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To: Red Badger

There must be some truth in eating healthy.
I smoke and drink and I’m 74.
My doctor told me he hasn’t ever seen me before.
I told him he was mistaken, I saw him 17 years ago.
When I told him I eat anything I want, when I want and as much as I want.
He said “How are you still alive?”
But I read all the health news on FreeRepublic.
Two years ago I figured I’d try Turmeric thinking it was just a spice, how can it hurt?
It tastes terrible but I feel great. No more bad knees, no more feeling like I had arthritis.
About the same time I had gradually switched from a pasta based diet to a stew diet.
I take any kind of meat and throw in vegetables from my garden.
I was bitten by a brown recluse spider on my finger 7 weeks ago.
I was prescribed an antibiotic that my wife says is what she took for a bladder infection.
It didn’t do anything for my finger but I don’t have to run to the bathroom anymore.
So now I take a half spoonful of Turmeric and dip it in yogurt once a day.
I couldn’t do anything in the yard for 5 weeks due to the spider bite.
My finger looked like a barbecued chicken leg.
I’ve got an acre of property and I have to do weed abatement before fire season.
The weeds are waist high. But I wake up every morning with no back pain.


11 posted on 04/24/2025 8:22:52 AM PDT by Haddit
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To: Haddit

You’re lucky you didn’t lose that finger.

A co-worker where I used to work was bitten on the finger just as you were, while moving some trash in an unused hangar.

He lost his finger...............


12 posted on 04/24/2025 8:27:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Haddit

Good info. I was taking about 1.5-2g of turmeric powder daily as well as 600mg of curcumin from turmeric. After a year I began to get nose bleeds and recalled an article that said turmeric is like a blood thinner and can cause nosebleeds. So I’ve cut back to 500mg and the nosebleeds have stopped.


18 posted on 04/24/2025 10:43:54 AM PDT by The Truth Will Make You Free ( )
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To: Haddit

“Two years ago I figured I’d try Turmeric thinking it was just a spice, how can it hurt”


A lot of spices can be toxic if overdosed. Nutmeg or cinnamon for example are to be avoided for people with liver problem.
Turmeric is the current darling of the “healthy eating” sphere but if it has the purported effects at the dose you use, I’ll bet the barn it has also side effects.
Maybe your backpains was relieved because you cut out carbs and not because of turmeric. That’s what carnivores feel systematically and the mechanism is well known (inflammation by carbs and anti-inflamatory effect of animal fats).


26 posted on 04/24/2025 12:41:10 PM PDT by miniTAX
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