Turmeric

Good morning lovely ladies, I have been doing lots of research on diet whilst laid up with a nasty chest infection, thankfully feeling tonnes better. Anyway, turmeric - bought fresh root turmeric and just wondering if anyone can suugest how to consume this - turmeric tea is yuk!

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Wear disposable gloves to scrub/peel it or you'll have yellow hands.

Add it to pretty much anything: stews, soups, curries......just as it is or chop it up. If you only put a bit in you don't notice it. If you love it, as I do, you can be a bit more generous

[Beckyjh]

I start every morning with hot water, half a lemon squeezed into it and a teaspoon of turmeric. You can also put it into smoothies - goes well with tropical fruit ones especially mango!

[dmr24]

I take my turmeric as an organic supplement every morning with my breakfast. Haven't had a cold this winter, let's hope it continues. 😂😂😂

[Yoshbosh]

I also take turmeric (curcumin and piperine extract) every day. Meant to have great anti-inflammatory properties too.

[HogwartsDK]

Morning! I am on the Tumeric band wagon too! I take it as a supplement every morning!

Dx

[Lily-Anne]

I add turmeric to my cooking in powdered form and have turmeric capsules, although when I mentioned it to my doc they dismissed it as a false claim. When I said that many women in Asian countries do not suffer with OC I was told it was because they don't live long enough. Now that did wrong foot me, so although still using it can't help but have their words ringing in my ears. Also take high dose vit C that they did approve of lol, and cider vinegar

LA xx

[Yoshbosh in reply to Lily-Anne]

🙄 to the Dr who said that! It's not scientifically proven through double-blind clinical trials, but there's enough anecdotal evidence of it being beneficial in different ways.

[badger4218 in reply to Yoshbosh]

Tumeric is great for the immune system and inflammation, a member of the ginger family I think you need to take it with black pepper for the piperine to work the best. I was told to always ingest it with a healthy fat such as whole organic milk, or coconut oil to protect it from the stomach acids, I make a turmeric paste and add a little black pepper, maple syrup or some sweetener in a glass of milk or add to cooking such as a curry sauce. Yummy!. Be a little careful when on other medicatons as it can thin the blood. Oh, my friend has just sung out that it must be taken with some form of fat to have any health benefits as it wont be absorbed.

[badger4218 in reply to badger4218]

Yuk! Should have mentioned that the paste is mixed with hot milk!. Apparently turmeric with its active substance curcumin is fat soluble so would need to be dissolved for maximum benefits. According to my mate ( works in health food shop ) many supps and pills don,t work for that reason. It is used widely in ayurvedic medicine, so I suppose that any Hindu recipes made with ghee (healthy fat ) or south Asian, Iranian, Arabic cuisines would be good to experiment with. Yummy!.

[85live4ev in reply to Lily-Anne]

Hi Lily-Anne, go for it but I got a feeling you shouldn't use it if on chemo but alway ask your doctor first.

I am not on chemo at the moment so I am making my own golden paste which is turmeric, coconut oil, water & pepper. When I have made it I freeze it & take twice a day when defrosted.

As for doctors my cancer doctor told me only chemo works if I want to try super foods it won't hurt but they didn't feel it would work.

We are the ones with oc & if we want to try out turmeric, vit c, or any other cancer killing foods then let's all do it. Take care Cindyxx

[Hidden in reply to 85live4ev]

Hi there, is it turmeric root you use? Found this great organic store that sells fresh turmeric. (Manic Organic in Scarisbrick if you live in the Southport area) Also, how do you take it and in what quantity?

I am extremely grateful to my medical team but find the attitude to diet incredible - I have been told to "eat whatever you fancy, doesnt make any difference". Also hospital cafes and stores full of sweets and rubbish food as I call it. Surely, natural whole foods are the only way?!

[27-359 in reply to Hidden]

Re diet, I have noticed a lot of difference between oncologists in USA and England. As you said, here we are to!D to eat whatever we feel like, and that diet will make no difference to the cancer outcome. Reading an American forum I noticed that there were quite a few recommendations on what should and shouldn't be eaten. No sugar, and strangely, no rice or prawns !

[85live4ev in reply to Hidden]

Hi Jill, no its not the root I wouldn't know where I could buy it. It's organic turmeric but I am now going to look for the root. The only problem is the bright yellow colour it strains everything.

As for the onc they can be slightly narrow minded on everything but chemo. I was happy to receive my treatments but knowing if I didn't try to help my self as well this can back at any time.

I went to the hospice today for a relaxing chill out & there was plenty of biscuits & chocolate muffins. I was offered a boozy drink not very healthy. Take care Cindyxx

[HogwartsDK]

With regard to the science of Tumeric I don't know the details but all I can say is that it has helped me overcome what was becoming very debilitating joint and muscle soreness after Chemo and that's enough evidence for me to continue to take it!

Dx

[Tracex]

I take tumeric capsules everyday and found my aches have gone.. have ad bit of a sniffle of a cold but not as bad as i used to get them xx

[LindaB]

Google the golden milk recipe xx

[JanePW1965]

I bought mum some capsules from Holland and Barrett. She took them for a while but stopped. I cook a curry a least once a week and add a teaspoon of turmeric powder and grind black pepper into it. I'd forgotten about the fat element but I do have vegetable oil in the curries. I also use a lot of fresh root ginger, grated in salads. It's really awkward and rooty but well worth the benefits. Good for the tum. I've read that turmeric is good for inflammation and many other things but it takes a little while to get into the system. I wish I could think of a way to encourage mum to add it to her diet. I think it would help enormously with the aches in the joints caused by chemo. It's so yellow though!!! X

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Fresh or powder preferable to supplement form, based on this little bit of research.

You can get fresh from Asian greengrocers or supermarkets. Easier in cities of course.

[ShamilaS]

Hi! I would suggest that for your cold you take one cup milk, add half teaspoon of turmeric powder and boil it gently till the milk is halved.

My moms Indian oncologist suggested it.