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   Taylan (taylan@fedi.feministwiki.org)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 23:57:41 JST Taylan
   Have you heard about the supposed health benefits of turmeric / curcumin? Comes out the science behind it was fraudulent all along. No evidence that curcumin helps with anything. It's probably not even absorbed properly by the body.
   
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpQobaBCSYk
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2024 23:57:40 JST 翠星石

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     @taylan A lot of turmeric powder is contaminated with lead really.
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 19:30:22 JST 翠星石

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     @sulaco @taylan https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/your-herbs-and-spices-might-contain-arsenic-cadmium-and-lead-a6246621494/
     https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25214856/
     
     Locally grown/powdered turmeric is usually not contaminated, but some companies import powdered turmeric from India or Bangladesh, where it is far too popular to add chromated lead to make it nice and yellow and then just package it without testing it.
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     Vasquez (sulaco@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Sunday, 03-Nov-2024 19:30:23 JST Vasquez

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     • 翠星石
     That's a tad concerning. You got a good source on that?