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.

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.

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.

What does it matter? I believe it is beneficial anyway, but that's not
why I use it.

Grahame isn't half as objective as he likes to believe he is. He only
selectively cherry-picks his 'evidence' of science bunk and ignores
anything that contradicts his biases ,which gets very tiresome.

> I expect the people who start the rumour going are the ones producing it.

Usually it's other entities with their own agendas.

On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:07:36 +1100, Jeßus > wrote:

> What does it matter? I believe it is beneficial anyway, but that's not
> why I use it.

That's my attitude too. I use it because the recipe calls for it, and
if it happens to do me some good then great! In fact, I'll be making
a turmeric cream sauce to accompany salmon tonight - if I don't make a
pineapple, mango, roasted corn & cilantro salsa. They're both easy, so
it's just a matter of what I'm in the mood for at dinner time.


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