Curcumin BCM-95: Life Extension Foundation Europharma

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Curcumin BCM-95

I was wondering if anyone has any experience with BCM-95? It's a relatively new form of curcumin supplement. It's composed of micronized curcuminoid particles combined with the phospholipid phosphatidylcholine and turmeric essential oil (most likely turmerones). BCM-95 is supposed to be about 6 times more absorbable than curcumin with piperine in going from the GI tract to the bloodstream and about 10 times more absorbable than regular standardized 95% turmeric extract. So far, I'm only aware of two manufacturers distributing this form of curcumin, Life Extension Foundation (or LEF) and Europharma though there could be others as well. I currently take one tablespoon, 15 mL or ~ 9.3 g, of whole, organic turmeric and am considering adding this on top of that. Whole turmeric is only about 3% curcumin so my one tablespoon would provide about 280 mg of curcumin. However, whole turmeric does provide turmerones (also about 3% by weight) as well as an antioxidant peptide called turmerin (about 0.1% by weight) both of which are good things so I didn't want to give up on the whole turmeric just yet. Anyways, I would appreciate hearing about any experience that anyone has had with BCM-95 curcumin.

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