HERE’s ANOTHER ARTICLE ON THE SAME INCIDENT:
https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/a23505656/turmeric-supplements-liver-disease-hepatitis/
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Before you decide to throw away your supplements, you should consider a few things.
As part of their case study, the authors conducted a review of 35 previous studies related to turmeric supplements. They found that around 5 percent of the participants suffered liver problems that were linked to the supplements. However, Dr. Funk does remind us that this is the first report of autoimmune hepatitis associate with turmeric use.
They also note that there is a possibility that specific people — such as those who drink alcohol or are older in age — who take these supplements may be more prone to having problems as a result. Additionally, there is the fact that the product itself wasn’t tested (as the woman had thrown it away before she told her doctors she was taking it) and there could be a chance it was contaminated. Dr. Funk explains to us that they have demonstrated and others have reported that turmeric supplements can be comprised of encapsulated spice (root) or the spice itself can sometime be contaminated with high levels of lead. “This is unusual, but can happen,” she says. Alternatively, the turmeric could have been reacting with one of the many other drugs the woman was taking.
Tasneem Bhatia, MD, an integrative medicine specialist, isn’t quick to dismiss turmeric supplements, pointing out that it is a well-known anti-inflammatory and reiterating that this is the fist case study to be published. “It is important to note it has been reported by the patient and not in the medical chart that turmeric may have caused the autoimmune hepatitis,” Dr. Bhatia tells Prevention.
One of the reasons I started grinding this up in my protein shakes is because of the extremely low incidence of alzheimers in India and countries that consume a lot of Tumeric.
Wasn’t aware it was an anti-inflammatory, but awesome.
No problems here so far, but I don’t take a lot of meds either, and it could be a med-combo problem. (interaction)