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Curcumin absorbs better when taken with piperine from black pepper and with fat.
1 source: 1 partly
By Arun AgrahriLast reviewed
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Curcumin with piperine from black pepper, taken with fat. Your body absorbs curcumin poorly on its own. Piperine can alter drug metabolism, though, and turmeric with bioperine can lower DHT.
Curcumin is worth taking.
The verdict on Curcumin overall. 3 sources: 2 positive, 1 partly
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Curcumin absorbs better when taken with piperine from black pepper and with fat.
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William Li, on The Dr. Hyman Show, at 1:13:11
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Open the tape at 1:13:11 →“help your intestines get activated so it observe absorbs more of that curcumin from the turmeric”
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William Li, on The Dr. Hyman Show, at 1:13:11 Video · partly · Opinion
“help your intestines get activated so it observe absorbs more of that curcumin from the turmeric”
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Curcumin absorbs best with piperine from black pepper and with fat. Curcumin is the active compound in turmeric. It is potent, but your gut takes up little of it on its own.
The advice to always pair turmeric with black pepper comes up often, because piperine raises how much curcumin you absorb. In cooking, black pepper goes in with turmeric so piperine slows the breakdown of curcumin. Taking curcumin with fat also raises absorption sharply. The grounded route is piperine plus fat.
Piperine alters drug metabolism, so the black-pepper boost can raise drug interactions. That is worth knowing if you take medication. Turmeric with black-pepper extract (bioperine) can also act as a 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor and lower DHT in some people. And chronic anti-inflammatory supplements may blunt the inflammation you want after training.
This page does not rank the branded high-absorption forms. Supplement marketing pushes Meriva and Theracurmin, and Longvida and liposomal curcumin get the same treatment. No source on the record compares them, so the grounded recommendation stays piperine and fat. "Curcumin with BioPerine" is the branded name for the piperine pairing.
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