I tried it and liked it. Haven't sorted out yet if I was allregic to it though (was taking Several alternatives for 6 months and a blood test told me I was having a sharp allergic reaction to Something ... could have been one, several, or something totally different from what I was trying). For me anyway, it too a LOT (and maybe that is what caused the reaction in my white blood cells) for me to notice much difference.

I have a friend who takes it for his osteo and loves it.

Dr. Weil put out a report. If you buy curcumin it must contain piperine or black pepper to be effective.

I know it is something I hear about alot in the media lately and it sounds like it is great for many health benefits including inflammation and maybe breast cancer prevention (???) or am I confusing that with tumeric ?
I have heard Dr. Oz speak of both words, pretty sure.

Is this the article?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061030071152.htm

I would like to try it from tomorrow, thanks for posting about it.

Hey Rachael thanks. Not this article - I was deep in a trail which started with scleroderma which my daughter just diagnosed with. But this one is great and I hope more people read it as it is encouraging. Curcumin isnt so easy to get here but I found a supplier the other day and will grit teeth and post him a gold bar.....

I love curry and use a lot of this spice, but not as an anti-inflammatory. I also notice they say in Rachael's article it can prevent bone loss after menopause. I guess taking it in a capsule would make it more regular.

I wonder how much you need to take to have it really be effective? And would it prevent having to use prednisone? What a great day that would be!

I used to be such an expert on curcumin. Its fast becoming a med to take to stave off Alzheimer's . You do need to get over the bio availability issues for it to work properly. I used to only longvida curcumin as it had overcome all these issues and was the only such company to have done so. Be warned its very pricey but it has so many god side effects I personally think its worth the money. Even with the specially formulated curcumin you still need to take rather a lot to be effective. I have a ton of information on this somewhere but would need to go searching for it .

Just been reading about turmeric.. I copied this from a random person's post from the people's pharmacy.

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2005/11/16/tumeric-and-cur/

"After being wrongly diagnosed with Polymyalgia Rheumatica and given massive doses of Prednisone for years, I finally found a pain Specialist that hates Prednisone, after weaning me off it. I still had lots of muscular and joint pain, heard about Turmeric and decided to try it. After lots of research I found a recipe that works very well , if you get rid of the drug mentality and do not expect it to work overnight you will be very surprised within a few weeks.

Recipe 1
Put a mug of milk on to the stove and bring to boil, while waiting put a small amount of milk in the mug and add 1 Teaspoon of Turmeric, 1 Teas of natural Honey ( to taste ) and a sprinkle of ground Black Pepper, mix well, add hot milk stir again and enjoy, (if Diabetic cut back on the Honey and add a sprinkle of Cinnamon to the top of the Milk)

The Curcumin in Turmeric is insoluble in water but totally soluble in Dairy fats, the idea of the Pepper is that it contains Piperine , this will boost the absorption of the Curcumin into the blood stream by a whopping 2000%, and this is where you want it to go.

Recipe 2
If you cannot drink Milk try sprinkling 1 Teaspoon of Turmeric on your toast of a morning, spread plenty of Avocado (the Oil in the Avocado will make the curcumin soluble) sprinkle with Salt and Pepper to taste. Enjoy

I have been on this for 1 month now and have increased mobility and lots less pain
PS I am 68 years old and not on any medication at all."

I will try it daily on bread with avocado, salt and pepper. I'm also starting to eat freshly ground flax seeds for the omega 3, I won't know which is working if there are any improvements.