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If you follow the linked references in the Ars Technica, those reference curcumin unambiguously. https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-databas
by perihelions 1y ago
If you follow the linked references in the Ars Technica, those reference curcumin unambiguously.
https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-database/Home/Chemical/638 https://apps.who.int/food-additives-contaminants-jecfa-datab... ("...ADI of 0–3 mg/kg of body weight for curcumin...")
That's concordant with the "up to 3 mg per kilogram of weight" in Ars, which is phrased ambiguously, as if to refer to turmeric. The Ars editors are in the wrong.
- esperent 1y agoOk, so the WHO recommendation is for curcumin. That makes sense.However, the supplement this woman was taking is quite unambiguously referred to as turmeric in both articles. At this point I'd say we should just write it off as terrible reporting and make a mental note that the quality of Ars Technica is taking a significant drop, if they're allowing these kind of errors in their articles.