Stopping turmeric supplementation

[nogutsnoglory]

I have been taking high dose turmeric for months now due to its anti inflammatory properties. I have been extremely inflamed so its obviously not helping. Furthermore I read it can induce diarrhea and I have not gone as much as I did yesterday since I stopped it.

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

I tried taking turmeric too, but it made my GERD super angry and that in turn caused another round of gastritis, so I stopped turmeric after only about a week or so. I've read lots of good things about it on the forum, but as with everything else, everyone responds a little differently to it. It sounds like you and I are two of the unlucky ones who didn't have a very good response. Oh well, can't win them all, right?

 

[nogutsnoglory]

It's possible we weren't taking a good dose. I took 1200mg and 600mg of Curcumin extract. What about you? I didn't find it bothered my reflux though. Oh and today the diarrhea is bad so maybe yesterday was a fluke.

 

[Cat-a-Tonic]

It was awhile ago and I don't remember specifically what dose I was taking, but I do recall that it was a fairly low dose because I wanted to try to ease into taking turmeric. I'm glad I didn't try a higher dose right off the bat because that lower dose was enough to make me feel terrible! I take Nexium, Zantac and Tums daily anyway but even with those in my system I was still belching acid fire from the turmeric.