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With every fad there are people like that behind that benefit from selling not too toxic and pretty much inactive material to gullible people. Take turmeric, ra
by ta988 4y ago
With every fad there are people like that behind that benefit from selling not too toxic and pretty much inactive material to gullible people. Take turmeric, raspberry lactones, maca, lion's mane, the list is long...
- Schroedingersat 4y agoCurcumin is actually a mild anti inflammatory. Not as effective as aspirin, but still useful for many things. I found either of those as well acetaminophen significantly more effective than the opiates my doctor kept pushing on me for post surgical pain relief.
- morsch 4y agoYou appear to be an outlier. The scientific evidence for the efficacy of curcumin taken orally appears to be very thin to say the least.
- Schroedingersat 4y agoUnless I'm missing some systematic flaws, this seems credible enough to say 'probably a good low side-effect nsaid similar in effectiveness to aspirin': https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13063-019-3327-2 https://trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13... https://applications.emro.who.int/imemrf/Pak_J_Pharm_Sci/Pak_J_Pharm_Sci_2019_32_1_43_51.pdf https://applications.emro.who.int/imemrf/Pak_J_Pharm_Sci/Pak... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306274124_Efficacy_of_Turmeric_Extracts_and_Curcumin_for_Alleviating_the_Symptoms_of_Joint_Arthritis_A_Systematic_Review_and_Meta-Analysis_of_Randomized_Clinical_Trials https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306274124_Efficacy_...