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Turmeric seems to have zero medicinal properties
- 8note 10y agoNot shown to have any medicinal properties* As it says at the bottom, if there are any, they're too difficult to isolate
- o_____________o 10y agoVery clickbaity article and title.
- mark_l_watson 10y agoInteresting. I read a study from Europe last year saying that tumeric was an anti inflammatory, and tumeric with black pepper is much more effective.
- temeritatis 10y agoI'll be really sad if that's the case since it's cheap as hell, and supposedly has (i'm gonna take this one study with a grain of salt for now) anti inflammatory, antioxidant, and antitumoral properties, as well as being a decent cox-2 inhibitor (without the nasty effects of long term use of a NSAID)...
- Mz 10y agoAnd, yet, study after study after study suggests that diet plays a significant role in health outcomes. But, foods and spices can't be proven effective in promoting health.
- Broken_Hippo 10y agoJust because a single food or spice hasn't shown to promote health doesn't mean that the overall diet doesn't play a significant role in health outcomes.
- Mz 10y agoI think I failed to communicate my sarcasm or something. I got off all drugs and I manage my medical condition with diet and lifestyle. I am sneering at this dismissal of turmeric.
- JPLeRouzic 10y agoWhat is in the Nature article is a bit different, it is that it will be, first difficult to know which chemical is really causing the effect that is seen, as curcumin is often composed of many molecules, second that it will be difficult to create a industrial drug from curcumin.So it argues to not spend money on another curcumin study when there are already around thousand. It would be a waste of money. But if I am not wrong, the Nature article did not say curcumin has no effect, on contrary it has too many to know exactly what is going on.
- db48x 10y agoFood isn't medicine; shocking. Turmeric is tasty though; I think I'll put some on some chicken.
- squidbot 10y agoMy anecdotal story: A friend who is a naturopath gave me some tumeric/black pepper capsules to try for arthritis swelling in my knees. I figured I'd try it with a dose of healthy skepticism. Indeed, no real reduction on the swelling or pain, but oh man did it give me the worst abdominal cramping and runs. So maybe it's effective as a laxative?