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Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Re: Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Post by wappieslurkz »

collyw wrote: post #2

I has tennis elbow a while ago. Was going to see the doctor but there was a wait. Looked up natural antiinflamatories. Turmeric came up. Did turmeric and black pepper milkshakes for a week and it fixed it.

One problem is: a tennis elbow does not really involve inflammation... Look it up.

Re: Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Post by collyw »

amanaplanacanal wrote: post #4
collyw wrote: post #2

I has tennis elbow a while ago. Was going to see the doctor but there was a wait. Looked up natural antiinflamatories. Turmeric came up. Did turmeric and black pepper milkshakes for a week and it fixed it.

I hear you. The problem is... It might have just gotten better by itself. Hard to know.

Maybe.

Re: Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Post by collyw »

wappieslurkz wrote: post #21
collyw wrote: post #2

I has tennis elbow a while ago. Was going to see the doctor but there was a wait. Looked up natural antiinflamatories. Turmeric came up. Did turmeric and black pepper milkshakes for a week and it fixed it.

One problem is: a tennis elbow does not really involve inflammation... Look it up.

I did, it says it sometimes involves inflammation, but it was self diagnosed anyway.Either way I drank turmeric milkshakes and it went away. Maybe by itself, maybe because of the turmeric.

Re: Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Post by collyw »

Noumenon72 wrote: post #5
collyw wrote: post #2

I has tennis elbow a while ago. Was going to see the doctor but there was a wait. Looked up natural antiinflamatories. Turmeric came up. Did turmeric and black pepper milkshakes for a week and it fixed it.

How long had the problem persisted before you considered going to the doctor?

Probably a bit over a week. Twinged after kayaking at the weekend. Got worse the following weekend and wasn't going away.

Re: Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Post by wappieslurkz »

collyw wrote: post #23
wappieslurkz wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One problem is: a tennis elbow does not really involve inflammation... Look it up.

I did, it says it sometimes involves inflammation, but it was self diagnosed anyway.Either way I drank turmeric milkshakes and it went away. Maybe by itself, maybe because of the turmeric.

Good thing it did, I've been struggling with it for 9 months now. I'm seeing a new specialist next week.

Re: Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Post by pseudohadamard »

thorum wrote: post #9

Somewhat useless article. To summarize, we have anecdotes suggesting they may work but no one has figured out how to prove or disprove it in a study, and the author has some doubts. Meanwhile supplements can be dangerous if you take too much or have a liver condition, or if you buy them from an unreputable source, as with every other substance on earth. Author confirms it tastes good in milk.

I recently went into a few European pharmacies trying to find any that still stock cough lollies with DXM and found that Icelandic moss seems to be the currently in-fashion health woo-woo. Presumably because freighting it in from Iceland rather than ripping it off the tree in your back yard gives it magical healing properties.

Re: Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?

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Post by airbreather »

based on multiple personal experiences, and that of friends/acquaintances, I have no doubt it works for reduction of inflammation of the sort you get spraining you ankle.

must be taken with pepper extract to increase bio availability, I buy it ready to go from the supermarket where they keep it with the vitamins and supplements.

just because no one has worked out how, does not mean it is ineffective.

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