Turmeric can kill cancer cells and prevent their growth
cancerresearchuk.orgIsn’t curcumin one of those compounds that just has a lot of false positives in these kinds of lab assays?
https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/separating-turmeric-...
https://qz.com/india/883829/a-large-scientific-review-study-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-assay_interference_compoun...
As I said in another comment, there is a belief in the natural health community that Tuneric/Curcumin can cure cancer. I'm not totally sold, but based on this article, I am optimistic. What bothers me about this is that natural health advocates latch onto them and use them as proof of efficacy.
Typically, it's followed by something along the lines of "if only big Pharma/government would get out the way, we could have this valuable cure."
If something actually has efficacy, then a drug company would've made it into a drug by now. Somehow it would have gotten to a point of treatment somewhere in the world. I'm just not seeing that, so until it actually is put through real-world testing with patients, I think everyone should look at these with some doubt.
Not true if it's not protectable (patentable). Real world testing--e.g. clinical trials--is very expensive and when others can immediately benefit the results pharma unlikely to pursue.
Also, if it was at least moderately effective at reasonable doses, then there would be a measurable, noticeable, statistical difference in cancer survival rates between countries and regions where it is consumed and those where it is not.
Funny this was the other discussion it being contaminated. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38139011
Wikipedia suggests its toxify is overblown. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_chromate
>Despite containing both lead and hexavalent chromium, lead chromate is not particularly toxic because of its very low solubility. The LD50 for rats is only 5,000 mg/kg. Lead chromate is treated with great care in its manufacture, the main concerns being dust of the chromate precursor. "Extensive epidemiological investigations have given no indication that the practically insoluble lead chromate pigments have any carcinogenic properties".
Turmeric is trending in the Hacker News Collective Conscious.
It could have been any word.
The news piece was "Indians caught using lead as food colorant".
In addition to lead chromate, in some instances metanil yellow is also used. It can also be potentially neurotoxic and hepatotoxic [1].
I found a spice producer's site that contained some instructions of how to determine if it's adulterated [2]:
Metanil Test: To test for the presence of metanil yellow, place a pinch of turmeric powder in a test tube, add a few drops of strong hydrochloric acid, and violently shake it.
If the solution becomes pink, this indicates the existence of metanil. Consuming turmeric powder that is high in metanil will make you feel nauseated, create stomach problems, and cause food poisoning.
Lead Chromate Test: To test the presence of lead chromate in turmeric powder, mix a teaspoon of turmeric powder with water. It will instantly leach streaks of water-soluble colour into the solution, indicating the presence of lead chromate.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanil_Yellow
[2]: https://www.vasantmasala.com/blog/how-to-check-adulteration-...
Because it has low solubility it will be less toxic compared to a more soluble form of lead, but it is still highly toxic and there is no safe dose. It has been implicated in numerous documented cases of lead poisoning from adulterated turmeric and you wouldn't want to be consuming it.
did anyone source a reliably pure one
reliably pure lead chromate?
turmeric
Those are synonyms.
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I was joking :-/
I've been wondering if anyone sells home tooling to test safety on individual purchases before using them. A quick google suggests some tools exist but question their efficacy. What say you, hackers?
"Nice natural remedy you have there, pity if the supply chain got contaminated" - big pharma
Is it a coincidence that reptiles reproduce better at high degrees of global lead poisoning?
Reptiles also prefer warmer climates... It's all starting to make sense now.
The return of the lizard people is imminent...
It's been highly recommended in Hindu Ayurveda for centuries
This seems like a meaningless data point. Avoiding pork and shellfish has been highly recommended in Jewish writing for millennia.
Sometimes for good reasons (e.g. food spoilage and parasites) that have no basis in 21st century reality.
Its not meaningless because the Ayurvedic scriptures are much older and the original scriptures that mention it first.
This is very important to note and to try and understand why it is so.
The use of turmeric dates back nearly 4000 years to the Vedic culture in India, where it was used as a culinary spice and had some religious significance. It probably reached China by 700 ad, East Africa by 800 ad, West Africa by 1200 ad, and Jamaica in the eighteenth century.
2000 years, 4000 years… humans make up things and as long as they’re not visibly and instantly harmful they persist.
If it turns out matzah ball soup prevents Alzheimer’s then millions of Jewish mothers will say “see! Our people knew it all along”, but it would be pure coincidence.
It's not coincidence if there is science behind it and proven to be dated to vedic times. This is really important as there could be other things in the scriptures that are worth noting. Any good researcher wouldn't wash that off.
Right at the top it says: "But we need more research."
Maybe it's not the turmeric, but the lead chromate though?
XKCD has us covered: https://xkcd.com/1217/