the blood or crossing the blood/brain barrier. For example, the extract Longvida uses SLCP and has been proven to be bioavailable to the brain. https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0032-1320664?__hstc=&__hssc=&hsCtaTracking=7e294ae3-c3dd-4439-aa7f-090228794d5f%7C8d8ccabb-4420-4009-9ee9-dc0eb5cab4d0 https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/abstract/1... There are other products like Curcuwin, Meriva.

dunham 9y ago

Wikipedia reports "Curcumin constitutes 3.14% (on average) of powdered turmeric"[1]. And the USDA nutrient database reports 1 tbsp ground turmeric weighs 9.4g [2] I think that works out to 0.295g or 295mg per tbsp (on average). [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric [2]: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/292 https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/292

nosequel 9y ago

Or just take one Curcumin tablet from Biotest that has 500mg curcumin and 5mg piperine. Easy and no harsh aftertaste that would come with teaspoons of it raw.