Turmeric (Curcumin) Do’s and Don’ts | Latest Evidence (2023)
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- Опубліковано 19 бер 2023
- Updated science-backed evidence behind Turmeric (Curcumin); especially when it comes to osteoarthritis, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, diabetes, PCOS, fatty liver. Also safety review and important interactions to know.
Dr Kim is a physician, board-certified in Internal and Obesity Medicine, with a passion for preventive health, weight loss, metabolic health, and longevity.
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I would like to share: I am an avid Walker and do 5-7 miles each day. About a month ago I started to get some stiffness in my right knee. I had heard about tumeric over the years but had never used it other than adding it to a curry. At this point I decided to take tumeric. I used the ground powder from the supermarket and every morning put one teaspoon into warm ginger water. Let me explain that I love fresh ginger so each day I slice and boil some which I drink throughout the day. First thing in the morning I combine my warm ( not hot)ginger water with one teaspoon of tumeric. ( about 6-8 ounces of liquid in total) I then eat my breakfast. It has been one month and the stiffness has gone and I can continue my walking without any discomfort. By the way I am pushing 75 and feel amazing.
Thank you for sharing this experience. I've realised one can come across very useful information from the comments section
Is the turmeric in powerful form and how is the taste
@@YourMelaka
The tumeric is ground from the supermarket. The taste isn’t great - the ginger water helps. However the benefits are worth it. It is only 6-8 ounces so I drink it quickly. You must do it every day. Remember healing takes time. It was about one month before I really noticed a difference. I still keep doing it - even though the stiffness is gone. Remember there are also great side benefits to tumeric.
@@BS-de5qy appreciate and thank you
Thank you
At the beginning of the pandemic I started turmeric, cayenne pepper, vitamin C, D3, Zinc and Quercetin. It’s been (3) years with not being sick, no allergies, sore joints and amazing BP reads (107/68). Not bad for a unvaxxed 75 year old who does not take meds.
Take charge of your health!
in the mornings and at night I've been taking 2 tbls apple cider vinegar, tumeric , black pepper, ginger, cayenne pepper, baking soda. Unvaxed as well, 75 years...Of course among friends of mine blowing fortune on blood pressure meds and all kinds of other pricey synthetics and when I describe what I take..their eyes roll and etc, you know the reponses. As well good BP and the other things you mention..
@@Toqueville2023 No vax here either!! I've been slowly whittling down my meds to supplements and it is great.
@@Toqueville2023
Is it good for blood pressure as well?
Olive oil is a must. Before adding baking soda. The baking soda reacts with the apple cider vinegar, can make a mess but the olive oil tempers the foaming .
My grandma was 112 years old when she passed away. I remember she eat fresh turmeric with meal every day. Even the turmeric leave is very good for health. She never sick. We are not like her anymore in our generation. Now I start trying to eat turmeric powder with hot water every morning. I realized it has significant benefits.
Her generations did not have all the radioactivity, plasic toxins, agriculture toxins, heavy metals, depleted soils, junk food, sugar abuse, microwave radiation from cell phones, sedentary lifestyle, lack of sleep, etc.
@@Medietos yet her generaation lived in average 15 years less than today. So she was genetically blessed and no matter in what age she would have lived. Maybe there was no junk food , cell phones, sedentary lifestyle etc, but also medical science was less developped and smoking was advertised even by doctors. Many forms of illnesses were not known.
don't forget to add some pepper
Remember turmeric is oil soluble add black pepper to your drink too
What part of 112 did you not understand? My great grandfather lived to be 109. What you are basing it off of infant mortality rate and that has nothing to do with longevity of life. That takes life expectancy and drastically lowers it giving false numbers. The formula used to calculate this is skewed and you have to look at longevity of life specifically.We have a lower lifespan today than they did and its already decreased even more since 2021@@TheHungarianOak
Thanks for discussing this topic! About a year and a half ago I was shocked to find out I had a fatty liver from a blood draw. I immediately went on a low card diet, did intermittent fasting and took milk thistle and turmeric supplements. After 3 months I reversed the fatty liver and lost 30 pounds.
that’s amazing!!
Hi...can I ask what brand of milk thistle and turmeric you used? Thank you!
A person can get fatty liver, just by having their blood drawn? WOW.
Great job taking your health seriously and making changes that make you a better you!! 😊
Please let your listeners know the most effective brand most used or a brand you reccomend!
As a fellow physician I am so impressed with the clarity and accuracy you present the information!!! There is so much misinformation on social media and UA-cam, it is refreshing to see information being disseminated based on evidence based medicine!!!
Yes I agree
My love for turmeric is frm my childhood as im an indian,,we use daily in recipes but taking raw turmeric paste with black pepper powder helps a lot in different problems,,im taking this combo since 6 yrs nw,, miracle for everyone
Every morning now for the last seven months my breakfast consists of a chicken breast grilled, a good portion of avocado, rice and green Chile. I use a very heavy dose of Tumeric root powder ( non irradiated), large dose of black pepper, a good amount of Cumin and a few cups of coffee with organic un heated raw local Mesquite honey. Most days that’s all I need. But maybe low salt cashews, maybe a turkey sandwich in the evenings. Lots of water. Arthritis is almost entirely gone. No inflammation. 76 and within seven months the Tumeric has done wonders. No more chronic pain. It’s all about inflammation!
Extremely thoughtful and well done. Curcumin is growing in popularity and having an informed medical review such as Dr. Kim provides is helpful to many.
I see this is a relatively new channel with a wealth of information. Please keep posting and thanks for your time and effort.
thank you for your kind words
What an absolute treat to have a channel with genuine, fact-and research-based medical info. I take turmeric powder and a pinch of ground black pepper with my breakfast muesli, with milk. Its making a great difference to my arthritis knee pain. Wish id known about this years ago. As for talking to my doctor about turmeric...he'd probably know very little about it ! Well done and thank you
@phillipsamway5562
I dont have to take my curumin with pepper/perine! Pepper only slows down the organs so the tuermuc can be absorbed. That's not good.
I take a pure curcumin product( the active ingredient) but with the added benefit of ginger, vitamin d3 and vitamin c in a liquid form, new technology, that I only need 10 drops a day, and it mixes so well into water, or drops straight into my mouth. A few drops to "cure " a migraine. I don't have to take it with oily food either! It overcomes the lipid barrier
Love what you're doing with this channel. Thanks!
Love this! Thanks for making these videos. Would definitely like more videos on scientific based evidence for different supplements. I’m just starting to see a naturopath and though I am open to trying different supplements I’m also skeptical as there has not been enough medical research on a lot of them. I also hear that’s been changing so it’s really helpful knowing what some of the more recent studies are showing. I would love to see a video on cordyceps if you have any information on that one.
Thanks for posting this information. May you continue to be a blessing to others ❤️
Great tone and delivery.
Dr. Kim:
This was a top notch review of the benefits & side effects of tumeric. Your photo background, & audio enunciation was easy to listen to and digest. I'm on board for more of these! - Jim Eastep, DVM Diplomate Vet Path (ACVP).
I concur
I've been drinking my morning coffee with a quater tsp of tumeric (and bp) and cinnamon, twice a day. After a month, I no longer have osteoarthritis pain. I've also been walking briskly for 30 minutes a day. Another side-effect of tumeric (curcumin) is that it kills cancer stem cells that the chemo therapy doesn't. I've been buying organic tumeric powder, but will try the organic roots.
Add a dash of pepper and you will absorb more of the turmeric. Turmeric needs to be combined with ground pepper for it to be easily absorbed.
I use turmeric root/ cinnamon/cayenne pepper drink it as a tea. I drink this tea a night about 2x a week.
I tried everything. For my stomach. And one day I got this idea to use turmeric powder in some capsules . All a sudden my heart burn went away . And my gut pain on the right lower side of my bowls went away.
It’s very strange.
And I feel better
Also,
Turmeric with anti-depressants helps better than either on their own.
I usually take 2T of fresh root with 4T ginger root, 1 lemon’s juice, 1t black pepper and blended with water. Sometimes I’ll add my “liquid sunshine” vitamin D and MCT oil.
supplement too. It helps with depression but I’m gonna try it consistently for a1c.
Integration is so important.
I am taking Saffron and Turmeric, one of them seems to be giving me a positive energetic boost within 30 mins of taking, not sure which one, have you noticed anything like this from Turmeric?
First Doc I've seen ever having a therapeutic voice. Wow! I feel relaxed already.
My thoughts exactly!
Indonesia has not only *regular turmeric* , but also *white turmeric* and *black turmeric* . Regular turmeric _(curcuma domestica)_ is used for cooking Indonesian food and for making _jamu_ or Indonesian herbal medicine to maintain good physical health. White turmeric is not as popular as regular turmeric. It is usually used for cancer treatment here. There are three kinds of white turmeric known here on the island of Java: _curcuma zedoaria, curcuma mangga_ and _kaempferia rotunda_ . The black turmeric _(curcuma aeruginosa)_ is not popular, either. It is used to rid the body of threadworm infections. These three kinds of turmeric are sold in traditional markets throughout Indonesia. To buy white turmeric and black turmeric, however, people need to order first. The herbal ingredient seller needs time to get those roots because they are not popular.
that’s amazing! thank you for sharing!
@@LeonidKimMD If you have time, do visit Indonesia, Doctor Kim. My country is the store of medicine plants. Turmeric is just one of the medicine roots found here. We have red ginger, moringa, noni fruit and many other herbals.
i would love to visit; we have so much to learn from Indonesia
Is threadworm another term for tapeworm?
Thank you. I did not know there were different turmerics. My husband was just diagnosed with rectal cancer, and I am looking at alternatives to help.
I put turmeric on my eggs with bacon every day and its been very healthful... but I would never take it just by itself, as it is very inefficient on its own, i.e.: Its super important to understand when eating that turmeric requires HEAT and FATS and/or OILS and LOTS OF PEPPER accompany it for best absorption into the body.
In India, it was traditionally used for disorders of the skin, upper respiratory tract, joints, and digestive system. Today, turmeric is promoted as a dietary supplement for a variety of conditions, including arthritis, digestive disorders, respiratory infections, allergies, liver disease, depression, and many others.
Anyway....in India a lot of diseases and cancer
Without curcuma would have much more illness there.. Always hot, bacterial etc materials growing fast in those conditions and no maybe clean, health promoting water available
@@tatianachevtchenko5302you are wrong. We have good medical facilities at affordable rates herein India
Where are there still so many overweighted and sick people in India, and their lifespan is not good.
Thank you. You speak well. Easy to understand.
Doctor Kim your instruction on turmeric/curcumin is very professional and knowledgeable. Thank you so much.
That is a precious piece of advice on numeric consumption. Thank you, doctor!
This is so informative. Thank you
Thank you...very thorough and helpful!!
Excellent informative video. Thank you.
Congratulations on 1 year anniversary on your channel Dr.
Thank you for the peer reviewed articles.
Very informative, very well presented
Great information. Thank you.
Your clear information with the studies to back it up really helps people to look at the topic.
Thank you so much for the detail and making it simple to anyone 😊
Outstanding presentation Dr. Kim. Thank you.
I can listen to dr. Kim for hours 👏🏼
I began to have my sugar in the mornings very high, and one day I include the turmeric root in my lunch & dinner salad, next morning my blood sugar was below 100, so I stopped to see if this one was the magic thing, and I repeat the recipe and voila! It did it again. I am so happy.
Did you sprinkle the tumeric powder over your food ?
@@averilthomas4219 no, I grated the root.
This content was easy to understand and very well explained, thank you!
Excellent! Thank you for making this video.
thank you!
Brilliant, great presentation.Thanks.
Thank you for sharing this 😊
thank you for the scientific explanation.
Thanks Dr. Very helpful.
Fantastic information
I’m subscribed to your channel ❤
I found this video gave me more precious information than my doctor gives. In less time too. Thank God for this woman.
Keep it up Dr. Love to learn from your researches & analysis. Thank you so much. There are many posts claiming this & that is good but very few with evidence & testing reports.
Really appreciate your easy to listen videos, because you explain this knowledge and current research,as well as important things associated with the topic. Thankyou!
His voice is soothing & easy to listen to ❤
thank you for your kind words
I appreciate that you do not have loud music drowning you out.
I often make a soup containing turmeric. I started adding a few peppercorns to it. My blood sugar really dropped to a normal or below normal range. It seems to work without the tumeric, but not quite as well. My hypothesis is that the piperene increases the bioavailability of metformin. There is even a study that shows this in diabetic mice.
Thank you so much for your help and advice,
I really appreciate your job. I wish you happiness and peace under the sky of prosperity. All the best.
Take care and have a good time
great information Doctor
I'd like to see you present a video going into more depth about Curcumin's use to treat Alzheimers. Thank you.
So glad to have come across such a useful evidence based video covering benefits of turmeric. Can you please also cover the effects of turmeric / curcumin on cancer ? Will it reduce cancer in already suffering patients - shrink lesions/tumors?
Very interesting thank you for sharing!
Thank you Dr Kim! Very helpful indeed.
谢谢你， 医生
Thank you for this information! I started taking turmeric about a month ago for osteoarthritis pain. I take Garden of Life brand. My knees were almost pain free within days! I started taking it on my own, but when I told my orthopedic doctor I was taking it, he said, "Yes! That's the good stuff! Keep taking it!" 🙂
Thanks to your video, I see I could improve the way I take my turmeric supplement. I don't think I'm taking it with enough fat, so I will fix that. I am very interested in all of the other benefits that might come from taking turmeric, so I will watch for more of your videos on this subject! I would also be interested in knowing if turmeric can be taken on-goingly (long term).
How much do you take daily?
As a caregiver for my wife who is battling cancer. I would like to know how a cancer patient would take and benefit from this for aggressive metastatic ovarian cancer. Thank you for all the information you are sharing.
How’s it going now 2 months later?
Hope you and your wife are doing well 🌻
Praying for you both 🙏 Any updates?
@joshuadavis: turmeric kills cancer stem cells, that's what chemo can't do, and no horrible side effects
I’ve been looking for a video about the science behind Turmeric. Thank you for finding and sharing this information!
Can you talk about how turmeric affects kidney, kidney stones, and Gall bladder?
I second this
Wow so wonderfully explained
I have just turned 69 years old and during the summer I took a ride on my bike. I live in a hilly area so i had to push myself a little but i took my time. After about 1/8 mile i felt winded so i stopped. The next day my right knee felt a little sore and it got worse over the next several days. The usual painkillers were in effective, so i had to limp around for a few weeks hoping my knee would improve. It didn't. And it was worse at night.I did some online research where i discovered the benefits of Turmeric curcumin. I bought some in capsules at a local pharmacy store over the counter and started taking two caps a day. I didn't notice any difference in the first week. I was still limping but didn't give up. In the second week i noticed the pain subsided a little. the third week was even more improvement and the pain was half of what it was the previous week. By the third week most of the pain was gone. The fourth week had no pain. Weeks later i kept up the regiman and do not notice any pain at all. With the benefits i learned here i am staying turmeric as a permanent regiman. life is good again. I am not ready to start acting like an old man yet.
What brand of the curcumin are you taking?
Thank you for everything you do to share all these information
In countries where turmeric is consumed regularly, why are the diseases it’s supposed to protect you from just as high?
One needs to look at what these people are consuming. Much has to do with the cause, and the cause is mostly a bad lifestyle, such as crap foods, processed, animal foods e.t.c Whole plant base food and tumeric would not bring about health issues such as what you are linking it with.
Vaccine
Thank you for the inspiring
presentation
Can you discuss Tumeric for
colon cancer patients
Thank you Dr. Kim. 🎉
Thank you Doctor.
Great info
Thank you very much Dr. Kim for yet another video based on science and not the market. Surely you are helping many people around the world. I hope to watch a video about Glutamine soon. Greetings from Canada.
thank you!
@@LeonidKimMD God bless you always helping others to go the right way I like me God continue his love and blessings upon you and your family at all time my name is Ida I have a heart condition. Is this good for me to take because I want to know if you’re here to let me know please because I need to lose weight. Love you, but God loves you more.
This is so awesome. Very well produced video with clear audio.
So I would like to know of cooking with turmeric in any way reduced or degrades it's nutrient capacity? I use turmeric when cooking chicken in my instant pot. I am also a lover of black pepper, which, after listening here, appears to be an accidental benefit.
Thank you for this awesome and informative video.
Thanks for your video
Masha Allah… thank you Doc… really appreciated the quotes on related studies… subbed 😉
Thanks! It's helpful!
very helpful
Great information
Thank you for sharing
This video was really informative! Even natural ingredients are not always useful and act unambiguously. It's nice to see people sharing practical advice.
I have severe arthritis and gout. Started taking Tumeric 500 mg gummies twice in evening and viatmin D3. It’s a miracle Gout stopped. Took three days only. . No pain and I feel amazing. Truly hope others can find a cure. Qunol gummies 500 mg and vitamin D3. This was suggested to me by my personal doctor.
How about Qunol Extra Strength （Ultra High Absorption）Turmeric Curcumin Complex 1000 mg?
I need a doctor like you. My current primary care just reads my chart and refills my meds. Dude can’t get me out of the office fast enough.
Mine too and God forbid if I ask a question or could they look at something you'd think I asked for their blood. 30 minutes and no longer......all for the low low price of 175.00 plus co-pays thank you very much
Thank you for this video - I have PCOS and arthritis and I will be starting this asap. My Aunt is 93 and takes this all the time. She still lives on her, does yoga and line dancing!
Try Boswellia Serrata
Any results from taking turmeric?
Thank you for that, very informative! 😄
Thanks for sharing this video
Can you kindly review the study done by UCLA on the benefits of Turmeric on cognitive disease. Thank you 🙏🏽
Can you talk about just taking turmeric as a powder? I get it from the spice aisle and put about half a table spoon in my tea. It helps a ton with my lupus, but I'd love to hear about studies on taking the actual whole powder
Thank you for the information Dr. Kim. How about Turmeric for people with kidney disease?
Hi doctor, pls cover the cancer benefits. You're a smart guy. Thanks for your service.
I really appreciate how you have given me what I need to know in easy digestible information without a shit ton of bull.
Thank you Dr boligo, Nobody knows what energy and effort that you put in to produce pure natural herbal medications, thank you for bringing the herbal suppliment,and taken the pain away.
The turmeric that I have has been infused into sauerkraut. I've adopted a different diet of mainly fish, soya yoghurt, berries, some beans and sprouts, homemade mayo, tempeh and eggs with many different types of fermented vegetables. Knocked out dairy and wheat. After a few weeks, I'm beginning to see benefits in both rheumatics and weight. So far, it seems to be suiting me. I've had a lot of damage through decades of stress and I found out recently that I have Asperger's Syndrome - inherently an intensifier of anxiety that I had no idea of the influence upon my stress symptoms over decades! I am now 61. I'm keeping my hopes at ground level, especially after so long a battle.
Being an indian i use turmeric in all my currys, soups etc recipes. It really eureka well in managing diabetis, fatty liver, anti inflamation.
thanks for info docand god bless
Thank you so much!!!
The best way to take it is to add turmeric to your curry. The spices like cumin, coriander, pepper and ginger in the curry helps it to absorb more.
Good info
This channel reminds me of wade Davis' talk " Why ancient wisdom is needed in the mordern world " . Good stuff ..❤❤❤❤❤ . Nutrition is better than prescription but all have their place & time .
thank you
Thank you for including research studies.
I don't credit vids without proof.
Thank you!
Thank you for all this. I really appreciate learning about supplements with even limited clinical data. I follow the premise that this is the safest way to go about choosing and using supplements for health. I'm sold on your videos now!
Hey doctor please review shilajeet too. Like ashwagandha it is used in india too and improves quality of life too
Hi, any new updates)? Really good channel.
As per AYURVED, the ancient scientific text about health from India/Bharat, the turmeric has many positive effects on health
I’m 31 and every time they check my a1c I get closer to pre-diabetes so it’s only a matter of time before I’m a bitch to fake insulin.
I can’t. I won’t be that dependent on something that might become unavailable in challenging situations.
I HATE disease. I won’t let this happen to me.
It is SO difficult to overcome the trained food habits of America but I’m so sick of disease being normalized