Trying out something new
I have read about Tumeric paste many times but so far I have not tried to make it myself, even though I know there were plenty of times that one of us would have benefited from it. Last week I had a very shitty reaction to prednisone after just 4 tablets of 5 mg each which made me stop taking them immediately. So when I threw this in our team chat, I got wonderful advice from @deeanndmathews to boil some ginger as it can work wonders. This is something I don't have at home unless I need it for a recipe and I have to be honest, I really don't fancy the taste of ginger either so it's not something I buy often. I decided that this was the perfect moment to actually try it again because I sure wasn't going to take any prednisone anymore and I was still a bit in shock and therefore the fear of getting something else prescribed which would cause my blood pressure to rise to extreme highs as well. Home remedies it is!
Grocery list
I put it down on the grocery list but unfortunately, it was already late when we went there and there was no ginger in this supermarket left. Thankfully, I had a plan B because of @misslasvegas' tip to make some Tumeric paste. I only needed pepper for this paste as I had the rest at home. I know there are several varieties to be found and often including ginger but this is one I could not add this time so I went for the most basic one I could find for now and first try this and see if it helps.
Just a few ingredients needed
For this paste I used:
- 1 cup of Tumeric
- 2 cups of water
- 3 teaspoons of ground pepper
- 3 teaspoons of coconut oil
From what I understand the pepper is needed to enhance the absorption of curcumin because it's normally poorly absorbed in the bloodstream. If you add the black pepper, the absorption goes up to 2000%. I'm not an expert but it was clear every time I read about this paste that you really need to use them both.
Simple process
Just add the pepper as well as the Tumeric together in a pan with the water and start stirring. Keep doing so until you have a paste and then keep stirring at a low temperature for 10 more minutes to allow the pepper to do its work. Remove from the heat and add the coconut oil to finish the paste. You can store it for up to 4 weeks from what I read online. Once you have the paste you can just heat up some coconut milk every day with a teaspoon of this paste to have your daily golden milk to start enjoying health benefits.
This was my first time drinking it, I'm not a fan and added honey to the mix to make it a little better but at least I got all three of us to drink a glass. I'm hoping we will continue doing so and see some health benefits in the next weeks. I have no clue how soon it could be noticeable in my hand/arm but I'm willing to give it a solid try after my experience last week. It was a try wake-up call to be careful accepting heavy meds.
Thanks for reading! And if you make this paste yourself while holding a golden tip to make it taste better, let me know please :)