On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 16:02:04 -0400, wrote:

>On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 06:40:11 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:49:02 -0700, graham > wrote:
>>
>>>http://globalnews.ca/news/3180222/th...-wonder-spice/
>>>
>>>As usual, they give a lot of space to a quack who makes a bunch of
>>>statements with nothing with which to back them.
>>
>>Who gives a shit, I love turmeric regardless.
>
>So do I but I do chuckle when I hear them prattling on about how good
>it is for you. I expect the people who start the rumour going are the
>ones producing it.

I wouldn't disregard it so quickly. Kooks are irrelevant, but there's
a lot of research being done into medical uses of turmeric. Below are
some references from Wikipedia. Sounds riveting, no?

Chattopadhyay, Ishita; Kaushik Biswas; Uday Bandyopadhyay; Ranajit K.
Banerjee (10 July 2004). "Turmeric and curcumin: Biological actions
and medicinal applications" (PDF). Current Science. Indian Academy of
Sciences. 87 (1): 44–53. ISSN 0011-3891. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

Nagpal M, Sood S (2013). "Role of curcumin in systemic and oral
health: An overview". J Nat Sci Biol Med. 4 (1): 3–7.
doi:10.4103/0976-9668.107253. PMC 3633300Freely accessible. PMID
23633828

Prasad S, Aggarwal BB (2011). Benzie IF, Wachtel-Galor S, eds. Herbal
Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects. 2nd edition; Chapter 13:
Turmeric, the Golden Spice. From Traditional Medicine to Modern
Medicine. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1439807132. PMID
22593922. Retrieved 3 June 2015.

Ragasa C, Laguardia M, Rideout J (2005). "Antimicrobial
sesquiterpenoids and diarylheptanoid from Curcuma domestica". ACGC
Chem Res Comm. 18 (1): 21–24.

Mishra S, Palanivelu K (January–March 2008). "The effect of curcumin
(turmeric) on Alzheimer's disease: An overview". Ann Indian Acad
Neurol. 11 (1): 13–9.

Maithili Karpaga; Selvi, N.; Sridhar, M. G.; Swaminathan, R. P.;
Sripradha, R. (2014). "Efficacy of turmeric as adjuvant therapy in
type 2 diabetic patients.". Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry.
30 (2): 180–186. doi:10.1007/s12291-014-0436-2. PMC 4393385Freely
accessible. PMID 25883426.

Vaughn, A. R.; Branum, A; Sivamani, R. K. (2016). "Effects of Turmeric
(Curcuma longa) on Skin Health: A Systematic Review of the Clinical
Evidence". Phytotherapy Research. 30 (8): 1243–64.
doi:10.1002/ptr.5640. PMID 27213821.