You’re the black pepper or cayenne to my ginger/ Turmeric
Did you know that when taking ginger or turmeric that for it to absorb completely and relay its affects on your body, you must take cayenne or black pepper with it? While turmeric and ginger are very valuable when it comes to our healing and inflammation as well as digestion. With the curcumin inside of turmeric or ginger, it is not easily digested inside of our bodies. This is also known as poor or low bioavailability. Bioavailability is the rate at which your body can consume a drug or homeopathic medication, to when it reaches the site of concern and need of assistance. Scientists have studied this and found that without a substance to help digest and accumulate all of the ginger or turmeric‘ s benefits, then 75% of the benefits inside of these substances are just sent straight to secretion and not absorbed at all. Turmeric is known for its inflammation benefits while ginger is known for its digestion benefits. Here’s a couple more tips that you should know about for turmeric and ginger! Turmeric has a lot of good antioxidants, antidepressants, and helps with weight loss! Ginger help with malabsorption, bacteria infections, and too has properties that helps with weight loss. They both have great flavors when mixed at the right portion sizes and blends! If you guys are interested, Erewhon makes a great drink called “The Golden Latte’” with no caffeine, only turmeric, ginger, spices, adaptogenic tea with a little bit of ghee and coconut oil (with a sweetener of your choice)! Try it out and let me know what you guys think!