Pain and anti imflamatory - Turmeric

How will you use it Hazel?

do you put in all your cooking then lol? ??

An Indian lady I work with said about that she has it in milk haven't tried it myself 

let us know how you get on must say looking at it im not sure about on toast !but if it works ?

It's looking like turmeric is well worth a try as an anti-inflamatory. I think that it would be worth buying some new turmeric and maybe keeping it in the fridge. I managed to get some of the root in our local health food coop. But here is a warning and I think that it applies to the powder as well, it is a very strong yellow dye. After I grated the root my fingers were still yellow a week later. So wear gloves! I hope it works for you.

Hi hazel,  I did try this a couple of years ago.   You have to buy a very pure brand of turmeric, not the one on the supermarket shelf.  Also you have to take quite a lot and it is awful to get down..  I don't think it worked on me,.  I tried it for about two weeks.  Still some people say it works.  Good luck, you never know if you don't give it a go.  As they say. 

I have been taking Turmeric capsules for a few years now & they did help for a while with the pain before surgery.  In the end nothing worked. I take Turmeric & Bromelain 450 mgs. The bromelain helps the absorption & they are made in Canada. I buy mine online & it is also good for your heart. Certainly can't hurt.

I did a quick search on turmeric and found a site worth looking at, the site is www.examine.com. It is a science based site and most of it was beyond me but it does take a positive approach to turmeric or at least to the active principle, curcumin. Apparently, curcumin is nor well absorbed and is better absorbed and more effective in combination with other supplements or enhancements. If a proprietary curcumin is formulated properly then it should also contain one of these enhancements. There is also a product called Theracumin which is based in curcumin nanoparticles. I think that it is worth looking further for suppliers. They do say that curcumin is well tolerated and that there is no evidence as yet that it is toxic. I hope that you can source the product and that it is an effective treatment for you. Next step is for this post to accepted by the moderator. Good luck.

Hi Hazel, I use Turmeric powder as an ingredient in curry paste, but it is also sometimes used as an alternative to saffron when colouring and flavouring rice. A pinch gives a light yellow tinge to rice, but I've always used a lot in curries, as I'd heard that it was so good for you. Never imagined having it on toast! Just might give it a try when I run out of marmalade.

Denise from Oz