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Anthony Kaveh MD
@MedicalSecrets · 4:36

Supplement SCAMS? Do you know what's in your TURMERIC?

article image placeholderTurmeric scams! What you need to know
Speaking of active ingredients, that's curcumin, we believe that is what gives the antiinflammatory properties to turmeric. That's what we want in particular for osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. So you need to have the right root in the supplement. You need to have enough of a dosage of that as well. That's usually around 1500 to 2000 mg spread across the day, usually in two divided doses

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Kim M
@kimestryarts · 1:02

Thank you!

I really appreciate having that information about Tumeric. I remember I used to take it every day in capsule form, and my doctor discouraged it and said, you know, I discourage it because I know what's in it. And I didn't really understand kind of what he was getting at and he didn't really expand upon it. So with your explanation, I understand a little bit more about what he may have been alluding to. So I'm wondering if you recommend it
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Anthony Kaveh MD
@MedicalSecrets · 0:49

Yes BUT watch out for LEAD contamination to enhance yellow coloring!

Great question. Whole food form is typically recommended for nearly all supplements, with some exceptions. When whole food forms can't provide enough dosage, turmeric could be one of them, but it's easy enough to try to in whole food form for a trial period of a couple of weeks and see if that helps with the symptoms that one is experiencing, such as knee pain. If that works, no need to go for the encapsulations
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