Posted by dessbee on January 25, 2007, at 13:39:52
In reply to Re: Curcumin - Dosage?, posted by Jimmyboy on January 25, 2007, at 12:05:07
I do not think you need to worry about Lithium since turmeric is not dehydrating like caffeine or alcohol.
Regardless of turmeric or curcumin supplement there seems to be a problem with absorption of curcumin:
Little curcumin, when eaten, is absorbed. 2 grams of curcumin alone resulted in undetectable to very low serum levels. Co-supplementation with 20 mg of piperine (extracted from black pepper) significantly increased the absorption of curcumin by 2000%
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9619120&dopt=Abstract
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