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ImStillMags > wrote:

> On Jun 24, 10:33*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> > Cheryl wrote:
> >
> > > I take Turmeric supplements.
> >
> > Curcumin (the yellow pigment in tumeric) both inhibits
> > P-glycoprotein (the cell membrane protein that transports
> > toxins out of the cell) and activates the steroid and
> > xenobiotic receptor (SXR). *In the short term, it inhibits
> > the clearance of toxins and drugs.

> > Those aren't the only foods that mess around with drug
> > clearance. *Yellow onions and grapefruit also do that.

> Hey Mark......I'm certain that, if you look long enough and hard
> enough at any particular component of any particular food you can find
> a toxin that can possibly do harm.
>
> Personally I don't focus on the possibility of harm simply because of
> all these 'studies'. By the time you've obsessesd about all of them
> you are down to air and water and both have toxins in them that can
> kill you.
>
> All things in moderation. I don't believe anyone eats the amount of
> any particular food on a continuous basis that can actually cause the
> conditions found in these studies.

I'm not too worried about turmeric (note that it isn't just curry, it's
what makes yellow mustard yellow), because I don't eat much of it. I'm
with you about not worrying about a lot of other stuff. But I take a
statin for cholesterol, and it says right on the prescription bottle not
to eat grapefruit or drink grapefruit juice. Well, that's not too hard
for me to give up.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA