Haven't posted for a while ... thunderous stampede of work, coupled with holiday madness (second only to space madness!) has left precious little time for writing. But here we are.
Call it woo-woo if you want, but I'm going to take this moment to reflect upon a couple of things I'm grateful for.
This holiday season has been a difficult one, to say the least. Dunno why, but the Christmas season has made itself the shitshow fuckarama season ... I suppose I should start anticipating it and bracing for Sunday to come 'round about December 20th from now on ...
Regardless (or maybe because of), I'm grateful for the following
- The fact that I'm able to pull a 48 hour fast at the drop of a hat - comes in handy when choosing between trying to regain a normal sleep schedule and the chaos of the day meaning dinner proper would be at 3AM ...
- (I had more, but my train of thought derailed ... I reserve the right to retcon this at a future date)
Food Stuffs
TL;DR - don't eat your turmeric without adding a good pile of black pepper!
There's a lot to like about turmeric. Curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, is a powerful anti-inflammatory compound. I'm not here to espouse its benefits ... see the examine.com link below for that. All I want to do here is remind you that if you're ingesting turmeric, make sure that you're doing so with a healthy dose of black pepper. The piperine in the black pepper enhances the bioavailability of the curcumin by 2000%, according to the pubmed article linked below.
Links:
- examine.com entry on curcumin
- pubmed article - "Influence of piperine on the pharmacokinetics of curcumin in animals and human volunteers"
