Eating Curcumin

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Eating Curcumin

Postby DenverGuy » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:12 am

I have given up on trying to find a curry sauce that doesn't have coconut milk or oil. Does anyone know of any other ways to get it into food? I was thinking about mixing it with pepper and dumping it on potatoes, but I don't know if that would taste good.
I keep it simple and don't do complicated recipes.
Thanks.
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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby JeffN » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:25 am

Why do you feel the need to specifically consume curcumin?

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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby DenverGuy » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:32 am

Jeff, I have heard that the supplements are not very bio-available, and that curcumin/turmeric are very beneficial. Your thoughts? Thanks!
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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby JeffN » Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:41 am

There is no proven reason to specially include it. “Hearing” something, is near the bottom of the totem pole of evidence. We never make a point of adding it to food, or instructing clients to consume it. It’s based on the old super food theory. What matters most is your overall diet and lifestyle not a single spice or food.

The diet and lifestyle we recommend is very anti-inflammatory (a supposed benefit of curcumin) and if your overall diet and lifestyle isn’t, a spice isn’t going to help (and misses the point) of the simple easy lifestyle we recommend.

If you start down that road of thinking, that you better also add beets, broccoli sprouts, maringa, amla, psyllium, olive oil, green tea, blueberries, Greek yogurt, fermented soybeans, cinnamon, DHA, probiotics, berberine, phystosterols, cocoa powder, etc etc.

If you were real concerned just buy a curry spice, as most of them have curcurmin in it. There are many mcdougall curry dishes in the recipe section that you can then use it with

https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/educ ... item=Curry

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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby DenverGuy » Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:08 am

Hey thanks. I appreciate all the info, and the link, too. Good stuff there.
P.S. I was surprised to see blueberries in that list.
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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby JeffN » Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:52 am

DenverGuy wrote:Hey thanks. I appreciate all the info, and the link, too. Good stuff there.
P.S. I was surprised to see blueberries in that list.


You’ve got to keep up.

G-d forbid you miss out on one of the next, latest greatest items.

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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby JeffN » Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:21 am

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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby brec » Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:49 pm

My daily breakfast ingredients:
    128g dry weight steel-cut 3-minute oatmeal cooked w/ 1.75 c water in microwave at 50% power
    1 ridiculously heaping tbs cocoa powder
    1 level tbs ceylon cinnamon powder
    1 level tsp ginger powder
    1/4 level tsp turmeric powder
    1.5 level tbs flaxmeal (1 on odd days, 2 on even days of the month)
    6 oz. blueberries
    1 (usually large) banana, sliced
    splash of soy milk as required for desired consistency
Adding all the powders takes about 30 seconds. I say that because I generally agree with what Jeff says above, and wouldn't go much out of my way to consume any of the powdered ingredients.
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Re: Eating Curcumin

Postby Chumly » Mon Apr 12, 2021 10:54 am

Hi brec,

Interesting recipe. I'll have to give it a try soon. I have cinnamon, but I don't know if it's ceylon or the other kind.

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