Turmeric water - has anybody tried it?

[DrQ]

Yesterday my dietician recommended that I drink Turmeric water for my arthritis. I figured a quarter of a teaspoon a day in a cup of water couldn't hurt.

Has anybody else heard of this or have tried it?

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[DancingWaters]

I take a turmeric supplemental everyday. I’m a firm believer in it helping with my pain from arthritis

 

[stmartinfan]

It sounds like it's worth trying. I often think there could be many more herbs/supplements like this that could work for people, but since the big drug companies don't make any money from them there is little scientific testing being done. I have taken glucosamine and chondroitin for years for my achy joints. I'd taken it for several years when there was a study that questioned its value, although the study said it might help some people. I stopped taking it and soon my hands felt the ache of arthritis much more strongly. Started taking it again and it subsided, so I decided I'm one of the people it works for. I'll have to remember turmeric as an option. My son in law lifts weights and takes it for that reason.

 

[WaikikiFirst]

Turmeric is simple to add to and tastes great in all kinds of foods. Consuming turmeric is
Adding it to water is strange strange stuff.
Even more strange: do you know that green powder with alfalfa, chlorella, wheatgrass, etc etc? People add it to sweet smoothies and complain about the taste. Well, guess what? It tastes great added to mayo, to any tomato-based sauce, so chili, stews, anything "savory". Tastes great. But people still follow the leader putting it into smoothies, and then complain. Go figure.

Here's one; I know a guy who buys electrolytes in little pouches, flavored or not, which he adds to water to drink a couple of times /day. Fine. No problem. But wait, the $/gram of this stuff is as if you worked in a National Lab and were buying unusual chemicals for ground-breaking experiments. I forget the actual #, but maybe $100/lb for powdered salt, potassium, etc.
AS if this stuff is hard to buy and add to food,

oh, the green stuff? add it to vanilla ice cream and it is almost like matcha ice cream.

 

[WaikikiFirst]

I wonder how much turmeric "supplements" cost /lb, /gram of turmeric? How much does a bottle of turmeric spice cost /lb?

 

[DrQ]

It sounds like it's worth trying. ...

I'm checking with my cardiologist as he just put me on a blood thinner.

 

[WaikikiFirst]

couldn't hurt

?? You had the recent post about Tibetn food, right? Do you think they worry if it'll hurt when they use turmeric? Isn't turmeric one of the 5 "golden" spices of India? "golden" is not the actual word, something like thta

 

[DrQ]

I take a turmeric supplemental everyday. I’m a firm believer in it helping with my pain from arthritis

My dietician said to make sure that it was a product of India.

From WebMD:

• Don't confuse turmeric with Javanese turmeric root or tree turmeric. Also, don't confuse it with zedoary or goldenseal, which are unrelated plants that are sometimes called turmeric.

 

[DrQ]

From turmeric to green tea extract, popular herbal supplements could damage liver health​

From turmeric to green tea extract, popular herbal supplements could damage liver health

University of Michigan researchers found that an estimated 15.6 million U.S. adults regularly use at least one of six botanical products linked to liver damage.

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[WaikikiFirst]

just put me on a blood thinner

one of the old traditional ones or one of the "modern" ones?

 

[jp10558]

It sounds like it's worth trying. I often think there could be many more herbs/supplements like this that could work for people, but since the big drug companies don't make any money from them there is little scientific testing being done. I have taken glucosamine and chondroitin for years for my achy joints. I'd taken it for several years when there was a study that questioned its value, although the study said it might help some people. I stopped taking it and soon my hands felt the ache of arthritis much more strongly. Started taking it again and it subsided, so I decided I'm one of the people it works for. I'll have to remember turmeric as an option. My son in law lifts weights and takes it for that reason.

Hmmm, the supplement companies make LOTS of money off of this stuff, but they're not regulated so don't actually have to show effectiveness. The most study they'll pay for is usually a very weak small N study that shows the stuff is amazing!

Honestly, I'd prefer there were at least regulations enforced on both

The advertising (no more of this "Cures everything" in big bright letter with a * and tiny print "not intended to cure or treat any disease per the FDA" or whatever that guff is.
and
the contents - way too many things blatantly lie about the actual contents. So like said above, you are trying to get turmeric but instead get goldenseal. Imagine the uproar we've had over "is a subway sub bread" or "Frozen treat vs Iced Cream" due to contents, but supplements it's just - well, hope you don't get poison in that pill cause no one's checking.

Of course, I'm sure no one wants actual government intervention to try and stop people getting scammed here so...

 

[DrQ]

Hmmm, the supplement companies make LOTS of money off of this stuff, but they're not regulated so don't actually have to show effectiveness. The most study they'll pay for is usually a very weak small N study that shows the stuff is amazing!

Honestly, I'd prefer there were at least regulations enforced on both

I'm buying food. Spice powder from an Indian source.

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