Turmeric or Curcumin: Plants vs. Pills04:33

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Published on February 14, 2017

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DESCRIPTION: Curcumin-free turmeric, from which the so-called active ingredient has been removed, may be as effective or even more potent.

That’s quite a rebut to reductionism. See my recent video on this flawed nutritional philosophy: Reductionism and the Deficiency Mentality (

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• Fighting Lupus With Turmeric: Good as Gold (

And more on turmeric and everything else:
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• Boosting the Bioavailability of Curcumin (
• Who Shouldn’t Consume Curcumin or Turmeric? (
• Preventing Alzheimer’s with Turmeric (
• Treating Alzheimer’s with Turmeric (
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• Heart of Gold: Turmeric vs. Exercise (
• Speeding Recovery from Surgery with Turmeric (

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