Thread: Turmeric

"Nick Cramer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Last night, I had a big plate of Thai Hoi Tord (fried mussels with eggs
> and
> stuff on a bed of Mung bean sprouts). As usual, Jun made me a bowl of
> never-twice-the-same hot dipping sauce to go with it. 'Clean Plate Club'
> at
> work!
>
> Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
> turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup of
> Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
> turmeric? Thanks.

I take it three times a day for psoriasis. It seems to help. I take it in
capsule form. I don't like the taste of it.

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Nick Cramer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
[]
> > Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
> > turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup
> > of Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
> > turmeric? Thanks.
>
> I take it three times a day for psoriasis. It seems to help. I take it
> in capsule form. I don't like the taste of it.

Even though finely powdered and well mixed, a lot settles to the bottom of
the cup. Going for my third cup and there's still some there!

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On 11 Oct 2009 03:02:39 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Last night, I had a big plate of Thai Hoi Tord (fried mussels with eggs and
>stuff on a bed of Mung bean sprouts). As usual, Jun made me a bowl of
>never-twice-the-same hot dipping sauce to go with it. 'Clean Plate Club' at
>work!
>
>Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
>turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup of
>Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
>turmeric? Thanks.

Not for that purpose. I use it daily, together with black pepper as a
general health spice.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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not with that but even though it sounds counter intuitive, when you first
get the heart burn if you can swallow one tlbs of vinager it will stop the
burn in about three minutes, Lee

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"Nick Cramer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:20091010225700.814$[email protected]..
> Last night, I had a big plate of Thai Hoi Tord (fried mussels with eggs
> and
> stuff on a bed of Mung bean sprouts). As usual, Jun made me a bowl of
> never-twice-the-same hot dipping sauce to go with it. 'Clean Plate Club'
> at
> work!
>
> Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
> turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup of
> Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
> turmeric? Thanks.
>
> --
> Nick, KI6VAV. Support severely wounded and disabled Veterans and their
> families: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran!
> Support Our Troops: http://anymarine.com/ You are not forgotten.
> Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ USMC 1365061

On 11 Oct 2009 03:02:39 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
>turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup of
>Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
>turmeric? Thanks.

LOL - not in vodka and coffee, my imagination can't get round that
one! But turmeric is a powerful antioxidant, especially when
accompanied by some ground black pepper. Maybe in a bloody Mary? I
guess it's perfectly possible that there's some chemical fraction that
dissolves in alcohol that those of us who simply cook with it are
missing out on...

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 150ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.2% BMI 26

Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11 Oct 2009 03:02:39 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Last night, I had a big plate of Thai Hoi Tord (fried mussels with eggs
> >and stuff on a bed of Mung bean sprouts). As usual, Jun made me a bowl
> >of never-twice-the-same hot dipping sauce to go with it. 'Clean Plate
> >Club' at work!
> >
> >Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
> >turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup
> >of Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
> >turmeric? Thanks.
>
> Not for that purpose. I use it daily, together with black pepper as a
> general health spice.

How much? How do you take it? Thanks.

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"Stormmmee" <[email protected]> wrote:
> not with that but even though it sounds counter intuitive, when you first
> get the heart burn if you can swallow one Tbs of vinager it will stop
> the burn in about three minutes, Lee

Thanks, Lee. A friend of mine suggested that several years ago. I tried it.
It worked. Lemon juice would probably work, too. I'll pass! ;-)

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Nicky <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nick Cramer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
> >turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup
> >of Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
> >turmeric? Thanks.
>
> LOL - not in vodka and coffee, my imagination can't get round that
> one! But turmeric is a powerful antioxidant, especially when
> accompanied by some ground black pepper. Maybe in a bloody Mary? I
> guess it's perfectly possible that there's some chemical fraction that
> dissolves in alcohol that those of us who simply cook with it are
> missing out on...

Alan mentioned the ground black pepper, too. I'm wondering how much of
each. The problem with Bloody Marys is I have to refill them too fast! ;-)

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In article <20091011092107.141$[email protected]>,
Nick Cramer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 11 Oct 2009 03:02:39 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >Last night, I had a big plate of Thai Hoi Tord (fried mussels with eggs
> > >and stuff on a bed of Mung bean sprouts). As usual, Jun made me a bowl
> > >of never-twice-the-same hot dipping sauce to go with it. 'Clean Plate
> > >Club' at work!
> > >
> > >Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
> > >turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup
> > >of Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
> > >turmeric? Thanks.
> >
> > Not for that purpose. I use it daily, together with black pepper as a
> > general health spice.
>
> How much? How do you take it? Thanks.

Knowing Alan, it would be in a curry!

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Alice Faber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nick Cramer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > []
> > > Not for that purpose. I use it daily, together with black pepper as a
> > > general health spice.
> >
> > How much? How do you take it? Thanks.
>
> Knowing Alan, it would be in a curry!

I can handle that!

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On 11 Oct 2009 13:38:46 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Alan mentioned the ground black pepper, too. I'm wondering how much of
>each. The problem with Bloody Marys is I have to refill them too fast! ;-)

It's absolutely standard in an Indian curry - anything up to a Tbs of
turmeric, and maybe a tsp of FGBP, unless you're using the pepper for
heat rather than spice - in which case, to taste!

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 150ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.2% BMI 26

On 11 Oct 2009 13:26:46 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Alan S <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 11 Oct 2009 03:02:39 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Last night, I had a big plate of Thai Hoi Tord (fried mussels with eggs
>> >and stuff on a bed of Mung bean sprouts). As usual, Jun made me a bowl
>> >of never-twice-the-same hot dipping sauce to go with it. 'Clean Plate
>> >Club' at work!
>> >
>> >Bad heartburn a couple of hours later. This morning she told me that
>> >turmeric is good for settling the stomach. I just put 1/2 tsp in my cup
>> >of Vodka and coffee. Acceptable flavor. Anyone have any experience with
>> >turmeric? Thanks.
>>
>> Not for that purpose. I use it daily, together with black pepper as a
>> general health spice.
>
>How much? How do you take it? Thanks.

I'll try to hunt out some references. A long time back there was a
discussion between Quentin, Annette and others, including some cites,
which showed that turmeric had several significant health and
mortality benefits. Two factors were significant. It seemed that the
benefit occurred regardless of the quantity of turmeric consumed
daily, and that the benefit was amplified enormously if piperine
(pepper) was consumed with it. I also read a paper on my CLL list
supporting turmeric.

Since that time I have consumed it in several ways, always together
with a grating of black pepper. if I have an omelette or scrambled
eggs in the morning, which I do five days out of seven, I add a dash
of turmeric and a grating of pepper to the egg mix. I do the same to a
lunch stir-fry, or to any stews or casseroles I make. I also eat an
occasional curry which always includes those among the spice mix.

The quantity I use is too small to make more than a nuance of taste
difference to most dishes; but I notice it's absence when I eat eggs
away from home.

In one form or another I eat it daily unless I am travelling overseas;
even then I try to find dishes that would include it.

As a separate issue I use Double Strength Mylanta, which is Aluminium
Hydroxide, Aluminium Oxide, Magnesium Hydroxide and Smethicone when I
have a bad (and they can be really, really bad with GERD) attack of
heartburn. http://www.mylanta.com/

Thankfully those don't happen as often as they used to.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:04:11 +1100, Alan S
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I'll try to hunt out some references.

For some reason I find Google Groups search no longer works for me. I
found some of that discussion here:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Arch.../msg05427.html
and here:
http://www.medkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/...n-fighting-fat
You'll be surprised where old conversations in asd turn up.

This was the paper, mentioned there, which leads me to include only
small portions of turmeric but ALWAYS add grated black pepper:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9...?dopt=Abstract
"Concomitant administration of piperine 20 mg produced much higher
concentrations from 0.25 to 1 h post drug (P < 0.01 at 0.25 and 0.5 h;
P < 0.001 at 1 h), the increase in bioavailability was 2000%."

A quick search on Google Scholar gives this:
http://tinyurl.com/ygeoejg

That's enough to keep me doing what I'm doing.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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i use it rather than a pill, and if you need to you can dilute it in warm
water, works just not as fast, Lee

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"Nick Cramer" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Stormmmee" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> not with that but even though it sounds counter intuitive, when you first
>> get the heart burn if you can swallow one Tbs of vinager it will stop
>> the burn in about three minutes, Lee
>
> Thanks, Lee. A friend of mine suggested that several years ago. I tried
> it.
> It worked. Lemon juice would probably work, too. I'll pass! ;-)
>
> --
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> families: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/ Thank a Veteran!
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> Thanks ! ! ~Semper Fi~ USMC 1365061

Nicky <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 11 Oct 2009 13:38:46 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >Alan mentioned the ground black pepper, too. I'm wondering how much of
> >each. The problem with Bloody Marys is I have to refill them too fast!
> >;-)
>
> It's absolutely standard in an Indian curry - anything up to a Tbs of
> turmeric, and maybe a tsp of FGBP, unless you're using the pepper for
> heat rather than spice - in which case, to taste!

Thanks, Nicky. It will be a Thai curry with coconut cream and Thai chiles.

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On 12 Oct 2009 03:19:21 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
wrote:

>> It's absolutely standard in an Indian curry - anything up to a Tbs of
>> turmeric, and maybe a tsp of FGBP, unless you're using the pepper for
>> heat rather than spice - in which case, to taste!
>
>Thanks, Nicky. It will be a Thai curry with coconut cream and Thai chiles.

The colour will be a bit scary except in a yellow curry - but I often
add it when I make a Thai curry.

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 150ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.2% BMI 26

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:33:15 +0100, Nicky <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 12 Oct 2009 03:19:21 GMT, Nick Cramer <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>> It's absolutely standard in an Indian curry - anything up to a Tbs of
>>> turmeric, and maybe a tsp of FGBP, unless you're using the pepper for
>>> heat rather than spice - in which case, to taste!
>>
>>Thanks, Nicky. It will be a Thai curry with coconut cream and Thai chiles.
>
>The colour will be a bit scary except in a yellow curry - but I often
>add it when I make a Thai curry.
>
>Nicky.
>T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
>D&E, 150ug thyroxine
>Last A1c 5.2% BMI 26

Lunch today was my version of Amok prawns. Turmeric, pepper, chili and
mint from the garden, ginger, garlic, cloves, garam masala, paprika
etc . It varies a little depending on how I feel.

Jun would probably shudder:-)

I put all the solid bits in the mortar and pestle and then see if I
can see the face of someone detestable in there in my mind's eye. At
the moment TM qualifies. Then I pound the bejazus out of it.

That happens while I'm stir-frying onion and veges (my stir-fry mix)
in some olive oil, then I add the spice mix. In the meantime I've
shelled, headed and de-veined the prawns; the heads and shells have
been simmering in a little water to be the stock. When the veges are
done I strain the stock into the wok over them, add the prawns (big
fellers, had to cut them in half) and the coconut cream powder. I
didn't have any lemon grass so I added a squeeze of lemon and Thai
fish sauce. I let it simmer until the prawns are done and it has
reduced a little.

Bliss:-)

And no spike.

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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Alan S wrote:
> Lunch today was my version of Amok prawns. Turmeric, pepper, chili and
> mint from the garden, ginger, garlic, cloves, garam masala, paprika
> etc . It varies a little depending on how I feel.
>
> Jun would probably shudder:-)

Your prawns ran amok?

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:32:00 +1000, "Ozgirl"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Alan S wrote:
>> Lunch today was my version of Amok prawns. Turmeric, pepper, chili and
>> mint from the garden, ginger, garlic, cloves, garam masala, paprika
>> etc . It varies a little depending on how I feel.
>>
>> Jun would probably shudder:-)
>
>Your prawns ran amok?
>
The name intrigued me too when I first saw it in Cambodia. It's a
light fish curry-style dish there and seemed to be the favourite local
dish in Siem Reap. I've been experimenting with trying to make my own
version; see the third pic down the page:
http://loraltravel.blogspot.com/2008/03/cambodia.html


Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
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