Posted by morgan miller on September 22, 2010, at 12:22:11
In reply to Re: Curcumin, Inflamm, and Mood (Hi Scott + others), posted by andrewb on September 21, 2010, at 22:19:55
> Scott,
> I'm glad you have continued to post here. I always found your posts to be level headed and informed. I'm sure you are a benefit to so many here.
> Morgan,
> I looked over the bioavailability information for the Meriva brand. For some reason I didn't find it to be compelling.
> Again, I'm not advocating people take this Longvida curcumin. Sometimes I question myself for taking it. I think a real concern here is that truly bioavailable curcumin might have potential for harm. Let me quote from a recent journal article, "The diverse and cell type dependent actions of NF-kB make it a complex drug target, although there may be specific cases of inflammatory processes in which NF-kB inhibitors would be useful and efficacious for the treatment of depression." I suppose this is something to take a hard look only if you suspect you clearly have an inflammatory condition. I don't think there are other clearly identified NF-kB inhibition agents out there that have good oral bioavailability.Resveratrol, Quercitin, and EGCG are other fairly potent NF Kappa B inhibitors. Maybe not as potent as Curcumin though.
poster:morgan miller
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