A 57-year-old woman spent six days in the hospital for severe liver damage after taking daily megadoses of the popular herbal supplement, turmeric, which she had seen touted on social media, according to NBC News.
The woman, Katie Mohan, told the outlet that she had seen a doctor on Instagram suggesting it was useful against inflammation and joint pain. So, she began taking turmeric capsules at a dose of 2,250 mg per day. According to the World Health Organization, an acceptable daily dose is up to 3 mg per kilogram of weight per day—for a 150-pound (68 kg) adult, that would be about 204 mg per day. Mohan was taking more than 10 times that amount.
In my bathroom cabinet I have 6250mg tumeric gummies, which I take in the morning with my multivitamin for inflammation. I bought this well known brand (Jamieson) from a reputable source.
Am I not supposed to be able to trust that a basic suppliment from Shoppers is safe? This isn’t “magic sleep improvement concoction” or some underground fad wellness brand selling mushroom infusions… This is a large and old company that makes half the shit in my cabinet…
As a random internet person who knows not much about anything, you should definitely take them.
NO, you cannot, because they are NOT regulated in any way. ‘Supplements’ are not FDA approved. They are not tested to ensure safety. They basically do whatever they want until someone else proves it’s unsafe.
You should read the article in full, and keep an eye on the listed symptoms. Your dose does sound pretty high, but it also sounds like some people conditionally react to turmeric worse than others do.
I’ve read elsewhere that turmeric also reduces the absorption of some minerals. So I have it with my tea, as opposed to in my food.