A good friend of mine is a cancer researcher who works in research as well as with clinicians at a famous institute. He told me about a case where one patient wasn’t responding to a novel and highly specific immunotherapy in a situation where they expected it to work well. They analyzed her cells and saw little activity fighting the cancer. It turns out she on her own was taking very high doses of Curcumin due to the generic advice that it’s good for you. It actually suppressed her immune system. Once she stopped she responded well to the treatment.
The lesson: taking supplements that you believe will have a meaningful impact on your body can do powerful things you don’t anticipate or appreciate the consequences thereof.
A good friend of mine is a cancer researcher who works in research as well as with clinicians at a famous institute. He told me about a case where one patient wasn’t responding to a novel and highly specific immunotherapy in a situation where they expected it to work well. They analyzed her cells and saw little activity fighting the cancer. It turns out she on her own was taking very high doses of Curcumin due to the generic advice that it’s good for you. It actually suppressed her immune system. Once she stopped she responded well to the treatment.
The lesson: taking supplements that you believe will have a meaningful impact on your body can do powerful things you don’t anticipate or appreciate the consequences thereof.