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[edward]

I have been taking Curicumin for awhile (about 800mg total curicuminoids) and will be running out of my current supply soon so before I reorder I wanted to re-evaluate dosage along with absorption issues. Currently the formulation I take has bioperine, bromelaine and lecithin in it to enhance absorption. I am on the fence about the bioperine as to whether it is worth it for the enhanced absorption.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

[edward]

oops spelled curcumin wrong... anyways

[EmbraceUnity]

I take 300 to 600mg per day through LEF's DNA Protection Formula. Optimal dosages are not really known as far as I know, but it differs from person to person. Bioperine helps you absorb 3000% more curcumin than you normally would. However, bioperine may be quite risky.

See this post for more details

[xanadu]

I just take caps of tumeric every day a total of about 1.5 to 1.7 grams.

[wayside]

According to the Linus Pauling Institute ( http://lpi.oregonsta...html#metabolism ):

Curcumin could not be detected in serum at lower doses than 4 g/day.
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Curcumin and its metabolites could not be detected in plasma at lower doses than 3.6 g/day.

I'm taking about 1.3 grams a day (no bioperine); is this a totally ineffective dose for anything outside of the intestines?

[xanadu]

Keep in mind that the benefits of tumeric were discovered in people who used in in their food in amounts way less than 4 gm a day. That is a fairly strong spice and even if you like it a lot, 1 gm a day is a bunch. I would not be worried about a lab that couldn't find it in serum.

[steelheader]

I'm taking two of NOW's 665mg Curcumin horse pills per day with about the same amount of cayenne. My reasoning, possibly without merit, is that populations in SE Asia that eat a lot of turmeric also eat at lot of hot peppers and cayenne might help in the absorption of the curcumin.