Posted on 04/16/2024 8:55:10 PM PDT by RandFan
Turmeric, a flowering plant of the ginger family, has long been prized in Ayurvedic medicine for its anti-inflammatory properties and in Asian cuisines for its earthy flavour and vibrant hue. Haldi, the spice’s Hindi name, is derived from the Sanskrit for “golden coloured”. But for the millions of South Asians who habitually consume it, turmeric’s skin-staining yellowness can be deceptive and deadly.
To heighten their colour, the rhizomes from which the spice is extracted are routinely dusted with lead chromate, a neurotoxin. The practice helps explain why South Asia has the highest rates of lead poisoning in the world. The heart and brain diseases it causes—to which children are especially susceptible—accounted for at least 1.4m deaths in the region in 2019. The economic cost is crippling; that year lead poisoning is estimated to have lowered South Asian productivity by the equivalent of 9% of gdp. Yet it turns out that with clever policies, enlightened leadership and astute messaging this blight can be greatly reduced. Bangladesh has shown how.
(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...
My wife routinely gets blood tests showing her RH factor (the test showing rheumatoid arthritis) way off the charts.
She takes a high potency circumin and a very high dose fish oil, heavy on omega 3s and certain acids — and has zero symptoms for 5 years now. Her sister is crippled.
Her rheumatologist finally talked her into low dose hydrochloroquin just as another preventative, but so far, so good.
The economist is the official mouthpeace of MI5/MI6.
Basically the same as how the Washington Compost is the campus newspaper for the CIA.
Ummmm - what don’t you understand abut “being dusted with lead chromate”?
You gonna swear by Turmeric even if it’s sometimes laced with poison? I hear there’s some green Kool-Aid sitting on the shelves somewhere....Mmmmm - tastes like limes...
Turmeric has a low bioavailability. It needs to be cut with peperine, black pepper or a black pepper extract to increase it. s to be
“What, that dishonest dealers would adulterate food to make it more saleable?
Yes”
Yep, absolutely. Greed for that one extra penny knows no bounds.
Lead chromate is a chromium coordination entity comprising chromate and lead(2+) ions in a 1:1 ratio It has a role as a carcinogenic agent, a neurotoxin and a nephrotoxin. It is a lead coordination entity and a chromium coordination entity. It contains a lead(2+) and a chromate(2-).
Lead Chromate is a yellow, orange or red colored, crystalline, inorganic compound that emits toxic chromium fumes upon heating. Lead chromate is highly corrosive and is a strong oxidizing agent. This substance is used in printing inks, paints and to color vinyl, rubber and paper. Lead chromate primarily affects the lungs causing shortness of breath, bronchitis, pneumonia and asthma but can also affect the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys and immune system. This substance is a known human carcinogen and is associated with an increased risk of developing lung cancer and cancer of the sinonasal cavity. (NCI05)
https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Lead-chromate
Recommended by Chiropractors nationwide.
Ah: A fellow anti-intellectual. LOL.
Reminder:
Supplements are unregulated.
I doubt that Turmeric ‘spice’ is adulterated, but absent testing it is probable that there is some adulteration of Turmeric supplements. Personally, on occasion I’ll use Turmeric on eggs and have never taken the supplements.
FYI:
https://www.consumerreports.org/supplements/testing-turmeric-and-echinacea-for-potency-and-purity/
“So its a quality of sources, not an inherent issue with turmeric.”
Appropriate conclusion.
Bump
Economist is hard Leftist rag.
I believe Indian merchants would adulterate products to increase profits.
Some things help but too much of anything could be very bad. Watch your own heath and don’t tke advice from strangers.
Yes. Unlike everything south of the Rio Grande, they are sending their best.
I can’t argue.
I drink the green tea with Tumeric and black pepper.
Excellent post
Thank you.
Thank you, Albion.
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