5 things that have gotten me called a shill, rated by number of accusations: 1. Calling raw milk bad 2. Saying vaccines work 3. Questioning low-carb diets 4. Saying that artificial sweeteners are mostly ok 5. Calling turmeric "mostly useful as a spice"
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Replying to @GidMK
Usually agree with you on much but I did sys Rev of the lit for nutritional anti inflammatories in 2016 (published early 2017) and evidence for curcumin quite compelling xx
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Replying to @LeaMerone
Mmm but the effective dose from turmeric of curcumin is usually miniscule, so while there may be some interesting effects of curcumin it's unlikely that drinking turmeric lattes will do anything health-wise
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Replying to @GidMK
It’s been two years since I wrote this so I would need to go back and look again to be honest, but the evidence I read for effects on human inflammatory markers has been enough for me and my husband to add tumeric into our daily diet. Important point here is it’s not a cure for >
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Replying to @LeaMerone @GidMK
Anything but rather an adjunct to “proper” medicine. But then I’m a huge believer in medicine begins in the kitchen. We can throw pills around; fab, they do work! But we need to promote nutrition for good health overall.
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Replying to @LeaMerone
Well, let's just say that I'm very skeptical that you'd be seeing a therapeutic dose of curcumin from the turmeric in your diet unless you're eating a jar a day!
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Replying to @GidMK
Also obv more studies out there just giving a dose example of effects. For full disclosure this one was in vitro. I could find more if I revisited my collection but I’m procrastinating I fear to avoid what I should be doing right now :/
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Replying to @LeaMerone
So there's definitely some interesting in vitro effects, but looked it up. Turmeric is roughly 3% curcumin by weight, which is roughly 25% bioavailable. The average dose in vivo clinical trials is ~8mg/kg/d curcumin, which means 8*75*4*(100/3)=80 grams of turmeric per day
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Also, I understand procrastinating lol, you aren't the only one!
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