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Out of curiosity, have you tried a daily supplement of turmeric? It takes a few weeks but it appears to have a good effect of helping keeping the immune system
by elcritch 8y ago
Out of curiosity, have you tried a daily supplement of turmeric? It takes a few weeks but it appears to have a good effect of helping keeping the immune system healthy (https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=turmeric+inflammation+study https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=turmeric+inflammation+s...). It helps me maintain some resilience even when I go off diet for my condition and generally helps "detrigger" my inflammation.
Now to the question in point. What comes to my mind for fellow "hackers" is how to test / quantify test the results of any such treatment. Does it only work for ~3 months before effects begin to wane? Before doing any such treatment I'd personally want to know and have collected a decent amount of personal information including specific blood cell counts, CRC, various interleukins, on a daily basis. Which alas is almost impossible for a person of normal means currently. I know a few people who've done stem cell treatment for knee / soft tissue injuries and they indicated it helped. That was from a stateside company.
My take would be to keep studying it and with the momentum in the research area to wait a year or two before seriously considering it. Hopefully some of the "quackery" in the field will be shaken out. Of course, IANAD, but I also believe each patient should be involved in their long term care and become as informed as possible.