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"Could be", "suggests", "first study", "thought to have" ... looks like there is some more science to be done here.
Here's a link to the study:
https://ebm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/07/26/bmjebm-2022-112231
Seems legit, except there was no placebo group, so it might not be that tumeric works, but omprazole doesn't.
The biggest struggle with any medicine is whether it is working any better than the placebo effect.
Well… we’ve got tons of data that shows that it does. Infact omeprazole is one of the most effective meds on the market.
There’s lots of weird things like this in medicine. Tylenol is shown to be as effective at treating certain types of pain as narcotics, even serious pain sources like recent surgery. Smelling alcohol swabs is as effective as nausea medicine in some cases, even with chemo associated nausea.
If it works then great, if not what’s the harm? You ate some turmeric? No loss.
The "thought to have" is the most egregious, considering that's the one part of turmeric that HAS been proven.
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