Turmeric Mix

Turmeric has ingredient curcumin, that has a strong anti-inflamatory properties (also antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-fungal). Unfortunately, on its own, it is not well absorbed by the body (into blood stream). 

For better absorption it needs to be mixed with:

1) Black pepper – main compound is peperine which makes curcumin easier to pass through intestinal wall into blood stream (over 100%). Also possibly slows down the break down of curcumin by the liver, which means that it stays longer in blood stream. Piperine has also anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic properties (it desensitizes certain pain receptor).

2) Fat – because curcumin has low solubility in water, you can use oils such as coconut oil, flaxseed oil (I use flax seeds) to increase curcumin’s absorption.

3) Cottage cheese – it is fat and it is high-protein food = digests slowly, so it stays in the intestines for longer time, therefore more turmeric can get absorbed. 

4) Quercetin – plant pigment (flavonoid) increases absorption of curcumin and its medicinal properties. Dark foods such as red wine, red grapes, green tea, cranberries, blueberries, plumbs, goji berries, spinach, broccoli. 

Make yourself a yummy mix in a bowl from above mentioned ingredients to ease your inflammation (arthritic pain). Add a generous amount of black pepper to this mix.

1. cottage cheese
2. turmeric (generous amount)
3. black pepper (generous amount)
4. fat (f.e. flax seeds, coconut oil)
5. quercetin (see above – I added goji berries)

Skin is the body’s largest organ and it can absorb valuable necessary nutrients. Golden paste is known to help topically with inflammatory pain. You can make it with above mentioned ingredients but leave out the cottage cheese. Internet is filled with various golden paste recipes that you can ingest and use topically on the affected area.