Dr. Jen Gunter
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I mean, uncommon, but we don't really know because it's unstudied.
And how can you have a risk benefit ratio when there's no data to show you what the benefit is, right?
And you know, why do so many influencers push turmeric?
Well, it's one of the most taken supplements.
I did not know that until I looked into it.
Apparently 11 million Americans take a turmeric supplement.
Yeah, it's great to cook with.
I love myself a turmeric chicken.
I love to make curry.
I think that's all fantastic.
But these supplements have other issues associated with them.
And I just think that if a drug, imagine if there was a drug doing that, a pharmaceutical drug.
Well, we don't really have any good data to support it.
And we know it's associated with liver toxicity, but you should buy my pharmaceutical.
Yeah, because the branding's great and it looks good.
Yeah, people would be like, what are you talking about?
So yeah, so I think that is supplements because there's such a way to print money.
And you know, like I set up my own supplement company to see how much money there was that you could make.
So my husband was a chief marketing officer.
So he's all over this.