Is turmeric Good for your health?

We Indians love our spices, and none more than turmeric. This essential yellow ingredient, in most Indian recipes, was discovered by Ayurveda, adopted by the West and now has come home once again in the form of alternative medicine, or even mainstream medicine, as doctors have started prescribing it. This is all because of a fascinating chemical that Turmeric contains – Curcumin. This molecule is making waves across the world and is being touted as a panacea of sorts that can heal almost anything you can think of – arthritis, diabetes, aches, pains, sore throats, baldness, obesity, heart disease and even cancer. But does curcumin work? If it does, will eating turmeric have the same effect? What are the side effects of turmeric? Is it medicine yet or still in the realm of alternative or complementary medicine?
We are getting to the bottom of this today.
Citations and Further Reading
Articles:
https://medium.com/@gidmk/the-bitter-truth-about-turmeric-8cf9256e73c5
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/turmeric-tasty-in-curry-questionable-as-medicine/
https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/curcumin-hype-vs-reality/
https://skeptoid.com/blog/2016/06/02/turmeric-what-is-it-good-for/
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/01/12/curcumin-will-waste-your-time
https://examine.com/supplements/curcumin/#summary
https://respectfulinsolence.com/2017/08/14/the-death-of-jade-erick-from-intravenous-curcumin-mystery-solved/
https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/naturopathic-death-from-iv-turmeric/
Papers:
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-10/cmaj-ocs102318.php
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b00975
https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/42/5/652/1784589
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073929/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3857752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664031/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5003001/