Curcumin is a concentrated extract of turmeric. It's the molecule that give turmeric it's yellow color. Think yellow mustard. The yellow is the curcumin from the turmeric used to color the mustard.
I did some research into Curcumin when a relative was diagnosed with the big C. In a few studies, it has produced incredible results with liver cancer where tumors the size of softballs have vanished over a period of 3 months with curcumin taken at an 8gm/day range. I don't think the patent applies to Curcumin itself, but to the method to get it to absorb in the blood stream. The biggest problem with curcumin is that it is hydrophobic, and will not dissolve in water. It needs some sort of assistance to digest and it needs to break down in the small intestines where it can be bio-absorbed and cross in the blood stream. It should be taken with black-pepper and some kind of oil base. Black pepper helps in the bio-absorption. I think blending 4gm in Vanilla-Ensure with a 1/4 teaspoon (A big pinch) black-pepper works well for a morning/evening dose and the ensure has enough fats and oils to get it across the stomach without being damaged by the stomach acids. If you can warm the Ensure concoction that will help coat the curcumin. To avoid the black pepper many curcumin supplements add piperine (the essence of black pepper). CuraMed makes an liquid gel cap 750mg where the curcumin is infused in a turmeric extract oil that is supposed to have the best bio-absorption rates. I recommend it over all the others. You still need about 8 of these tablets a day for months to really do battle. I'm not an Doctor by the way but reading up on it sure was convincing. I encourage anyone interested to do the same. Sadly, my relative didn't persist with regiment for more than two weeks and has since passed on. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <hoyt-stea...@cox.net> wrote: > > FWIW: Don't confuse Curcumin with Cumin . . . > > > Those are the people who make Diesel engines, aren't they? > > - Jed > >
