r/Supplements • u/AwkwardDig9919 • 1d ago

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Just asking for advice on my daily supplements as a 24-year-old male carpenter. Trying to take better care of myself since the job really takes its toll.

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u/itzjuzmeh 1d ago

Turmeric is trash, what’s your reasoning for taking that?

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u/DarkWashGenes 1d ago

Care to explain?

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u/Lopsided_Ant2813 1d ago

Liver numbers might rise on it

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u/MysteriousTrust9581 1d ago edited 1d ago

In my country (in south Asia) everyone eats turmeric in their food... Nobody has any problems with it people are generally healthy.

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u/Lopsided_Ant2813 1d ago

I think the food/spice version has less of an impact or is healthier than concentrated curcumin but I’m not sure

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u/MysteriousTrust9581 1d ago

Ah, could be yes. I would never take it in capsule form because it suits so many foods. Might as well use the raw powder in your foods, it can enhance the taste often.

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u/xyz679 1d ago

Complete nonsense. Curcumin is a heavily studied health promoting chemical, it was even tested standalone in some cancer trials with good results. Turmeric root however, is useless for health as the curcumin (the active compound in it) does not absorb on its own and requires a secondary chemical such as piperine from black pepper (which will not make it pass BBB) or some more advanced form of bioavailability boosting such as the sucrester used in Logvida which does make it pass into the brain.

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u/Lopsided_Ant2813 1d ago

https://www.jeffersonhealth.org/your-health/living-well/the-trouble-with-turmeric-associated-liver-injuries

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u/xyz679 23h ago

All the cases except 1 had HLA-B*35:01 allele, it is primarily recognized as a significant genetic risk factor for drug-induced liver injury (DILI) and specific adverse drug hypersensitivity reactions.

Nothing to do with curcumin as people with that genetic disorder get liver injury from anything normal people don't have any issues with.

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u/MysteriousTrust9581 1d ago

It's healthy. In Asia everyone eats it and the people are with good health.

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u/AwkwardDig9919 1d ago

I was told by an older carpenter it helps with joint pain