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I buy bulk 95% powder, pop a piperine tablet, and dump 3/4 tsp of powder in my mouth - eating something with it to get it down. I experimented with mixing it wi
by blacksmith_tb 9y ago
I buy bulk 95% powder, pop a piperine tablet, and dump 3/4 tsp of powder in my mouth - eating something with it to get it down. I experimented with mixing it with various things, but it's hydrophobic and stains everything bright yellow, so the quicker the better. I was mostly interested in the anti-inflammatory properties, my family is full of arthritis, and between climbing and typing, I started noticing some in my hands once I hit 40. I do think it helps with that, and any improvements to memory or mood are a plus.
- michael_h 9y agoEating a spoonful of powder sounds like a nightmare I sometimes have.
- swapsmagic 9y agoTry mixing it with honey and have it, it will be much better.
- tomcam 9y agoOr an arguably more wholesome version of the YouTube meme of eating Tide pods
- Spooky23 9y agoMix it in a glass of warm milk with honey.
- kakarot 9y agoI used to have to do it every single morning for a bogus supplement pyramid scheme my guardian fell for. It doesn't get any less disgusting even after a couple years. They also sometimes made me drink hydrogen peroxide mixed with water, but that's another story.
- blacksmith_tb 9y agoIt's a small spoonful, I don't find it hard. You can certainly find things it will mix with (like yogurt, peanut butter, or honey) but it is really in another league when it comes to staining things, and I don't find that worth the trouble.
- jcims 9y agoEver try filling your own capsules?
- smellf 9y agoI have - filling by hand (set up opened capsule halves, pick up larger half, scoop and pack powder into it, close it with other half, repeat) for something you take daily gets really old really fast. If you know a better way I'm all ears, as I'd love to keep filling my own piracetam capsules (commercial caps are 800mg, way too strong for me) but hate actually doing it.
- jcims 9y agoThey make bulk capsule fillers that might help a little. It's still manual but not quite as fiddly. You can find them on amazon for ~$25
- richardjdare 9y agoWhen I took Piracetam I used a Cap M Quik machine[1] to make batches of 50 capsules at a time. Took about 15-20 minutes to make a batch and I was pretty leisurely about it. [1]https://www.cap-m-quik.com/ https://www.cap-m-quik.com/
- calimac 9y agoIt does stain everything bright yellow!
- swapsmagic 9y agoInstead of taking tablets, try adding as an ingredient into your daily food. I think that will make it much easier to eat. Try cooking any Indian curries and turmeric is 90% of time default spice.
- taco_emoji 9y agoCurry is delicious, but it'd get pretty boring to eat it EVERY day.
- komali2 9y agoI wasn't achieving my weight goals like I hoped so I threw my arms up and said "FUCK IT chicken and sweet potatoes for lunch from now on." I've been eating curry-powdered baked chicken for maybe 3 months straight for lunch nearly every day and somehow it's fine. Mostly I'm craving the massive amount of protein it gives me so maybe my body is overriding any "boredom" of the food?
- oligopoly 9y agoYour body gets used to what you are eating and you actually start to crave that homemade stuff if you go on holidays. I've been eating chicken curry, rice and broccoli for the past 7 years. Only eat something else on cheat days twice a month and the occasional times I buy minced meat. Not really that hard. Tastes great and honestly if you mind too much how the food taste your goals are somewhere else and/or have depleted your mouse buds. Even steel cut outs taste great with only little added salt.
- komali2 9y agoOvernight steel cut oats + flaxseed + chia seed + peanutbutter = my breakfast for the last 4 months. Are we on the same diet?
- vilmosi 9y agoI understand what you're saying but I have a hard time believing you eat the same thing every day without getting bored.
- batter 9y agoFor arthritis i would advise simple and cheap solution: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7889887 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7889887
- neltnerb 9y ago95% what? curcumin or turmeric extract? I ask because I've ordered plant extracts on alibaba and did GC analysis. From the labeling it is pretty difficult to tell which you're getting. One may be very high purity curcumin while the other is curcumin alongside all the other components extracted. This, for instance: https://purebulk.com/curcumin-turmeric-extract-powder/ https://purebulk.com/curcumin-turmeric-extract-powder/ seems like what you probably would find with a simple search, and there's not even a mention of the actual curcumin concentration.