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That's interesting Matt, I once tried turmeric as an anti inflammatory, but it upset my stomach, so not going there again 
Matt2584 in reply to
Ah that's a shame. There are other natural remedies to improve the brain's health, I just forget what they are now haha. If I have a cold or flu, I would drink turmeric and ginger tea with a bit of honey. Honey is great for chesty coughs. I sometimes have a hot toddy. A mix of alcohols I think and cough medicine and honey. Though the only thing is, not all prescription medicines are good for you. I eat walnuts quite regularly cos I read they are good for the brain and plus that is where I would get a good source of fibre from too. I think seeds can be good for the brain, I would probably add them to other foods though, I find seeds boring to eat them alone.
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Every now and then I go on a health kick diet and start eating oily fish and sprinkling nuts and seeds on salads etc. But it doesn't last long 
cat3 in reply to
The article states that supplements aren't effective and it needs to be the raw turmeric, either straight from the root or in powdered form. Oh and an effective liquid form has recently been developed apparently.
So which was yours Hedgehog ? If it was the natural type then I'm 'out' as I also have an intolerant stomach ! xx
I didn't actually read the whole caboodle in the end, I just read the part where turmeric helps the brain. I have read the article before but that was a while back. Sorry for those who cannot ingest turmeric.
I have mentioned before how turmeric aids sleep. Sometimes I have nights of sleep where I wake up at odd hours and cannot get back to sleep. I usually put a quarter or half a teaspoon of ground turmeric in a cup, fill it with boiling water and add a little honey to it. It tastes nice and does the trick :).
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To be honest I am not sure. It was powder in a box, the type you use for cooking so I guess that would be natural - wouldn't it?
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Yes, I imagine it would. I bought a jar earlier & I'll try it, but won't persevere if it causes tummy trouble. x
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I used it as a drink, with boiling water. Maybe try it weak at first as it hit me on day 2!
Good luck
Matt2584 in reply to
I would think if it is the powder then that would be natural. I have the powdered form, ground turmeric. It comes in a small jar.
Matt2584 in reply to
I would think if it is the powder then that would be natural. I have the powdered form, ground turmeric. It comes in a small jar.
did you know Matt that the best honey to buy is that which is produce in the same environment you live in ! I've heard that so often from French locals, especially when living in the mountains of the Herault Dept., there is a lot of wild lavender and other wild flowers that where the bees collected the pollen. We often saw groups of beehives, purpose built for the job, located in various parcels of land owned by different families,,they used to collect the honey and sell it either from their homes, we had lots of honesty boxes outside and around the more remote properties, same for boxes of eggs and fresh veg.
sounds very Victorian I know, or earlier? but none of the wild areas had been insecticided. Everything was totally natural and fresh, the 1 Kilo honey jars just had labels on dying who had produced it. I used to buy mine from a neighbour, where the family bred rabbits to eat! hunted wild boar, a bit too rough and tough for me! it needs to stewed for hours, produced the honey to sell and grew all their own veg and quite a lot of fruit. The rabbits they killed and skinned themselves.i saw 12 cages in garage they had built and the boar were sorted out for them by a local farmer or abattoir.
I'm sorry if this is all too graphic, but it does explain why they are Ll so healthy and live long and active lives. The real oldies were more likely to have arthritis, or very occasionally cancer. the family I talk about were a rare exception, but the granny lived opposite us - that's another thing, families rarely move far from each other, so there is always someone to keep an eye on the oldest of them.Family homes were nor sold, just passed through the generations.
It's more the younger generations you see in supermarkets buying everything now. Yes the oldies like their mod cons, with freezers and washing machines, ut as far as food goes, they cook fresh daily, have 2 hour lunch times 12-2 pm when they eat 'dinner' take a daily walk in afternoons and a eat a light supper at 7 or later if they have not had friend/s round for an aperitif, after which they eat a light supper, sometime during evening, have a 'digestif' (cognac) usually, which helps settle the stomach, were in bed by about 10 and up at 6 next morning! Heating generally is still log fires or wood burners. my neighbour even bar b q'd the meat on a big grill over smaller bits of their logs.
My ex and I cut trees down originally for our log burner. The village mayor gave us, after I asked and when I'd found out it was an ancient French law, an allocated plot of communal land where we could chop our own tres down. Oak and Chestnut being the best to burn, doesn't fur up the chimneys, gives better heat and lasts longer because they are both really solid grain timber.
Here endeth my insight into some of the world of living in real rural France, depending on the generation I'm talking of! but yes, families that stay together play together! They put up and shut up! both old sayings I knew in UK.
oh and yes, the honey was delicious, , local, natural,and very beneficial for health and morale!
Hi Shirley,
I like the sounds of growing up in rural France, well maybe in your generation. I would like to have grown up in your days. Chopping logs for the evening fire sounds like a proper job to me or maybe milking proper grass fed cows not like the factory farms of today where cows are basically stuffed into confinement and not forgetting the chickens and the pigs and sheep, horrible :(. And these places reek of disease too.
You are right about the honey, there is a place just down the road from where I live that produces local honey and sell it in a health food shop not far away. I haven't tried any of the local honey yet but I'm sure it is really nice though.
The world today thinks too much on making money and this kind of thinking ruins everything :(.
"The love for money is the root of all evil".
Take care,
MJ
Matt, get your mum to buy some of your local honey, honey 
then have it on weetabix with your milk! I had a semi rural childhood in Scotland, when on English boarding school holidays! At school breKfast every morning it started with a teaspoon of cod liver oil, followed by a dessert spoon of Malt. Supposed to keep us healthy!
I'd like to have been 20/30 years younger than I was when we were enjoying the mountain life here, although of course I wouldn't then have been retired but instead would have probably still been working behind a desk!
I would have liked to have always lived up in the Hills and mountains of Scotland. My grandmother and father both returned home there from England later in their lives but don't think I'll get the chance to do the same now.
yes it's funny world we live in now, and money won't buy health and happiness! S xxx
I like honey on cerial. I used to eat Weetabix but don't anymore.
Weetabix is GM foods/ Gentically Modified Organisms. Well the wheat crops are GM anyway.
I have porridge for breakfast, or 'oatmeal' as the Americans say :). Well, it's kind of like a cold, dry porridge really.
I just put rolled oats into a bowl. Add some mixed seeds for some added omega 3 and add some raisins and milk.
I went on holiday to Scotland when I was a teen, great place. Sadly I did not see Nessy though :).
The world we live in now is pretty wacky and yes, money can't or won't buy you health or happiness. Those things are priceless.
Too many people, companies, CEOs and so on get blinded by making money.
I don't think most people's "diets" last long. I personally do not like the word 'diet' cos the way I see it, everyone is on one.
If my Nan were to say "Are you on a diet?" I would say "of course I am, aren't we all".
Most of these specific diets out there is all money-making schemes anyway.
People go on diets to lose weight. The main thing you need for a diet is fibre.
Avoid processed foods though cos you will never lose weight that way, you would put it on.
Processed foods obviously contain fibre but also contain sugar. Refined sugar is what you need to avoid.
Refined sugar is concidered a poison.
I'm not thin as a stick, I only wised up to this around October-September this year but I have lost weight, not loads but I have lost some.
Keeping active helps too, just moving your body around and making the heart beat faster.
I sound a bit like a nutritionist now, I'm far from it though haha.
Dr. john Bergman and Dr. Lyle are much better at explaining this.
I believe in a balanced diet
Veg on one end chocolate on the other
I, like most people, eat chocolate every now and then but I don't eat as much as I used to now and when I do I normally eat some nuts or dates afterwards. I have actually thought, would I eat a bag of Galaxy Minstrels at the cinema or would I eat a bag of pitted dates? I think now I would choose the dates :).
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Lol Emma
I agree about the diet thing,
Bob harper says that 'a diet is just a lifestyle change'
Basically means that you shouldn't go on a 'diet' you should change the things you eat and eat certain things in moderation.
Siobhan
That's right, you shouldn't go on a diet because you are already on one.
The jury's out at present Matt ; I'm going to try it but if I can't tolerate it I'll have to give up, and toddle off along the path of forgetfulness once more !
Hahaha I love your turn of phrase cat
It's just another light-hearted 'take' on reality though isn't it ?
And it cuts both ways Emma ; I just had a good chuckle at your version of a balanced diet. 
xx
Dr. Lyle tells you to eat a bowl of oats in the mornings (porridge) and throughout the rest of the day eat what you like. It might not work too well if you intake loads and loads of refined sugar though :).
I swear I have an odd metabolism but I nearly always have porridge in the morning for breakfast especially cold mornings
But I am literally STARVING hungry two hours later to the point where I'm HANGRY (hungry and angry) I am evil I get the sweats (attractive) lol and the shakes
As its quite carbohydrate dense I even tried adding some healthy fats (eg 1 tsp coconut oil) and or a tablespoon of NATURAL peanut butter which is full of healthy fats and protein it helps a little but I find I need a small snack 2 hrs or so afterwards
This was the case pre BI so proof I've always been strange 
If you're getting the shakes mid-morning, you might want to try adding some slow-energy-release foods such as fruits, nuts and seeds to your oats. Since they're high in fibre they slow down the passage of food through the gut, which will help your body to maintain energy levels.
Also try adding some protein to your breakfast, this will boost your metabolism and energy production for the day ahead.
As an example, I have oats with walnuts, sultanas, linseed, sunflower seeds, banana, apricots and yoghurt (protein rich) for breakfast.
For breakfast, I have similar to Barny minus the linseed, sunflower seed, banana, apricots and yoghurt. I usually have Banana and a yoghurt for my lunch along with other fruits. You sound very healthy though, Barny :).
Yoghurts are not as colourful as they used to be and why is that because of refined sugar. The stuff that leads to obesity, health problems and even death.
One of the changes for myself is I need to keep fuelled up or I just crash, didn't used to be so and has diminished a bit but if I don eat I end up powering off.
Used to be able to run for days without food, with out discomfort or problems, more than 4 or 5 hrs and the brain starts shutting down areas, short term memory is the worse it goes from woeful to terrible!
Just checked out the article, pretty interesting (put instruction at first then realised it wasn't right).
I was taking some supplements a few weeks back, I think they was magnesium, b12, iron, folic acid and calcium and there may have been another one but not 100% sure, but anyway, my memory started to increase but then I was depressed one day and didn't want to take any of them even though they helped me and haven't took any since which I might start taking them again.
I think it's more the fact of any tablet anyone takes, they help some but not everyone, I think it's just finding out what works for you, but I might give turmeric a try, thank you for sharing this article.
Siobhan x
No problem, Siobhan :).
I used to take vitamin tablets once a day to help increase my, now low, immune system. I now take Spirulina tablets instead which might be better/healthier for you to take. Spirulina is algae and you can take it as a powder but I have read it tastes like pond scum, no brainer there then haha. But you can take the Spirulina in supplements which is what I do.
Thanks for that matt,
I might have a look for some of them just hope it don't taste as bad as it sounds though, even though I've never tasted pond scum though haha.
I haven't actually tasted pond scum either but that is what they described the taste as haha. A lady from a website called wellnessmama.com. That is a handy website. And the Spirulina supplements don't taste as bad as the Spirulina powder.
Will give the website a look at see if they have any that could help migraines as well as memory.
thanks matt
Wellnessmama does not sell the Spirulina supplements but does give out more information about Spirulina and other natural foods, turmeric, coconut oil, and so on.
oh I understand a bit better now but will stick check the website out to see if it can help me so thank you.
That's quite alright :).
I put spirulina in my smoothies and juices along with maca and baobab no I'm not making these up
lol your pond scum ref made me chuckle !
Good for you Emma!
I haven't heard of maca and baobab before but I don't think you are making them up.
There are quite a few natural products out there I don't know of or have weird names. What is more weird is the chemicals that are added to most foods.
Most of these unheard of chemicals are bad for you/possibly even dangerous. Aspartame is one of them.
Do you use Spirulina powder in your smoothies? I'm guessing you do, Wellness mama does too. Have you tried the powder on its own? If so, does it taste disgusting?
I have a photo of Madagascar Avenue (in Madagascar) as my screen-saver. It's famous for its Baobab trees which line both sides of the avenue and which are supposedly the largest trees in the world.
I never tire of looking at this heavenly place and those magnificent Baobabs.
I've ordered some tumeric powder. I'm going to try taking a teaspoon full of the stuff everyday and see what that does. I might have to mix it with milk or juice since I don't have anosmia, but I definitely won't take it with boiled water as that might kill the active ingredients.
One thing though, the article uses tumeric and curcumin interchangeably without stating if they're the same or one is part of the other???
It'd be great if everyone trying this would report back on what they found.
Hi Barny. Curcumin is actually what gives Turmeric its bright yellow colour so if you're taking Turmeric then you're taking both.
I bought some of the powder but I'm still thinking of a way to disguise the taste . . . . . . which is pretty challenging !
I think you can disguise the taste of the turmeric with smoothies or other drinks. I once put a sprinkle of it on my cereal :).
Thanks, I had thought so. I'm going to test the waters first with maybe half a teaspoon full (~1-2g) of tumeric them work up to a teaspoon (~3-5g). I don't have many food allergies, but if I'm having gastrointestinal upset, then I'll have to cut back.
I usually have half a teaspoon or a little less of turmeric. You don't need a lot and I would find one teaspoon a bit too much. It would be quite powdery near the bottom of the cup, I would be wasting a little turmeric, that's why I have a little bit so I don't waste so much. :).
Thanks, I had my first shot of turmeric today, a 1/4 teaspoonful mixed with a little cold water. It's actually not that bad. I've tasted much worse, including creatine monohydrate, so I'm not too fussed.
I experimented with tumeric, black pepper and milk. I read you need the black pepper and fat to get the most out of tumeric. The curcumin is the active ingredient you can now get it more concentrated tablet form. Anyway, careful with tumeric it stains like crazy
Yes Phat01, it does stain, I found that out the hard way haha. We get an Indian takeaway every so often and they can leave a yellow stain on the counters if not careful. I found myself that turmeric stains more in contact with plastic. We have plastic cups that I started using turmeric in and after the first or second cup I stopped using those as the insides were all yellow.
hope you are OK Matt, not seen you on here much lately. look after yourself and your Mum and dad! S x
Hi Shirley,
I am ok thanks, I've just been a bit tied up with my art and going to Headway and my other disabled group and some other menial things such as washing up haha.
Hope you are ok to.
I noticed a post about you have had enough and can't cope. What was that about? Was it a bad time for you when you posted? Hope it was just a bad day and that was all.
I side ith what others said, we are here to help... Or at least TRY and help :).
Take care,
MJ
Thanks for the info Matt, I was investigating this yesterday and found this online which have just ordered, will let you know if it helps supplementplace.co.uk/turme...
it is curcumin and blackpepper capsules 750mg
No problem :).
I have heard that the black pepper unlocks the power of turmeric.
I haven’t tried it out yet, I still have turmeric on it’s own :).
I make homemade smoothies and I add seeds to them, chia seeds and hemp seeds usually because they have omega 3 in them which is good for the brain.
I just got some milled flaxseed, pumpkin seed and sunflower seed mix to add the brain power. It has omega 3 in it as well as vitamin E which also benefits the brain.
wow, sounds like you could sell that as super brain juice!
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