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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.
To add another layer to that, even if you believe in pseudoscience you should also have the basic understanding that absolutely anything and everything can be harmful if you exceed the appropriate dose. I can’t understand why most people don’t understand this
But you are still using “logic” there, while she was using “trust”, in the perceived authority source of a combination of “doctor” + “government” (they wouldn’t allow selling of something that could be dangerous).
People can die of drinking too much water, I see your point but I die on my hill
As too did she.
Misinformation is dangerous. Disinformation even more so.
Capitalism sometimes kill, literally.