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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 May 2018

      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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    2. Dr Lea Merone MBChB (hons) MPH&TM MSc FAFPHM Ⓥ‏ @LeaMerone 13 May 2018
      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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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 May 2018
      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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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 May 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @LeaMerone

      From memory it's something like 30g of turmeric per day for even the minimum dose of curcumin that's been tested in a clinical trial

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    5. Jason Cutler‏ @jasonology 13 May 2018
      Replying to @GidMK @LeaMerone

      Thats interesting because the last thing I read about this substance was in sciencebasedmedicine and it said there were no promising results so far.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 13 May 2018
      Replying to @jasonology @LeaMerone

      It depends on what you consider "promising". There've been some fascinating results in lab-bench/rodent studies, but so far most of the clinical trials in people have found no/minimal benefit

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        2. Nicole Campbell‏ @nk_campbell 13 May 2018
          Replying to @GidMK @jasonology @LeaMerone

          There are some small human trials showing benefits, especially when using formulations which improve curcumin bioavailability. Agreed that amount of curcumin consumed in a turmeric latte unlikely to be useful!

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        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 14 May 2018
          Replying to @nk_campbell @jasonology @LeaMerone

          Pretty much! I'd also stress the "small" there - I've yet to see an appropriately-powered, robustly controlled study of curcumin that has clinically useful benefit. Loads of little ones that show small benefits, but that's not very useful!

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