Common compounds like turmeric and ashwagandha can overwhelm the liver and lead to health complications
Fernanda Thompson was a healthy 40-year-old when she began taking turmeric in 2020. Online, people were saying the pungent yellow spice could make everyone a little bit healthier. So she began putting half a teaspoon, about 2.5 grams, into her morning smoothie, hoping to reap the benefits of curcumin, the compound responsible for turmeric’s anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant halo.
“It was Covid time,” says the Florida resident, who is a stay at home mom, and she wanted to boost her immunity. “I was healthy. And then I guess I tried to be healthier,” she says.
